James Bond III

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James Bond III
Born1966 (age 58–59)
New York City, US
Occupations
  • Actor
  • filmmaker
Years active1977–?

James Bond III (born 1966) is an actor and filmmaker known for writing, directing, producing and starring in the 1990 horror film Def by Temptation , as well as starring in the television films The Sky Is Gray (1980), Booker (1984), and Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985). [1]

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Early life and career

Bond was born in Harlem, New York, in 1966. [2] After he portrayed a pimp [3] in a school play at age 8, Bond's parents found a talent agent for Bond, which led to him earning a role as Doc, one of the pre-teen protagonists in the NBC television series The Red Hand Gang . [2]

Partial filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
1977 The Love Boat Theodore Dennison Jr.Episode: "Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles" [2]
1977 The Red Hand Gang Doc12 episodes [2]
1978–1980 The Waltons Josh Foster2 episodes [2]
1979 Wonder Woman T. Burton Phipps IIIEpisode: "The Man Who Could Not Die" [2]
1980 Vegas JoeyEpisode: "The Hunter Hunted" [2]
1980The Sky Is GrayJames Television film [2]
1981 B. J. and the Bear LouisEpisode: "Beauties and the Beasts" [2]
1981 ABC Afterschool Special Joel GarthEpisode: "The Color of Friendship" [3]
1985 Go Tell It on the Mountain JohnTelevision film [2] [4]

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
1979 The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Tyrone Millman [2] [4]
1990 Def by Temptation Joel GarthAlso writer, director, and producer [4]

References

  1. ↑ Reid, Mark A. (2005). Black Lenses, Black Voices: African American Film Now. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 64. ISBN   978-0-7425-2641-9.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Donalson, Melvin (2003). Black Directors in Hollywood. University of Texas Press. p. 256. ISBN   978-0292701793.
  3. 1 2 "The TV Kids". Ebony . Vol. XXXVII, no. 5. March 1982. p. 88. ISSN   0012-9011 . Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 Moline, Karen (September 3, 1990). "Bond—James Bond (III)". New York . Vol. 23, no. 34. p. 14. ISSN   0028-7369 . Retrieved February 20, 2024.
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