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Melvin Van Peebles (1932 - 2021) ملفن فان بيبلس

Biography

African-American actor, director and writer, born on August 21, 1932, in Chicago. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1953, joined the Air Force, and worked as a navigator for three years. After military service, he moved to Mexico and worked as a portrait painter, then...Read more moved to San Francisco, where he began making short films. He moved to the Netherlands to take postgraduate courses in astronomy while also studying at the Dutch National Theatre. Eventually, he gave up his studies and moved to Paris, where he learned that he could join the French Directors Guild if he adapted his work in French. He soon taught himself the language and wrote several novels. He is known for The Shining (1997), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), and Don't Play Us Cheap (1972). He was married to Maria Marx and his son is actor Mario Van Peebles. He died on September 21, 2021, in Manhattan, New York City.

- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 21 August 1932
- Died on:
- 21 September 2021

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Filmography

Actor (11)
- - - The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
    - 2011 - Movie
- - - Freakonomics
    - 2010 - Movie
- - - Redemption Road
    - 2010 - Movie
- - - Hard Luck
    - 2006 - Movie
- - - Riot
    - 1996 - Movie
- - - Gang in Blue
    - 1996 - Movie
- - - Terminal Velocity
    - 1994 - Movie
- - - Posse
    - 1993 - Movie
- - - Boomerang
    - 1992 - Movie
- - - Jaws: The Revenge
    - 1987 - Movie
- - - O.C. and Stiggs
    - 1985 - Movie
Director (1)
- - - Gang in Blue
    - 1996 - Movie

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African-American actor, director and writer, born on August 21, 1932, in Chicago. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1953, joined the Air Force, and worked as a...Read more navigator for three years. After military service, he moved to Mexico and worked as a portrait painter, then moved to San Francisco, where he began making short films. He moved to the Netherlands to take postgraduate courses in astronomy while also studying at the Dutch National Theatre. Eventually, he gave up his studies and moved to Paris, where he learned that he could join the French Directors Guild if he adapted his work in French. He soon taught himself the language and wrote several novels. He is known for The Shining (1997), Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song (1971), and Don't Play Us Cheap (1972). He was married to Maria Marx and his son is actor Mario Van Peebles. He died on September 21, 2021, in Manhattan, New York City.