gary dourdan played big red in the five heartbeats.
gary dourdan played big red in the five heartbeats.
who played big red in the five heartbeats?
gary dourdan
bullet::::- harry j. lennix as terrence "dresser" williams: the original choreographer of the heartbeats, dresser serves as the groups bass singer and one of the founding members. he is replaced by ernest "sarge" johnson as the choreographer after sarge out-dances dresser.









































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bullet::::- hawthorne james as big red davis: corrupt owner of the first record label the five heartbeats are signed to.









































bullet::::- chuck patterson as jimmy potter: the heartbeats' manager, jimmy is responsible for giving the group the opportunity to perform at more publicized events and receive training from ernest "sarge" johnson.
the five heartbeats
throughout the mid-to-late 1960s the five heartbeats receive numerous awards, chart several hits, and are featured on magazine covers. eddie, however, starts abusing alcohol and cocaine, affecting his performance and prompting his girlfriend baby doll to break up with him. convinced that jimmy intends to replace him due to his deteriorating condition, he cuts a deal with big red to have jimmy cut out of his contract. in retaliation, jimmy threatens to go to the authorities with information about bootlegged lps, cooked books, and payola that could have big red arrested, leading red to have jimmy killed in a hit disguised as an accident. soon after jimmy's funeral, the group learns that eddie's deceit caused the fallout between jimmy and big red. big red is eventually convicted of jimmy's murder, forcing the group to sign with a new record label, and causing a guilt-ridden eddie to leave in disgrace. eddie later turns up at several heartbeats concerts to try to convince his friends to let him back into the group, but his drug and alcohol abuse has taken its toll on him, and all the other heartbeats can do is supply him with money out of sympathy; duck later hears on the radio that eddie was involved in an armed robbery and, after a shootout with the police, was in critical condition.
the five heartbeats