Richard Roundtree

He had never stopped working as an actor since the 70s although his films were not high profile, recently however it seemed he was making a comeback as a cult icon. See also: Alan Smithee, Walter Plinge, David Agnew. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a model. The one-act play The Actor's Nightmare by Christopher Durang features a main character named George Spelvin. He was a leading man during the early 1970s in the Blaxploitation films appearing in Shaft and its sequels as John Shaft. Georgina Spelvin has fallen out of general use since it was adopted as a screen name by pornographic actress Dorothy May, who was credited by that name in The Devil in Miss Jones and her subsequent films. Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942 New York ) tall African American actor famous for being John Shaft in Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels. George Spelvin and Georgina Spelvin are the traditional pseudonyms used in programs in American theatre by actors whose names would otherwise appear twice because they are playing more than one role in a production.