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Ivan Dixon is a Actor, Director and Producer American born on 6 april 1931 at New York City (USA)
Ivan Dixon (April 6, 1931 – March 16, 2008) was an American actor, director, and producer best known for his series role in the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for his role in the 1967 television film The Final War of Olly Winter, and for directing many episodes of television series. Active in the civil rights movement since 1961, he served as a president of Negro Actors for Action.
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Birth name Ivan Nathaniel Dixon III
Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1931 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 march 2008 (at 76 years) at Charlotte (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1931 at New York City (USA)
Death 16 march 2008 (at 76 years) at Charlotte (USA)
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Nothing But a Man (2023)
, 1h31Directed by Michael Roemer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ivan Dixon, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster, Tom Ligon, Mel Stewart
Roles Duff Anderson
Rating78%
The story introduces Duff Anderson on the railroad, playing checkers with his rail worker friends, at a pool hall, and on the street at night. At a church meeting featuring lively gospel music, Duff meets the pretty and genteel schoolteacher Josie Dawson. They begin to date against the will of Preacher Dawson (Josie’s father). Duff tells her he doesn't want to get married. But after visiting his illegitimate son who has been abandoned to the care of a wet nurse, and his drunken father who is barely keeping it together under the care of a loving wife, Duff realizes that he prefers the stability of a family to the life of a drifter. The two marry with bright hopes for the future, but then begin to face a series of challenges as a married couple. Being on the move had given Duff the illusion of freedom, but living in the town makes Duff subject to the town's social rules, and he immediately starts to have problems. He hates his preacher father-in-law, whom he sees as having sold out to the white people, and he hurtfully says to his wife, "You've never really been a nigger, living with them, in that house." After refusing to bow down to the white bosses at the mill he is fired, and subsequently finds himself blacklisted. His father-in-law finally finds him a job at a gas station, but customers who find him too proud for a black "boy" threaten to cause trouble if the boss keeps him on. Duff and his wife get into a fight because of the emotional and physical trials Duff faces, and because of the added pressure that a coming baby adds. Unwilling either to kowtow to white bosses or to pick cotton for $2.50 a day he leaves in a rage, telling his wife that he will write her when he is on his feet again. Duff storms off to his father, who is so inebriated that he dies as Duff and his stepmother are driving him to the hospital. Neither Duff nor his stepmother knows where his father was born or how old he was, and the only possessions he has handed down to Duff are the contents of his pockets. Duff and his stepmother stare at one another, facing the grim reality of the invisibleness and lack of history of the negro. The film concludes as Duff gains the courage to return home with his son, and the two tearfully embrace as he reassures her that "everything is gonna be all right”.
Amerika (TV miniseries) (1994)
, 14h30Directed by Vladimír Michálek
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Kris Kristofferson, Jiří Lábus, Robert Urich, Wendy Hughes, Sam Neill, Jiří Schmitzer
Rating61%
Major characters The storyline of Amerika primarily follows three political leaders:
Car Wash (1976)
, 1h37Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas
Roles Lonnie
Rating61%
Le film conte une journée ordinaire dans une station de lavage manuelle de Los Angeles. On trouve le patron américain type (Sully Boyar) affublé de son fils maoïste, les laveurs de voiture, petites gens venus de tous les horizons (Jack Kehoe, Pepe Serna, Henry Kingi, Clarence Muse), et les divers clients (Lorraine Gary, Richard Pryor, Irwin Corey), tous sont plus farfelus les uns que les autres : le rebelle prônant la suprématie noire (Bill Duke), l’ancien détenu, l'obèse surnommé Hippo, les jeunes écervelés, l’homosexuel (Antonio Fargas), le bookmaker, les danseurs qui croient qu'Hollywood les attend, l’amoureux transi (Franklyn Ajaye), qui rêve de devenir un super-héros, mais qui n'arrive pas à séduire la serveuse du restaurant d'en face (Tracy Reed).
Claudine (1974)
, 1h32Directed by John Berry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Adam Wade, Roxie Roker, David Krüger
Roles Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Rating72%
The film tells the story of Claudine Price (Diahann Carroll), a single Black Harlem mother, living on welfare with six children, who finds love with a garbage collector, Rupert Marshall (James Earl Jones), whom she calls "Roop". The pair's relationship becomes complicated because of a number of factors. Among these are that the couple do not want to marry because they would not be able to support the children without welfare, and that the kids themselves, particularly eldest son Charles (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs), are apprehensive of Rupert, and believe that he will leave their mother just like her previous husbands had.
Clay Pigeon (1971)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Telly Savalas, Robert Vaughn, John Marley, Burgess Meredith, Ivan Dixon, Jeff Corey
Roles Simon
Rating49%
A Vietnam veteran has been using illegal drugs, but eventually decides that he wants to escape that life. But before he can leave it behind, an FBI narcotics agent recruits him to go undercover in Los Angeles to help expose other ex-soldiers who involved in drug dealing.
, 1h53Directed by Hy Averback
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Brian Keith, Tony Curtis, Ernest Borgnine, Ivan Dixon, Suzanne Pleshette, Tom Ewell
Roles Sgt. Jones
Rating54%
Col. Flanders commands a U.S. Army base in the South. To improve relations with the locals, he decides to throw a community dance. He gives the assignment to Warrant Officer Nace, sergeants Gambroni and Jones and a captain, Myerson.
Where's Jack? (1969)
Directed by James Clavell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Adventure, Historical, Crime
Actors Stanley Baker, Tommy Steele, Fiona Lewis, Alan Badel, Dudley Foster, Michael Douglas
Roles Naval Officer
Rating64%
A Patch of Blue (1965)
, 1h45Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, Elisabeth Fraser
Roles Mark Ralfe
Rating79%
Selina D'Arcey (Elizabeth Hartman) is a blind girl living with her prostitute mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) and grandfather Ole Pa (Wallace Ford), in a city apartment. She strings beads to supplement her family's small income, and spends most of her time doing chores. Her mother is abusive, and Ole Pa is an alcoholic. Selina has no friends, rarely leaves the apartment, and has never received an education.
To Trap a Spy (1964)
, 1h32Directed by Don Medford
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Robert Vaughn, David McCallum, Luciana Paluzzi, Pat Crowley, Fritz Weaver, William Horace Marshall
Roles Jean Francis Soumarin
Rating59%
U.N.C.L.E. suspects that the U.S. industrialist and tycoon Andrew Vulcan, an officer of WASP (an international criminal organization), plans to kill Prime Minister Ashumen of the newly independent African nation of Western Natumba. Solo is assigned by Mr. Allison, the head of U.N.C.L.E. to thwart the assassination and find out why it was planned. Solo thereafter recruits Elaine May Donaldson, a college girlfriend of Vulcan's and who is now a suburban housewife, to help get information from Vulcan on his plans. Solo's thought is that only a personal connection can obtain the information, and Vulcan has neither wife nor close friends. Elaine is given the cover story of being a wealthy widow and is able to not only get Solo the details of the assassination plot, but drugs Ashumen so he is unable to take the tour of Vulcan’s factory which Solo believes will result in Ashumen’s death. Vulcan’s target, though, turns out to be two of Ashumen’s ministers who do not agree with his plans for having Vulcan set up factories in his country. With Ashumen as Premier and Vulcan running the primary industry there, Western Natumba would become a puppet nation of WASP. After a run-in (and brief romantic tryst) with WASP agent Angela, Solo finds out the truth, is captured along with Elaine, and left to die in what is supposed to look like an industrial accident. Solo and Elaine escape, rescue the ministers, and Ashumen and Vulcan die instead in the “accident” they themselves set up. Elaine is returned to her normal life, which she appreciates all the more after the excitement and danger of an U.N.C.L.E. adventure.
Too Late Blues (1961)
, 1h43Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Vince Edwards, Seymour Cassel, Nick Dennis, John Cassavetes
Roles Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating67%
"Ghost" Wakefield is the leader of a struggling jazz band. At a party he meets the attractive singer Jess, who is in a relationship with the Ghost's agent, Benny. At Ghost's insistence she becomes a member of the band, and he begins a relationship with her, antagonizing Benny.
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
, 1h20Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Audie Murphy, Gary Crosby, Dolores Michaels, Ivan Dixon, Alejandro Rey, Marjorie Stapp
Roles Tiger Blair
Rating54%
Craig Benson (Audie Murphy) is a civilian working for the Navy helping supply guerrilla insurgents in the Philippines. His main purpose, however, is to find his wife Ruth (Dolores Michaels), from whom he was separated by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. When he does find her, he learns that she believed him killed and is romantically involved with a Filipino resistance leader, Julio Fontana (Alejandro Rey).
The Murder Men (1961)
Genres Crime
Actors Peter Mark Richman, James Coburn, Dorothy Dandridge, Joe Mantell, Ivan Dixon, Edward Asnere
Rating63%
Dandridge's character, Norma Sherman, is a night-club singer and addict who, upon being released from jail, attempts to win back the love of her husband (played by Ivan Dixon).
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
, 2h8Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler
Roles Asagai
Rating79%
Au cours des années 1950, une famille pauvre afro-américaine, les Younger, vit dans un petit appartement d'un quartier sud de Chicago. La mère, Lena (veuve), reçoit un jour un chèque de 10 000 dollars, montant d'une assurance-vie que son époux avait contractée. Chacun fait alors des projets : la mère souhaite acquérir une maison dans un quartier résidentiel ; son fils, Walter Lee, voudrait monter un commerce d'alcool ; l'épouse de ce dernier, Ruth, y voit l'occasion de vivre plus décemment et d'élever convenablement leur fils ; Beneatha, la jeune sœur de Walter Lee, pourrait ainsi entamer des études de médecine…
Porgy and Bess (1959)
, 2h18Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on operas
Actors Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey, Diahann Carroll, Brock Peters
Roles Jim
Rating69%
Set in the early 1900s in the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina, which serves as home to a black fishing community, the story focuses on the titular characters, crippled beggar Porgy, who travels about in a goat-drawn cart, and the drug-addicted Bess, who lives with stevedore Crown, the local bully. While high on cocaine supplied by Sportin' Life, Crown kills Robbins after the latter vanquishes him in a craps game; Bess urges Crown to flee. Sportin' Life suggests she accompany him to New York City, an offer Bess declines. She seeks refuge with her neighbors, all of whom refuse to help her. Porgy finally agrees to let her stay with him.
Something of Value (1957)
, 1h53Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernández, William Horace Marshall
Roles Lathela - Loyal Gun-Bearer
Rating64%
Kikuyu tribal members work on Henry McKenzie's farm in 1940s Kenya. Two young men, Kenyan native Kimani and Henry's son Peter, have grown up together, almost like brothers.