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Lee Weaver | |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Lee Weaver is an American film and television actor.
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Lee Weaver | |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Lee Weaver is an American film and television actor.
Weaver was the voice of Alpine in the animated television series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (1985–1986). Weaver played friend of George Jefferson on "The Jeffersons" season three episode 16 "George's Guilt" (1977). Weaver was also the original mailman on 227 (1985). Weaver played the role of Ricardo in the television series Easy Street (1986–1987). He appeared as a blind seer in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) and he also appeared in one episode of One World (2000), a situation-comedy television series. Weaver had a guest appearance on an episode of The Cosby Show as a waiter. He appeared as a Junkyard Owner in an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia .
He also played the role of Ed Downer, a handyman who became an interest of Philip Banks' mom, on an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air . Perhaps his most memorable role was the exuberant exhibitionist "Buck Naked," who enlivened episodes of Steven Bochco's police dramas, Hill Street Blues and NYPD Blue .[ citation needed ]
Weaver was a childhood friend of Cannonball Adderley, and served as the best man at his wedding. [1] On his 1963 album Nippon Soul , Adderley introduces the Yusef Lateef composition "The Weaver" as "dedicated to a...dear friend of everyone in the band, kind of a jive cat, but a beautiful cat. His name is Weaver, Lee Weaver. So the tune sounds somethin' like Lee Weaver. It's soulful, it's mean." [2]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Al Capone | Reporter | Uncredited |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Willis | |
| 1971 | Vanishing Point | Jake | |
| 1973 | Cleopatra Jones | Friend | |
| 1978 | House Calls | Anesthesiologist | |
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Cheatem | |
| 1978 | Heaven Can Wait | Way Station Attendant | |
| 1979 | The Onion Field | Billy | |
| 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Mr. King | |
| 1984 | The Buddy System | Ray | |
| 1986 | Wildcats | Maurice | |
| 1987 | G.I. Joe: The Movie | Alpine | |
| 1990 | The Two Jakes | Caddy #1 | |
| 1991 | Grave Images | Bus Driver | |
| 1994 | The Scout | Ben | |
| 1996 | Just Your Luck | Wino | |
| 1997 | Fathers' Day | Airline Passenger | |
| 1998 | Music from Another Room | Porter | |
| 1998 | Goodbye Lover | Old Codger | |
| 1998 | Godzilla | Homeless Guy | |
| 1998 | Bulworth | Man in Church #2 | |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back | Nate | |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Wino | |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | 30's Limo Driver | |
| 2000 | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Blind Seer | |
| 2001 | Donnie Darko | Leroy | |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve | Homeless Man Who Gets Shot | |
| 2003 | The Box | Joe | |
| 2003 | The Failures | Mr. Fishbau | |
| 2005 | A Bridal Fever | Ralph | |
| 2005 | The 40-Year-Old Virgin | Joe | |
| 2006 | Swedish Auto | Leroy | |
| 2009 | Little Fish, Strange Pond | Barney | |
| 2010 | The Company We Keep | Isaiah | |
| 2013 | Max Rose | Lee Miller | |
| 2013 | The Trials of Cate McCall | Mr. George |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–1956 | Sheena: Queen of the Jungle | Lagi / Mauki / N'Gatsu | 6 episodes |
| 1967 | Good Morning World | Cab nDriver | Episode: "Don't Call Us and We Won't Call You" |
| 1967, 1968 | I Spy | Senator's Valet / Bartender | 2 episodes |
| 1968 | The Wild Wild West | Desk Clerk #2 | Episode: "The Night of the Sedgewick Curse" |
| 1969 | Mannix | Dave | Episode: "Death in a Minor Key" |
| 1969 | Julia | Ned Bowman | Episode: "Home of the Braves" |
| 1969 | Insight | Stone | Episode: "Charlie, You Made the Night Too Long" |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Ace | Episode: "Love and the Hustler" |
| 1969 | In Name Only | Bartender | Television film |
| 1969–1971 | The Bill Cosby Show | Brian Kincaid | 7 episodes |
| 1971 | Nanny and the Professor | 2nd Truck Driver | Episode: "The Prodigy" |
| 1971 | Cade's County | Kenneth Ringwald | Episode: "Delegate at Large" |
| 1975 | Adam-12 | Neighbor | Episode: "Pressure Point" |
| 1975 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | Ralph Prentiss | Television film |
| 1975 | That's My Mama | Sammy Chambers | Episode: "Earl's Dad and Mama's Glad" |
| 1975 | Kojak | Ozzie Turnbull | Episode: "Out of the Frying Pan..." |
| 1976 | Sanford and Son | Mr. Quincy | Episode: "Greatest Show in Watts" |
| 1976 | Good Times | 2nd Man | Episode: "The Big Move: Part 2" |
| 1976 | The Blue Knight | Mose / Frank Moseley | 4 episodes |
| 1976 | Serpico | Scooter | Episode: "Danger Zone" |
| 1977 | The Jeffersons | Willie | Episode: "George's Guilt" |
| 1977 | Quincy, M.E. | Chambers | Episode: "The Hot Dog Murder" |
| 1978 | Soap | Sergeant | Episode #1.17 |
| 1978 | Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This | Bob | Television film |
| 1979 | Starsky & Hutch | Boseman | Episode: "Huggy Can't Go Home" |
| 1981 | Flamingo Road | — | 5 episodes |
| 1981 | Palmerstown, U.S.A. | Loosley | Episode: "Roadhouse" |
| 1981 | Mork & Mindy | Gus | Episode: "My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody" |
| 1981 | Shannon | — | Episode: "Neither a Borrower" |
| 1982–1984 | Hill Street Blues | Buck Naked / Bartender | 6 episodes |
| 1983 | Voyagers! | Dave | Episode: "All Fall Down" |
| 1983 | AfterMASH | Jones | Episode: "Klinger vs. Klinger" |
| 1985 | Diff'rent Strokes | Joe | Episode: "Blue Collar Drummond" |
| 1985 | Our Family Honor | — | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1985 | What's Happening Now!! | Ticket Clerk | Episode: "Aunt Shirley" |
| 1985–1986 | G.I. Joe | Alpine / Agent / Crimson Guard | 22 episodes |
| 1986 | G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! | Alpine | Television film |
| 1986, 1987 | 227 | Frank | 2 episodes |
| 1986–1987 | Easy Street | Ricardo Williams | 22 episodes |
| 1987 | Mr. President | Mort | Episode: "Dear Sam: Part 1" |
| 1987 | Webster | Henry | 3 episodes |
| 1987 | A Hobo's Christmas | Biloxi Slim | Television film |
| 1987, 1991 | The Cosby Show | Mr. Fields / Waiter | 2 episodes |
| 1988 | Amen | Man Who Stole the Money | Episode: "To Catch a Thief" |
| 1988 | The Magical World of Disney | Frank Munroe | Episode: "Meet the Munceys" |
| 1989 | The Edge | — | Episode: "Black Pudding" |
| 1990 | Dear John | Snookie Reams | Episode: "John's New Job: Part 1" |
| 1990 | A Different World | Ray Nay | Episode: "Love Thy Neighbor" |
| 1991 | Dragnet | Augustus Murphy | Episode: "The Vandals" |
| 1991 | The Man in the Family | Mr. Mitchell | Episode: "Real News" |
| 1991 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Ed Downer | Episode: "Granny Gets Busy" |
| 1991 | Homefront | Reverend Harrington | Episode: "Patriots" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Stumpy | Episode: "Gunz 'n Boyz" |
| 1991 | Reasonable Doubts | Stubblefield | 2 episodes |
| 1992 | Nurses | Reverend Curtis | Episode: "Eat Something" |
| 1992 | Night Court | Mr. Burke | Episode: "Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 2" |
| 1992, 1995 | Martin | Old Man / Bus Boy | 2 episodes |
| 1993 | Step by Step | Leonard | Episode: "If I Were a Rich Man" |
| 1993 | The New Adventures of Superman | Supervisor | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1993 | Lush Life | Harry | Television film |
| 1993 | Living Single | The Bartender | Episode: "Living Kringle" |
| 1994 | Roc | Ollie | Episode: "No Place Like Home" |
| 1994 | NYPD Blue | Buck Naked | 3 episodes |
| 1994 | Sister, Sister | Priest | Episode: "Free Billy" |
| 1995 | A Season of Hope | Elmer | Television film |
| 1995 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Stan | Episode: "Fortunate Son" |
| 1996 | Sliders | Hilton Brown | Episode: "Invasion" |
| 1996 | Sparks | Mr. Bibbs | 2 episodes |
| 1996 | The Jamie Foxx Show | Slewfoot Lou | Episode: "Seems Like Old Times" |
| 1997 | Temporarily Yours | Passenger #3 | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1997 | Chicago Hope | Earlee | Episode: "On Golden Pons" |
| 1998 | Good News | Beans | 2 episodes |
| 1999 | Suddenly Susan | Clyde | Episode: "A Day in the Life" |
| 1999 | For Your Love | Church Member | Episode: "The Trouble with Angels" |
| 2000 | City of Angels | — | Episode: "Prototype" |
| 2000 | Diagnosis: Murder | Isaiah | Episode: "A Resting Place" |
| 2000 | The District | Mr. Horton | Episode: "The Jackal" |
| 2000 | One World | Harold | Episode: "Roots" |
| 2001 | Kate Brasher | Harry Rosemont | Episode: "Tracy" |
| 2001 | Touched by an Angel | Candy McCloud | Episode: "The Perfect Game" |
| 2001 | Men, Women & Dogs | Buster | Episode: "The Magic Three-Legged Sex Dog" |
| 2002 | Any Day Now | Louis Nolman | Episode: "Call Him Macaroni" |
| 2002 | My Wife and Kids | Attendant | Episode: "Table for Too Many: Part 2" |
| 2002 | Providence | Willie Picks | Episode: "The Sound of Music" |
| 2003 | Crossing Jordan | Photo Shop Owner | Episode: "Ockham's Razor" |
| 2003 | The Parkers | Tebo | Episode: "Dead Clown Walking" |
| 2003 | A.U.S.A. | Alfred Montgomery | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2004 | The Bernie Mac Show | Schooney | Episode: "Hair Jordan" |
| 2004 | Six Feet Under | James Dubois Marshall | Episode: "Coming and Going" |
| 2005 | Line of Fire | Albert Jones | Episode: "This Land Is Your Land" |
| 2006 | That's So Raven | Mr. Jenkins | Episode: "The Four Aces" |
| 2006 | Love, Inc. | Burt | Episode: "Cursed" |
| 2006 | Veronica Mars | Walter | Episode: "Charlie Don't Surf" |
| 2007 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Junkyard Owner | Episode: "Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City" |
| 2008 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Kerwinkle Lord | Episode: "For Gedda" |
| 2008 | My Name Is Earl | Homeless Guy / Homeless Joe | 2 episodes |
| 2010 | Party Down | William | Episode: "James Ellison Funeral" |
| 2010 | Community | Joe | Episode: "Messianic Myths and Ancient Peoples" |
| 2011 | Workaholics | Tim | Episode: "Model Kombat" |
| 2013 | Family Tools | Ellis Poynton | 4 episodes |
| 2015 | Weird Loners | Mortician | Episode: "Weird Pilot" |
| 2016 | The Soul Man | Pat | Episode: "Boyce Don't Cry" |
| 2017, 2020 | Grace and Frankie | Mel Cordray | 2 episodes |
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