Leonard Jackson
Biography
Leonard Jackson was an American actor whose career took in stage, film, and television. Born in Jacksonville, Florida, he attended Fisk University before making his professional debut on stage in 1965, appearing off-Broadway in the New York Shakespeare Festival's Troilus and Cressida. He went on to appear on Broadway in The Great White Hope, Murderous Angels, a revival of Lost in the Stars, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Mule Bone. His film work included Ganja & Hess (1973), The Baron (1977), The Brother from Another Planet (1984), and The Color Purple (1985), where he played Pa Harris. Later screen roles came in Eddie Murphy Raw (1987), Second Sight (1989), Basket Case 2 (1990), A Rage in Harlem (1991), Boomerang (1992), and Palookaville (1996). On television he acted in the PBS children's series Shining Time Station and Sesame Street.
85years old at death
- Born Jacksonville, Florida, USA
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 23 years1973 to 1996
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First role
Jackson's first professional acting work came on the stage, in the New York Shakespeare Festival's 1965 off-Broadway staging of Troilus and Cressida.
Beyond film
Twelve years later, Jackson came back to Broadway for the premiere of Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. The show ran for 276 performances and the New York Drama Critics Circle named it Best Play.
Beyond film
Jackson was in the cast when Mule Bone, an unfinished play by Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, had its Broadway premiere in 1991. The production was mounted sixty years after the play was written.
About the name
Jackson was known in his early years as L. Errol Jaye, the name under which he began his stage career.
Leonard Jackson movies on Netflix
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Films together
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Also two films together1 more actor
- Samm-Art WilliamsA Rage in Harlem (1991) and The Baron (1977)
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Online
Official profiles and reference pages.