D'Urville Martin
Biography
D'Urville Martin was an American actor and director who became a familiar face in 1970s blaxploitation cinema. Born in New York City, he started his career in the mid-1960s, taking a speaking part as an extra in Black Like Me (1964) before small roles in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) and Rosemary's Baby (1968). He also appeared as Lionel Jefferson in two unaired pilots that later became All in the Family. From The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972), in which he played the fugitive Toby, he worked steadily in the genre, playing Reverend Rufus in Black Caesar (1973) and its sequel Hell Up in Harlem (1973) and reprising Toby in The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973) and Boss Nigger (1974). He directed Dolemite (1975), also playing the villain Willie Green, and died in 1984.
45years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 8 years1967 to 1975
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Behind the camera
Martin directed Dolemite, the 1975 movie starring Rudy Ray Moore, and also played the villain Willie Green. A sequel, The Human Tornado, came out in 1976, but Martin did not direct it.
First role
Martin played Lionel Jefferson in two unaired pilots. Those pilots were early versions of the show that became All in the Family.
D'Urville Martin movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Larry Cohen directed two of these films. Fred Williamson appears in four of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Fred Williamson's page
R.G. Armstrong's page
Julius Harris's page
William Wellman Jr.'s page
James Dixon's page
Gloria Hendry's page
All films by Larry Cohen
Also two films together1 more actor
- Don Pedro ColleyBlack Caesar (1973) and The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.