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Percy Rodriguez

Acting

Born June 13, 1918 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died September 6, 2007

Also known as Percy Rodrigues

Biography

Percy Rodriguez was a Canadian actor and voice actor. Known for his rich and distinctive voice, he was one of the few black actors in the 1960s who were able to circumvent restrictive and negative stereotypes. He managed to avoid the stereotypical roles given to black actors at the time and was known for applying and projecting quiet authority and inner calm during his roles, as well as for the touch of grey in his hair.

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Filmography32 titles

Banacek

1972as Faldor

Good Times

1974

Star Trek

1966as Commodore Stone

The Fall Guy

1981as Randy

Mission: Impossible

1966as Captain Trez

Roots: The Next Generations

1979as Boyd Moffatt

Sanford and Son

1972

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1968as Doctor Copeland

The Wild Wild West

1965as Brutus

What's Happening!!

1976as Todd Miller

The Jeffersons

1975

The Fugitive

1963as Sheriff's Sgt. Emery Dalton

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as President Khufu

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

Sanford

1980as Winston

The Rookies

1972

Mannix

1967as Roy Bradley

Ironside

1967

Route 66

1960as Harry

Marcus Welby, M.D.

1969as Ernest Jackson / George Clark

T. J. Hooker

1982as Jason

Dynasty

1981

Heavy Metal

1981as Loc-Nar (voice / uncredited)

Carol for Another Christmas

1964as Charles

Genesis II

1973as Primus Isaac Kimbridge

Naked City

1958as Millard Jeffers

Rhinoceros

1974as Mr. Nicholson

The Plainsman

1966as Brother John

Deadly Blessing

1981as Narrator (voice)

This Girl for Hire

1983as Jonathan Eastman

The Astral Factor

1978as Captain Wells

Galaxina

1980as Ordric (voice)