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D'Urville Martin

D'Urville Martin

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D'Urville Martin (February 11, 1939 – May 28, 1984) was an American actor and director in both film and television. He appeared with regularity in numerous 1970s movies in the blaxploitation genre of films. Born in New York City, D'urville began his career in the mid 1960s, soon becoming a prominent recurring figure in the genre. Martin acted in several movies of the time, including Black Like Me and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Among his partners was the famous blaxploitation actor Fred “The Hammer” Williamson, playing his partner Toby in the Black Charley. Martin also directed films in his career, including Dolemite, starring Rudy Ray Moore. His career ended in 1984 with a heart attack at age 45 likely caused by his hard-partying lifestyle.

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Movies Starring D'Urville Martin (20)

Black Hollywood (1984)

Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies. ...

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The Bear (1984)

Biopic about the great college football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant of the University of Alabama ...

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The Big Score (1983)

A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are looking for hi ...

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Blind Rage (1976)

Five friends get together and decide to plan an operation to rob a bank. The main difference between this and other bank-robbing gangs, however, is that all five men are blind. ...

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Boss Nigger (1975)

Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk. ...

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Dolemite (1975)

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mit ...

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Sheba, Baby (1975)

Sheba, a Chicago private detective returns back home to Louisville, Kentucky, to help her father fight mobsters. ...

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Hell Up In Harlem (1973)

Tougher than Shaft and smoother than Superfly, this high-voltage sequel to Black Caesar explodes with enough action to incinerate New York City. Packed with machine-gun mayhem and riveting adventure, Hell Up in Harlem is nothing less than a modern-day trib ...

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Five on the Black Hand Side (1973)

Leonard Jackson plays a barber who is also the domineering head of a middle-class African American family. Jackson is forced to rethink his values when his previously docile wife (Clarice Taylor) joins their three children in rebelling against her husband' ...

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The Soul of Nigger Charley (1973)

After the end of the Civil War, Charley fights against a group of Southern soldiers seeking to reignite the Confederacy. ...

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Book of Numbers (1973)

Two waiters in Depression-era Arkansas get involved in the numbers racket. ...

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Black Caesar (1973)

Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy, his leg is broken by a bad cop on the take, during a pay-off gone bad. Nursing his vengeance, he rises to power in Harlem, New York. Angry at the racist ...

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Hammer (1972)

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes out on top in a particularly impressive workplace scuffle, word of his brawling skills makes its way to Davis, a top boxing manager. Hammer is hired by Davis and ...

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The Final Comedown (1972)

Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution. ...

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The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972)

A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West. ...

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Watermelon Man (1970)

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight. ...

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A Time to Sing (1968)

A young farmer becomes a singer against the wishes of his uncle. ...

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Rosemary's Baby (1968)

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family. ...

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black. ...

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Black Like Me (1964)

Black Like Me is the true account of John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man. ...

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Movies Made By D'Urville Martin (4)

The Human Tornado (1976)

Dolemite comes to the rescue of Queen Bee, whose nightclub is threatened by the Mafia. ...

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Disco 9000 (1976)

Fass Black, an accomplished black man in Los Angeles, is bullied to play another record labels music at his disco club, but continually refuses because it ain't groovy enough. ...

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Dolemite (1975)

Dolemite is a pimp who was set up by Willie Greene and the cops, who have planted drugs, stolen furs, and guns in his trunk and got him sentenced to 20 years in jail. One day, Queen B and a warden planned to get him out of Jail and get Willie Green and Mit ...

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The Final Comedown (1972)

Prejudice transforms a young black man into an armed militant leader, who believes the only answer to racism is violent revolution. ...

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