Lincoln Kilpatrick was an American

United States

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 film, television, and stage actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

.

Career

Born in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

, Kilpatrick attended Lincoln University and earned a degree in drama before he began acting. Encouraged by Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday had a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing...

, Kilpatrick began his career in 1959 in the Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes...

. In the 1960s, he mainly guest-starred in television roles and bit parts in movies. His primary acting talents were showcased in stage and theater work, which he remained active in until his death. Kilpatrick was co-founder of the Kilpatrick-Cambridge Theatre Arts School in Hollywood, California

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Hollywood is a famous district in Los Angeles, California, United States situated west-northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Due to its fame and cultural identity as the historical center of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metonym of American cinema...

. He was also the first African-American member of the Lincoln Center Repertory Company.

Personal life and death

Mr. Kilpatrick was married 47 Years to the Singer/Stage Performer Helena Ferguson from 1957 until his death from lung cancer

Lung cancer

Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...

 in 2004. Mr Kilpatrick had 5 children;
Music Composer Lincoln Kilpatrick, Jr, Filmmaker/Writer DaCarla Kilpatrick, Actor/Director Erik Kilpatrick

Erik Kilpatrick

Erik Kilpatrick is an American actor who is best known for playing Curtis Jackson on the CBS television series The White Shadow. He is the son of the late Lincoln Kilpatrick. Erik and his father co-starred in "Here's Mud in Your Eye", an episode from the first season of The White Shadow...

, Actor Jozella Reed, and Producer Marjorie L. Kilpatrick.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1958	Cop Hater Cop Hater (film) Cop Hater is a 1958 American police procedural film, based on the 1956 novel Cop Hater by Ed McBain, the first in a series of books about the 87th Precinct in New York City. The film was produced and directed by William Berke, written by Henry Kane, and stars Robert Loggia and Gerald S...	Detective Dave Foster
1968	Madigan Madigan Madigan is a 1968 American thriller film directed by Don Siegel and starring Richard Widmark and Henry Fonda.The screenplay, originally titled Friday, Saturday, Sunday, was adapted by two writers who had been blacklisted in the 1950s, Abraham Polonsky and Howard Rodman , based on a novel titled The...	Patrolman Grimes
	A Lovely Way to Die	Daley	Alternative title: A Lovely Way to Go
	What's So Bad About Feeling Good? What's so bad about feeling good? What's So Bad About Feeling Good? is the title of a 1968 comedy film, starring George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Jeanne Arnold, Dom DeLuise and Gillian Spencer....	Wilson	Uncredited
1969	The Lost Man	Minister
	Stiletto Stiletto (1969 film) Stiletto is a 1969 American crime film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Alex Cord, Britt Ekland and Patrick O'Neal. A playboy works as a hitman for an international crime syndicate, but wishes to retire after one final job.-Cast:...	Hannibal Smith
	Generation	Hey Hey	Alternative titles: A Time for Giving and A Time for Caring
1970	The Curious Female	Uncle Charlie	Alternative title: Curious Females
	The Red, White, and Black	Sgt. Hatch	Alternative titles: Black Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers, and Soul Soldiers
1971	Brother John	Charley Gray
	The Omega Man The Omega Man The Omega Man is a 1971 American science fiction film directed by Boris Sagal and starring Charlton Heston. It is based on the novel I Am Legend by American writer Richard Matheson...	Zachary
	Honky
1972	Cool Breeze	Lt. Brian Knowles
1973	Soylent Green Soylent Green Soylent Green is a 1973 American science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer. Starring Charlton Heston, the film overlays the police procedural and science fiction genres as it depicts the investigation into the murder of a wealthy businessman in a dystopian future suffering from pollution,...	Father Paul
1974	Chosen Survivors	Woody Russo
	Uptown Saturday Night Uptown Saturday Night Uptown Saturday Night is a 1974 comedy film written by Richard Wesley, and directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in this film, along with Bill Cosby and Harry Belafonte. Cosby and Poitier teamed up again for Let's Do It Again and A Piece of the Action...	Slim's Henchman #1
	Together Brothers	Billy Most	First portrayal of a transgendered African American GLBT in a feature film
1975	The Master Gunfighter The Master Gunfighter The Master Gunfighter is a film released in 1975, written and produced by Tom Laughlin, who also played the lead as Finley. It is commonly believed Laughlin also directed the film, using the name of his son, Frank Laughlin, as a pseudonym. He had used his children's names in various forms as...	Jacques
1983	Deadly Force	Otto Hoxley
1987	Flicks	Walt	Alternative titles: Hollyweird and Loose Joints
1988	Hollywood Cop	Jaguar
	Prison	Cresus
	Bulletproof Bulletproof (1988 film) Bulletproof is a 1988 movie directed by Steve Carver.-Plot:A clan of terrorists, of all backgrounds and types, seize the "Thunderblast" top-secret super tank, hiding it in Mexico. The task of recovering it is entrusted to "Bulletproof" Frank McBain, a former secret agent and current cop...	Captain Briggs
1993	Fortress Fortress (1993 film) Fortress is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Stuart Gordon and shot at Warner Brothers Movie World in Queensland, Australia. The story takes place in a dystopian future. The main character in the movie, John Henry Brennick and his wife Karen B...	Abraham
2002	The Stoneman	Sgt. Wykorski
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1962–1963	Naked City Naked City (TV series) Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network. It was inspired by the 1948 motion picture of the same name, and mimics its dramatic "semi-documentary" format....	Cappy Fleers George - Bailiff	2 episodes
1963	The Nurses The Nurses The Nurses is a soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to March 31, 1967. The show was a continuation of a serialized primetime drama which aired on CBS originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962, later called The Doctors and the Nurses.The setting was Alden General...	Will	1 episode
1965	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an anthology television series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967...		1 episode
1969	The Leslie Uggams Show The Leslie Uggams Show The Leslie Uggams Show is an American variety television series starring actress/singer Leslie Uggams. The series aired on CBS as part of its 1969 fall lineup, and was the second variety series to feature an African American host since 1956's The Nat King Cole Show.-Synopsis:The Leslie Uggams Show...		Unknown episodes
	The Bold Ones: The Lawyers The Bold Ones: The Lawyers The Bold Ones: The Lawyers is an American legal drama that aired for three season on NBC from December 1968 through February 1972.-Synopsis:...	Clellan	Episode: "The People Against Ortega"
	Then Came Bronson Then Came Bronson Then Came Bronson is a short-lived adventure/drama television series that aired on NBC from 1969 to 1970, and was produced by MGM Television. The series, created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, began with a movie pilot on Monday, March 24, 1969. The series was greenlit for one year and began its first...	Leuty Giles	1 episode
1969–1972	Medical Center Medical Center (TV series) Medical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976.-Synopsis:The show starred James Daly as Dr. Paul Lochner and Chad Everett as Dr. Joe Gannon, surgeons working in an otherwise unnamed university hospital in Los Angeles. The show focused both on the lives of the doctors...	Jolly Sargent	2 episodes
1970	The Mask of Sheba The Mask of Sheba The Mask of Sheba is a made-for-television adventure movie. It was first broadcast on NBC on March 9, 1970.-Plot:An anthropological team travels to a dense African jungle in search of missing safari members and a priceless gold statue. The journey is endangered by primitive tribesmen, treacherous...	Ben Takahene	Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to...
1970–1972	Ironside Ironside (TV series) Ironside is a Universal television series which ran on NBC from September 14, 1967 to January 16, 1975. The show starred Raymond Burr as the wheelchair-using Chief of Detectives, Robert T. Ironside. The character's debut was in a TV-movie on March 28, 1967. The original title of the show in the...	Tom Reinike Maurice	2 episodes
	The Bold Ones: The New Doctors The Bold Ones: The New Doctors The Bold Ones: The New Doctors is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on NBC, from 1969 to 1973.-Overview:The series focuses on the life of Dr. David Craig The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (also known as The New Doctors) is an American medical drama that lasted for four seasons on...	Gil Dodds Maurice	2 episodes
1971	The Bold Ones: The Senator The Bold Ones: The Senator The Bold Ones: The Senator is an American political television drama series that aired on NBC from 1970 through 1971, lasting for nine episodes . The series stars Hal Holbrook as Senator Hays Stowe.The Senator was part of The Bold Ones, a rotating series of dramas that also included The New...	Isaac Johnson	Episode: "A Single Blow of the Sword"
	Bearcats!	Jake	1 episode
1972	McCloud	Calvin Jones	1 episode
1974	Police Story	Sergeant Bruckner	1 episode
	Mannix Mannix Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors...	Lonnie	1 episode
1975	Harry O	Nat Collins	1 episode
	Baretta Baretta Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma...	Jefferson Hayes	1 episode
1976	Just an Old Sweet Song	Joe Mayfield	Television movie
	Arthur Hailey's the Moneychangers	Deacon Euphrates	Miniseries Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a television show production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
1977	Tales of the Unexpected Tales of the Unexpected (TV series) Tales of the Unexpected is a British television series originally aired between 1979 and 1988, made by Anglia Television for ITV. Filming began in 1978.The series was an anthology of different tales...		1 episode
	Hunter	Jackson	2 episodes
1978	Kojak	Flynn	1 episode
	King King (miniseries) King is a television miniseries based on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader and 1964 Nobel Laureate. It aired for three consecutive nights on NBC from February 12 through 14, 1978...	Jerry Waring	Miniseries
	Dr. Scorpion	Eddie	Television movie
	The White Shadow The White Shadow The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27, 1978, to March 16, 1981.-Overview:...	Reverend Jackson	1 episode, uncredited
1980	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series) Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979–1981, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film several months before the series aired....	Dr. Ecbar	Episode: "Space Vampire"
	The Jeffersons The Jeffersons The Jeffersons is an American sitcom that was broadcast on CBS from January 18, 1975, through June 25, 1985, lasting 11 seasons and a total of 253 episodes. The show was produced by the T.A.T. Communications Company from 1975–1982 and by Embassy Television from 1982-1985...	Doctor	Episode: "The Jeffersons Go to Hawaii (Part 1)"
1982	The Greatest American Hero The Greatest American Hero The Greatest American Hero is an American comedy-drama television series that aired for three seasons from 1981 to 1983 on ABC. Created by producer Stephen J. Cannell, it premiered as a two-hour movie pilot on March 18, 1981...	Le Masters	1 episode
1983	Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues is an American serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. Chronicling the lives of the staff of a single police precinct in an unnamed American city, the show received critical acclaim and its production innovations ...	Hawkins Sr	Episode: "Moon Over Uranus: The Final Legacy"
1983–1985	Matt Houston Matt Houston Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by Aaron Spelling.-Synopsis:...	Lt. Michael Hoyt	Unknown episodes
1984	Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986....		1 episode
1987	Frank's Place Frank's Place Frank's Place is an American comedy-drama series which aired on CBS for 22 episodes during the 1987-1988 television schedule. The series was created by Hugh Wilson and executive produced by Wilson and series star Tim Reid.-Plot:Set in New Orleans, Frank's Place chronicles the life of Frank Parrish...	Reverend Deal	1 episode
1988	227 227 (TV series) 227 is an American situation comedy that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, until May 6, 1990. The series starred Marla Gibbs as a sharp-tongued, inner-city resident gossip and housewife, Mary Jenkins...	Mr. DeWitt	Episode: "The Whiz"
1989	Amen Amen (TV series) Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen starred Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s...	Walter Newton	1 episode
1990	Gabriel's Fire Gabriel's Fire Gabriel's Fire is an American television series that ran on ABC in the USA in 1990–1991. A revamped version of the series, entitled Pros and Cons, aired briefly the following season.-Overview:...	Ted Duke	3 episodes
1991	Tagget Tagget For other meanings of "Dragonfire", see Dragon Fire.Tagget is a 1991 crime drama / spy movie telemovie, in which the titular character — a disabled Vietnam War veteran and director of an electronics firm — investigates an attempt to kill him....	Loman	Television movie
	Chance of a Lifetime		Television movie
1993	Doogie Howser, M.D. Doogie Howser, M.D. Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a 16-year-old doctor who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, ABC aired the show from 1989 to 1993 for four seasons totaling 97 episodes.-Plot:Dr....	Judge	Episode: "Eleven Angry People... and Vinnie"
1994	Frasier Frasier Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...	Artie	Episode: "Burying a Grudge"
1995	Martin Martin (TV series) Martin is an American sitcom produced by HBO Independent Productions that aired for five seasons, from August 27, 1992 to May 1, 1997 on Fox...	John Pittman	Episode: "'Xpress Yourself"
	Melrose Place	Public Defender	Episode: "Framing of the Shrews"
	Piranha Piranha (1995 film) Piranha also known as Piranhas is a 1995 American horror film directed by Scott P. Levy about a school of killer piranha descending upon the bustling Lost River Lake Resort...	Father	Television movie
1996	Sisters Sisters (TV series) Sisters is a television drama which aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1991 to 1996. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who also created the Showtime series Queer as Folk and wrote the acclaimed Emmy and Peabody Award winning drama An Early Frost, also for NBC...	Eli Hayes	1 episode
1998	NYPD Blue NYPD Blue NYPD Blue is an American television police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan...	Darwin	Episode: "Honeymoon at Viagra Falls"
2000	ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...	Chet Fulton	Episode: "Loose Ends"

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