Robert DoQui
| Robert DoQui | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 20, 1934 Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died |
February 9, 2008 (aged 73) Los Angeles, California, U.S |
| Occupation | Actor |
Robert DoQui (April 20, 1934 – February 9, 2008) was an American actor who starred in film and on television. He is best known for his role as King George in the 1973 film Coffy, starring Pam Grier, as Sgt. Warren Reed in the 1987 science fiction film RoboCop, the 1990 sequel RoboCop 2, and the 1993 sequel RoboCop 3. Robert starred on television and is also known for his voice as Pablo Roberts on the cartoon series Harlem Globetrotters from 1970-1973. He was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
He starred in the miniseries Centennial in 1978, and the television film The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson in 1990. Robert made guest appearances on many television series, including I Dream of Jeannie, Happy Days, The Jeffersons, Daniel Boone, Gunsmoke, Adam-12, The Parkers, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the season 4 episode "Sons of Mogh" as a Klingon named Noggra. He died February 9, 2008 at the age of 73 from natural causes. At the time of his death, he was survived by his life partner Mittie Lawrence, an African-American actress best remembered for her personal assistant/confidante role to Barbra Streisand's Fanny Brice in Funny Girl (1968); Robert's four sons; one daughter; 10 grandchildren, and his 96-year-old mother. He was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California. He was included in the Memorial Montage at the 2009 Academy Awards.[1]
Filmography
- Taffy and the Jungle Hunter (1965)
- Up Tight! (1968)
- The Devil's 8 (1969)
- Coffy (1973)
- Willie Dynamite (1974)
- Nashville (1975)
- Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)
- Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
- Green Eyes (1977)
- Cloak & Dagger (1984)
- Fast Forward (1985)
- My Science Project (1985)
- Good to Go (1986)
- RoboCop (1987)
- Miracle Mile (1988)
- RoboCop 2 (1990)
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) (TV)
- I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore (1992)
- RoboCop 3 (1993)
- Short Cuts (1993)
- Walking Thunder (1997)
- Glam (1997)
- A Hollow Place (1998)