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May 7, 1999 · Albert Popwell, Broadway dancer turned actor who appeared in all four "Dirty Harry" films playing various thugs and whose face was captured on camera when Clint Eastwood challenged, "Go ahead ...
Apr 18, 1999 · April 18, 1999 12 AM PT. * Albert ‘Poppy’ Popwell; Character Actor. Albert “Poppy” Popwell, 72, a veteran character actor who became part of cinematic and pop history when Clint Eastwood ...
Albert Popwell was born in New York City. He was a professional dancer before he started acting. A couple of his earliest performances came in the films Coogan’s Bluff and Journey to Shiloh. He worked with Clint Eastwood on the first four Dirty Harry films in that franchise. Albert Popwell was a Cancer and was born in the Silent Generation.
Albert Popwell began his career as a professional dancer before switching his focus to acting. He did not receive his first work until he was almost 40, when he began appearing in episodes of ...
May 7, 1999 · Albert Popwell, Broadway dancer turned actor who appeared in all four "Dirty Harry" films playing various thugs and whose face was captured on camera when Clint Eastwood challenged, "Go ahead ...
Albert Popwell (July 15, 1926 – April 9, 1999) was an African American stage, television and film actor. He portrayed different characters in each four of the films. In Dirty Harry as a bank robber, Magnum Force as a pimp named J.J. Wilson, The Enforcer as Big Ed Mustapha and Sudden Impact as a police detective named Horace King. He did not appear in The Dead Pool due to a scheduling conflict. Popwell died on April 9, 1999 at age 72, from open heart surgery complications.
Apr 9, 1999 · Created by: John. Added: Jan 5, 2012. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 83007354. Source citation. Handsome, leanly built African-American actor who notched up guest appearances in dozens of well rated 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 ...
