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American actor, director, singer, and songwriter (1940–2018)
Charles Weldon
Born (1940-06-01 ) June 1, 1940Died December 7, 2018(2018-12-07) (aged 78 ) Occupation(s ) Actor, artistic director Spouses
(m. 1980; div. 1984)
Charles Weldon (June 1, 1940 – December 7, 2018) was an actor, director, educator, singer, and songwriter. He was the artistic director of the Negro Ensemble Company for thirteen years. He was the co-founder of the Alumni of this company, and directed many of their productions. During his career he worked with Denzel Washington , James Earl Jones , Cicely Tyson , Alfre Woodard , Muhammad Ali , and Oscar Brown Jr .[1] [2] [3]
Early years [ edit ]
Weldon's mother was Beatrice Jennings; his father was Roosevelt Weldon. The family moved from Wetumka, Oklahoma, to Bakersfield, California, when he was seven years old. As a young boy, he worked in the cotton fields of Bakersfield until the age of seventeen, when he joined a local doo-wop group. He graduated from Bakersfield High School in 1959. He was the brother of actress Ann Weldon, singer Maxine Weldon , and Mae Frances Weldon.[2]
As the lead singer of The Paradons , he co-wrote the hit record "Diamonds and Pearls" in 1960. The group appeared on the Dick Clark 's American Bandstand James Brown and Fats Domino . After the group disbanded, Weldon joined the soul group Blues for Sale.[4] [5]
Weldon began his acting career in 1969, with a role in the Oscar Brown Jr. 's musical Big-Time Buck White starring as Muhammad Ali . He joined the Negro Ensemble Company in 1970 and later became its artistic director in 2005.[6]
In 1973, he was a part of the Broadway cast of The River Niger , with Cicely Tyson and James Earl Jones . The River Niger was written by Joseph A. Walker (playwright) and won a Tony Award for best play.[7]
Weldon appeared in the original San Francisco production of Hair Paris Blues in Harlem , which he co-produced and starred in with Nadhege Ptah and Michele Baldwin, who cast him in the project. Weldon starred in the role of the Jamaican Grim Reaper (the body-snatcher) in Sophia Romma 's (playwright and Literary Manager of the Negro Ensemble Company from 2012) allegorical satire, The Blacklist at the 13th Street Repertory Company in 2016.
Onscreen [ edit ]
Negro Ensemble Company Productions [ edit ]
Negro Ensemble Company as Director [ edit ]
The Negro Ensemble Company Awards [ edit ]
1982 -a Pulitzer Prize for A Soldier's Play
Two Tony Awards
Eleven Obies
Castillo Theater [ edit ]
2011: Directed The Picture Box [9]
2013: Directed Stealing Home about Jackie Robinson
As an actor [ edit ]
Filmography
1972: Trick Baby
1975: Police Story
1975: Rooster Cogburn
1975: The Streets of San Francisco
1976: Kojak
1976: Dynasty (TV Movie) - Sam Adams
1976: The River Niger
1976: Kiss Me, Kill Me (TV Movie) - Leonard Hicks
1976: Sanford and Son
1978: A Woman Called Moses
1979: The Rockford Files
1979: Roots: The Next Generations
1980: Stir Crazy
1981-1982: Hill Street Blues
1982: American Playhouse
1982: Fast-Walking
1983: Another Woman's Child (TV Movie) - Roland
1984: Gimme a Break!
1985: The Atlanta Child Murders (TV Mini-Series) - John Bell
1985: St. Elsewhere
1986: L.A. Law
1987: Simon & Simon
1988: Case Closed (TV Movie)
1989: The Women of Brewster Place
1990-1999: Law & Order
1992: Malcolm X
1994: Drop Squad
1994: New York Undercover
1999: The Wishing Tree
2000: Clockin' Green (Video) - Al 'Alfred' Brooks
2001: Hoop Soldiers (Video)
2005: Law & Order: Trial by Jury
2018: Diane
2018: Paris Blues in Harlem (Short) - Pop Pop (final film role)
References [ edit ]
^ Clement, Olivia (14 December 2018). "Actor, Director, and Artistic Leader Charles Weldon Dies at Age 78" . Playbill . Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 10 January 2019 .
^ "Charles Weldon - The HistoryMakers" . www.thehistorymakers.org . Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
^ "Remembering NEC Artistic Director Charles Weldon, dead at 78" . amsterdamnews.com . 27 December 2018. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
^ "Actor Charles Weldon, Director Of Negro Ensemble Company, Dead At 78" . ArtsJournal . 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019 .
^ "Interview: Living Legend Charles Weldon, A.D. of The Negro Ensemble Company" . StageBuddy.com . 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 10 January 2019 .
^ a b "All That Chat - CHARLES WELDON, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF NEGRO ENSEMBLE COMPANY, DIES AT 78" . www.talkinbroadway.com . Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-01-10 .
^ Hill, Anthony D. (2018). Historical Dictionary of African American Theater (second ed.). Rowman & Littlefield . p. 548. ISBN 978-1-5381-1728-6
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