Richard Roundtree played the part of which detective in three films in the 1970s?
Richard Roundtree graduated from New Rochelle High School in 1961, and played for the school's undefeated and nationally ranked football team. He attended Southern Illinois. Roundtree was diagnosed with the rare disease male breast cancer in 1993 and underwent a double mastectomy and chemotherapy. Roundtree was a leading man in early 1970s blaxploitation films, his best-known role being detective John Shaft in the action movie, "Shaft" (1971) and its sequels, "Shaft's Big Score" (1972) and "Shaft in Africa" (1973). Roundtree also appeared opposite Laurence Olivier and Ben Gazzara in "Inchon" (1981). On television, he played the slave Sam Bennett in the 1977
Richard Roundtree television series "Roots" and Dr. Daniel Reubens on "Generations" from 1989 to 1991. Before becoming an actor, he was a football player and a model. He played another private detective in 1984's "City Heat" opposite Clint Eastwood and Burt Reynolds. Although Roundtree worked throughout the 1990s, many of his films were not well-received, but he found success elsewhere in stage plays. During that period, however, he reemerged on the small screen as a cultural icon. On September 19, 1991, Roundtree appeared in an episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210" with Vivica A. Fox. The episode was "Ashes to Ashes", Roundtree playing