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Handsome, leanly built African-American actor who notched up guest appearances in dozens of popular US TV shows, including Mannix (1967), McCloud (1970), Emergency! (1972) and Magnum, P.I. (1980). However, he's better known to cult films fans for his portrayal of character "Matthew Johnson" in the successful blaxploitation films Cleopatra Jones (1973) and the sequel Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975).
Popwell additionally co-starred alongside screen icon Clint Eastwood in five films, starting off as "Wonderful Digby" in Coogan's Bluff (1968). The next four occasions were entries in the highly popular "Dirty Harry" films, firstly as the wounded bank robber at the receiving end of Eastwood's now legendary, "Do you feel lucky, punk?" speech in the opening minutes of Dirty Harry (1971). He was back as a sadistic pimp who murders a greedy call girl with a can of drain cleaner and is later executed by a vigilante motorcycle cop in Magnum Force (1973), and he was still on the wrong side of the law as a "Black Power" activist named "Big Ed" Mustapha in The Enforcer (1976). For his final appearance alongside Eastwood, Popwell was on the right side of Clint for once as a fellow detective in Sudden Impact (1983).
Popwell passed away on April 9, 1999, from complications arising after major surgery.- Director
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Joe Tinney was born on 7 June 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and production manager, known for Highway Patrol (1955), The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) and Harbourmaster (1957). He was married to Judy Lewis. He died on 9 April 1999 in New York City, New York, USA.- Music Department
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Colin Manley was born on 16 April 1942 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He is known for Wonderwall (1968), Beat-Club (1965) and Cilla's Celebration (1993). He died on 9 April 1999.- Jean Lanier was born on 2 August 1913 in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France. He was an actor, known for Queen Margot (1954), L'entourloupe (1980) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961). He died on 9 April 1999 in Paris, France.
- Géza Hegedüs was born on 14 May 1912 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a writer, known for Les évasions célèbres (1972), Antigoné (1965) and Mátyás király Debrecenben (1965). He died on 9 April 1999 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Mary Lutyens was born on 31 July 1908 in London, England, UK. She was married to Joseph Gluckstein Links and Anthony Rupert Henry Franklin Sewell. She died on 9 April 1999 in London, England, UK.