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Adolph Caesar
5 December 1933
Adolph Caesar played in 3 movies in the Action, Sport, Music, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, War genres.
Adolph Caesar got succeed with average imdb rating 5.6.
Born in the Harlem section of New York City, joined the Navy, then studied drama at New York University; was an announcer for then joined the Negro Ensemble Co. in 1970 for such productions as "The River Niger", "Square Root of the Soul" and "The Brownsville Raid"; worked with repertory groups such as the Minnesota Theater Co., Inner City Repertory Co., and the American Shakespeare Co.; first appeared on the screen in CHE (1969), then returned to stage until the late 1970s when he did low-budget... films (_The Hitter (1979)_ (qv), _Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980)_ (qv)) before achieving his greatest success in _A Soldier's Story (1984)_ (qv) (from the stage play for which he collected two awards), which earned him an Oscar nomination; appeared in _The Color Purple (1985)_ (qv) and was working on "Tough Guys" with 'Burt Lancaster' (qv) and 'Kirk Douglas (I)' (qv) when he collapsed on the set of a heart attack and died a short time later. He was only 52.Read more Less
