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294 cast members |
Name | Episodes | Known for |
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Ja'net DuBois
Willona Woods
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133
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Ralph Carter
Michael Evans
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133
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BernNadette Stanis
Thelma Evans / Thelma Evans Anderson
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133
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Jimmie 'JJ' Walker
James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr.
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133
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Esther Rolle
Florida Evans
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109
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John Amos
James Evans, Sr.
|
61
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Johnny Brown
Nathan Bookman / Mr. Bookman
|
58
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Janet Jackson
Millicent 'Penny' Woods / Millicent 'Penny' Gordon
|
48
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Ben Powers
Keith Anderson
|
24
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Albert Reed
Alderman Fred Davis / Mr. Wilson
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7
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Teddy Wilson
Sweet Daddy Williams / Stanley Byrd
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7
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Helen Martin
Weeping Wanda Williams
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7
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Dap Sugar Willie
Looting Lenny / Santa Claus Lenny
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7
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Moses Gunn
Carl Dixon
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6
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Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
Monty / Mr. Edwards / Party Guest
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6
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Chip Fields
Linella Gordon / Rochelle
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5
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Larry Greene
Bruno / 2nd Hood - Bruno / Hood #2 / Second Hood
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5
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Raymond Allen
Ned the Wino
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4
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Bubba Smith
Claude
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4
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Richard Ward
Henry Evans
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3
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Alice Ghostley
Hortense Dobbs / Ms. Irma Austin
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3
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Susan Batson
Barmaid / Clerk / Waitress
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3
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Hal Williams
Frank Mitchell / Tom / Willie Washington
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3
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Ta-Tanisha
Marcy / Mary Ann Thomas / The Zodiac Girl
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3
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James Wheaton
Bailiff / Bank Manager / P.J. Hewitt
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3
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Bebe Drake
Mrs. Baker / Savannah Jones
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3
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Mel Bryant
Bartender / Stanley Sippen / The Salesman
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3
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Cal Wilson
Loan Shark / Skip Casey / The Sergeant
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3
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Sarina C. Grant
Bessie / Lavonne / Nurse
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3
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Rozelle Gayle
Frazee / Man at Piano / The Drunk
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3
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Dave Turner
Man #1 / Officer Giles / Officer Wigmore
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3
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Johnny Sekka
Ibe Wubila
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2
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Ta-Ronce Allen
Yvonne
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2
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Donald Knight / Uncle Wilbert
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2
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Ron Glass
Mr. Anderson / Mr. Pearson
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2
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Oscar DeGruy
Mad Dog
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2
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Carl Franklin
Larry Walters
|
2
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Thalmus Rasulala
Ernie Harris / Oscar Harris
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2
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Debbie Allen
Diana Buchanan
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2
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Adam Wade
Frank Mason
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2
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Doug Grant
Eddie / Sweet Pea
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2
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Vivian Bonnell
Clara / Cora
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2
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Paulene Myers
Lena Anderson
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2
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Andre Edwards
Ernie
|
2
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Marilyn Coleman
Violet Bookman
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2
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Carl M. Craig
Hustler / Mr. Rogers
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2
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Bill Henderson
Night Club Owner / Ray the Bartender
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2
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Earl Billings
Mr. Parker / Mr. Taylor
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2
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Sonny Jim Gaines
Fred Buchanan
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2
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Bhetty Waldron
Girl / The Princess
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2
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Debbi Morgan
Ellen / Samantha
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2
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Grand L. Bush
Leon
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2
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Ronalda Douglas
Charlene / T.C. - Teresa
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2
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Kathleen Doyle
Mrs. Carpenter
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2
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DeForest Covan
Rev. Beasley / Shorty
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2
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Ernie Barnes
First Hood / First Hoodlum
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2
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Marie Moore
Lucille Buchanan
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2
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T.K. Carter
Head
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2
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Taurean Blacque
Chopper / John Dunbar Jr.
|
2
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F. William Parker
Detective #2 / Mad Trucker
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2
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Kim Fields
Kim
|
2
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Gary Coleman
Gary Daniels / Gary James
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2
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Adrian Ricard
Adrian / The Matron
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2
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Derek Wells
Larry Baker
|
2
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Edward Crawford
The Kid
|
2
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Randy Martin
Poppo
|
2
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Ebony Wright
Living Cable #2 / The Woman
|
2
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Betty Cole
Mrs. Hines / Woman #1
|
2
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Frances E. Nealy
Woman / Woman #2
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2
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Rosalind Cash
Jessica Bishop
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1
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Tamu Blackwell
Edna
|
1
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Alan Manson
Fred
|
1
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Judith Cohen
Judith Cohen
|
1
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Ralph Wilcox
Robert Simpson
|
1
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Carl Lee
Ray Woods
|
1
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Austin Pendleton
Donald Hargrove
|
1
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Philip Michael Thomas
Eddie Conroy
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1
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Roscoe Lee Browne
Reverend Sam
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1
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Charlotte Rae
Ms. Rogers
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1
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Woodrow Parfrey
Interviewer
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1
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Frank Campanella
Mr. Kirkman
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1
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Mel Stewart
Davis
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1
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Richard B. Shull
Mr. Stonehurst
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1
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Ernest Morrison
The Messenger
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1
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Ed Cambridge
Leroy Jackson
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1
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Eric Monte
The Runner
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1
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Dean Santoro
The Doctor
|
1
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Alvin Childress
Rev. Gordon
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1
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Rosanna Carter
Cora
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1
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Bonnie Banfield
Naomi
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1
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Lloyd Hollar
Duane Poole
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1
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William Christopher
The Doctor
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1
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J.A. Preston
Walter Ingles
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1
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Mary Alice
Loretta Simpson
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1
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Jack Baker
Cleatus Jackson
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1
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Judy Pace
Gloria Jackson
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1
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Tina Andrews
Henrietta
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1
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Percy Rodrigues
Edgar Edwards
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1
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Arnold Johnson
Hubert Johnson
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1
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Catherine Lee Smith
Jo Ann Taylor
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1
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David Moses
The Salesman
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1
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Helen Stenborg
The Cashier
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1
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Betty A. Bridges
Charlene
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1
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Lester Wilson
Mr. Gage
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1
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Frances Foster
Ms. Gertrude Vinson
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1
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Santiago González
Gene Robinson
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1
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Randi Kallan
Cindy Bradford
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1
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Julius Harris
Ben Foster
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1
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Shirley Hemphill
Rozzie
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1
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Rose Fonseca
Olivia
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1
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Conchata Ferrell
Miss Johnson
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1
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Robert Guillaume
Fishbone - Theodopius P. Johnson
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1
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Davis Roberts
Mr. Barnes
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1
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James A. Watson Jr.
Lloyd Williams
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1
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Hilly Hicks
Paul
|
1
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Sharon Brown
Fun Girl - Nancy Colton
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1
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Bob Harcum
Richard
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1
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Jinaki
Old Lady
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1
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Gary Veney
Tyrone Tyler
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1
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Bill Story
Waiter
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1
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William Sims
Charlie
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1
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Sorrell Booke
Mr. Galbraith
|
1
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Brenda Sykes
Mandy
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1
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Fay Hauser
Barbara
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1
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Jane Connell
Mrs. Flicker
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1
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Hank Rolike
John Dunbar Sr.
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1
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Tanya Boyd
Valerie Johnson
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1
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Wendell Wright
Sergeant
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1
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Ron Masak
Sloane
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1
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Dick O'Neill
Lynn Bridges
|
1
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David Lewis
Mr. Borgen
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1
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Richard Stahl
Judge Daniels
|
1
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Kay Dingle
Secretary
|
1
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Robin Braxton
Mrs. Vinson
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1
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Carl Weathers
Calvin
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1
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Kim Hamilton
Betty Edwards
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1
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Rosanne Katon
Clarissa Robinson
|
1
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Beeson Carroll
Reardon
|
1
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Bill Walker
Mr. Carter
|
1
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Stanley Bennett Clay
Jimmy Pearson
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1
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Norma Donaldson
Mrs. Baker
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1
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Morris Buchanan
Mr. Dawson
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1
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Hilda Haynes
Mrs. Andrews
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1
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Bill Cobbs
George Gillard
|
1
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Don Marshall
Federal Agent Lloyd
|
1
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William Pierson
Marty Mitchell
|
1
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Royce Wallace
Nettie
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1
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Beverly Kushida
Waitress
|
1
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Ron Recasner
The Doctor
|
1
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Kimberlee Nickerson
Luanne
|
1
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Irwin C. Watson
Calvin Ferguson
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1
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Alan Brasington
The Waiter
|
1
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Gordon Jump
Mr. Rogers
|
1
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Richard Libertini
Painter #1
|
1
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Bob Delegall
Dr. Blake
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1
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James Spinks
1st Man
|
1
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Yahee
Karen Clay
|
1
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Dennis Howard
J.J. #2
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1
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J. Jay Saunders
Mr. Harris
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1
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Justin Lord
Ernie
|
1
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Veronica Redd
Mavis
|
1
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Hope Clarke
Brenda Gordon
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1
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S. Pearl Sharp
Joyce Daniels
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1
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Lynn Hamilton
Mrs. Edwards
|
1
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Michael D. Roberts
Neck Bone
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1
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Marguerite Ray
Mrs. Wilson
|
1
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Stan Haze
Prisoner
|
1
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Simeon Holloway
Mr. Johnson
|
1
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Sylvia Soares
Bernadine
|
1
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Willie Trotter
First Guy
|
1
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Ann Weldon
Betty Robinson
|
1
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Estelle Evans
Alice
|
1
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Laurence Haddon
Monroe
|
1
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Ernie Wheelwright
Second Hoodlum
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1
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Fred D. Scott
Warren Coggins
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1
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Joe 'Flash' Riley
Mr. Jenkins
|
1
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Rai Sanders
The Doctor
|
1
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Nick LaTour
Rev. Gordon
|
1
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Dorothy Butts
Margaret Gillard
|
1
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Dick Gjonola
Jack Simmons
|
1
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Reginald Farmer
Heckler
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1
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Dulcie Jordan
The Nurse
|
1
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Vernee Watson
Valerie
|
1
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MacIntyre Dixon
Painter #2
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1
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Juan DeCarlos
2nd Man
|
1
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Helen Verbit
Saleswoman
|
1
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Bobby Ellerbee
Alvin
|
1
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Larry Beecham
Cool Breeze
|
1
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Rana Ford
Marcia
|
1
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Dean Norton
Robert Lawrence
|
1
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Sheryl Lee Ralph
Vanessa Blake
|
1
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Richard Lawson
Raymond
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1
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Janet MacLachlan
Sandra Forbes
|
1
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Ernest Harden Jr.
Earl Mitchell
|
1
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Harry Caesar
Mr. Clements
|
1
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Patrick Collins
Warren
|
1
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Howard Morton
Jim Crebbins
|
1
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Timmie Rogers
The Wino - Donald
|
1
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Paula Kelly
Dr. Kelly
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1
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Calvin Lockhart
Cousin Raymond Brown
|
1
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Charles Siebert
A.J. Rutherford
|
1
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Rod Perry
Jeffrey
|
1
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Daryl Keith Roach
Joe Stennet
|
1
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Roger Aaron Brown
Probation Officer
|
1
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James Greene
Desk Sergeant
|
1
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Ernie Lee Banks
Eddie
|
1
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Walter Pittman
Second Guy
|
1
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Nedra Volz
The Old Lady
|
1
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Maidie Norman
Edna
|
1
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Kathryn Jackson
Mrs. Jenkins
|
1
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Randy Harris
The Bartender
|
1
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Philip Baker Hall
The Motel Owner
|
1
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Jay Leno
The Young Man
|
1
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Tony Burton
Aide
|
1
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Thomas Carter
Jerry
|
1
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Minnie Summers Lindsey
Mrs. Gordon
|
1
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Lincoln Kilpatrick Jr.
Ratbone
|
1
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John Dewey Carter
Detective #1
|
1
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Thomas Powl
Dwayne Collins
|
1
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Henry G. Sanders
Curtis Norton
|
1
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Al White
Sampson
|
1
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Jeff Hollis
Cool Dude
|
1
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William J. Quinn
Bear
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1
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Billy Wallace
Cop
|
1
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George Ranito Jordan
Security Man
|
1
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Gwyn Karon
Woman
|
1
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Bever-Leigh Banfield
T.C. - Teresa
|
1
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DeAnn Mears
Julia Crebbins
|
1
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Robert Kya-Hill
Mr. Patterson
|
1
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Candida Mobley
Carmen
|
1
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Gammy Singer
Mrs. Dunbar
|
1
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Vel Omarr
Taxi Driver at Coffee Machine
|
1
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Calvin Oliver
Howard
|
1
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Ronnie Bright
Ronnie Bright
|
1
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Charles Hallahan
Sergeant Curry
|
1
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Eileen Saki
Waitress
|
1
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David Damas
Leroy 'Bad News' Jones
|
1
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Mel Carter
The Macho Guy
|
1
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Renee Brown
Emily Gibbs
|
1
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Ronnie Harvey Cox
Bobby Jenkins
|
1
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Marvin Adams Jr.
Raymond Harris
|
1
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Paul Jackson
Tank
|
1
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Elroy Davis
1st Man
|
1
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Renny Roker
Patrolman
|
1
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J. Christopher Sullivan
Campbell the Cop
|
1
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Larry Robinson
Damon Stevenson
|
1
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Buzz Cooper
Jerome
|
1
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Roberta Jean Williams
Lady Lou
|
1
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Nancy Morgan
Cindy Crebbins
|
1
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Al Fann
Minister
|
1
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Maurice Marsac
Francois
|
1
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Anthony Thompkins
Alex
|
1
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Beverly Hope Atkinson
Savannah Morgan
|
1
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Rose Parrish
Donna
|
1
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Dianne Oyama Dixon
Lady
|
1
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Bill Woodard
Officer
|
1
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Tawnya Reed
Secretary
|
1
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George Reynolds
Hood #1
|
1
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Paul Savior
Doctor Harvey Casey
|
1
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Ron Trice
Leo
|
1
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Takayo Doran
Hostess
|
1
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Connie Sawyer
Personnel Woman
|
1
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Reginald T. Dorsey
Earl
|
1
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Joe Coffey
Otis Johnson
|
1
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Henry Harris
1st Man
|
1
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Floyd Wales Jr.
2nd Man
|
1
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Victor Fisher
Sharple
|
1
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Bernard Stevenson
Moving Man
|
1
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Alma Beltran
Mrs. Lopez
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1
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Marilyn Joi
Karen Casey
|
1
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Cal Gibson
Vagrant
|
1
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William Lanteau
Mr. Miller
|
1
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B.J. Douglas
Delivery Man
|
1
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Irving Burton
Freddie
|
1
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John Witherspoon
Officer Lawson
|
1
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Paul Mooney
The 2nd Guy
|
1
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Lil Greenwood
Belinda Robbins
|
1
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Edwetta Little
Living Cable #1
|
1
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Lil Henderson
Woman on the Bench
|
1
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Lee Weaver
2nd Man
|
1
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Dion Gossett
Melvin
|
1
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Brad Jose
Mr. Good Looking
|
1
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Rai Tasco
Caterer
|
1
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Kathleen Bradley
The Nurse
|
1
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Stack Pierce
The Cop
|
1
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Barry Cutler
Worm
|
1
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Barbara Isaacs
Living Cable #3
|
1
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Sibyl Motley
The Nurse
|
1
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Rani DuBois
Bridesmaid / J.J.s Dance Partner / J.J.s Date / Michael's Date / Party Guest (uncredited)
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5
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Jimmy Bridges
Party Goer (uncredited)
|
1
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Gerry Black
Man #2 (uncredited)
|
1
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Leoda Richards
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
|
1
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Norman Stevans
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
|
1
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Jack Firestone
Restaurant Customer (uncredited)
|
1
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