Robert Townsend


Robert Townsend
After seriously pursuing a baseball career, African American actor/writer/director Robert Townsend decided upon a life in show business. An alumnus of Illinois State University and Hunter College, Townsend worked as a stand-up comic, and with such organizations as Second City, the Negro Ensemble Theater and the Experimental Black Actor's Guild. In films from 1975, Townsend satirically encapsulated his frustrating experiences as a black performer in a white-dominated Hollywood with his first directorial effort, Full Robert Townsend Biography

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Robert Townsend Streets of Fire
Directed by: Walter Hill
Featuring: Michael Paré, Diane Lane
Edition: DVD
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Robert Townsend The Five Heartbeats
Directed by: Robert Townsend
Featuring: Robert Townsend, Michael Wright
Edition: DVD 15th Anniversary Edition; Full Frame
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