Carl Lee

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Carlton "Carl" Vincent Canegata. (born November 22, 1926, New York City, New York, - died April 17, 1986, New York City, New York) was an African-American television and stage actor. He was also the son of late pioneering African American actor/professional boxer Canada Lee (1907–1952). Description above from the Wikipedia article Carl Lee (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Super Fly (1972)

Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Parks Jr.
CAST:  Ron O'Neal  •  Carl Lee  •  Sheila Frazier  •  Charles McGregor

Priest, a suave top-rung New York City drug dealer, decides that he wants to get out of his dangerous trade. Working with his reluctant friend, Eddie, Priest devises a scheme that will allow him to make a big deal and then retire. When a desperate street dealer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordon Parks Jr.
CAST:  Ron O'Neal  •  Carl Lee  •  Sheila Frazier  •  Charles McGregor

The Cool World (1963)

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirley Clarke
CAST:  Rony Clanton  •  Carl Lee  •  Yolanda Rodríguez  •  Clarence Williams III

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to return them to active "bopping" (gang fighting) which has declined in Harlem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirley Clarke
CAST:  Rony Clanton  •  Carl Lee  •  Yolanda Rodríguez  •  Clarence Williams III

The Landlord (1970)

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Lee Grant  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Diana Sands

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Ashby
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Lee Grant  •  Louis Gossett Jr.  •  Diana Sands

Portrait of Jason (1967)

Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960s Unites States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirley Clarke
CAST:  Jason Holliday  •  Shirley Clarke  •  Carl Lee

Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960s Unites States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirley Clarke
CAST:  Jason Holliday  •  Shirley Clarke  •  Carl Lee

Exposed (1983)

Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Toback
CAST:  Nastassja Kinski  •  Rudolf Nureyev  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Ian McShane

Wisconsin farm girl Elizabeth Carlson leaves family and her English teacher lover behind and escapes to New York. There she soon makes a career for herself as a fashion model. During a vernissage she's approached by a mysterious man whose motives are unclear...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Toback
CAST:  Nastassja Kinski  •  Rudolf Nureyev  •  Harvey Keitel  •  Ian McShane

Gordon's War (1973)

A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers three of his ex-GI buddies and they lay out plans to fight the drug dealers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ossie Davis
CAST:  Paul Winfield  •  Carl Lee  •  David Downing  •  Tony King

A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become a heroin addict and died of an overdose. Infuriated, he gathers three of his ex-GI buddies and they lay out plans to fight the drug dealers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ossie Davis
CAST:  Paul Winfield  •  Carl Lee  •  David Downing  •  Tony King

The Connection (1961)

A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirley Clarke
CAST:  Warren Finnerty  •  Jerome Raphael  •  Garry Goodrow  •  Carl Lee

A title card announces that the film is a result of found footage assembled by cameraman J.J. Burden working for the acclaimed documentary filmmaker Jim Dunn, who has disappeared. Leach, a heroin addict, introduces the audience to his apartment where other heroin ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shirley Clarke
CAST:  Warren Finnerty  •  Jerome Raphael  •  Garry Goodrow  •  Carl Lee

Keeping On (1983)

A preacher teams up with a labor union organizer to help unionize the mill where he worked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Kopple
CAST:  Dick Anthony Williams  •  James Broderick  •  Carol Kane  •  Rosalind Cash

A preacher teams up with a labor union organizer to help unionize the mill where he worked.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barbara Kopple
CAST:  Dick Anthony Williams  •  James Broderick  •  Carol Kane  •  Rosalind Cash

Werewolves on Wheels (1971)

A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan. When the monks try to persuade one of the female bikers, Helen, to become a satanic sacrifice the bikers smash up the monastery and leave. The monks have the last ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Levesque
CAST:  Steve Oliver  •  D.J. Anderson  •  Gene Shane  •  Billy Gray

A biker gang visits a monastery where they encounter black-robed monks engaged in worshipping Satan. When the monks try to persuade one of the female bikers, Helen, to become a satanic sacrifice the bikers smash up the monastery and leave. The monks have the last ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Levesque
CAST:  Steve Oliver  •  D.J. Anderson  •  Gene Shane  •  Billy Gray

Serpico: The Deadly Game (1976)

This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police department.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert L. Collins
CAST:  David Birney  •  Allen Garfield  •  Burt Young  •  Tom Atkins

This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police department.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert L. Collins
CAST:  David Birney  •  Allen Garfield  •  Burt Young  •  Tom Atkins