Albert Popwell

Albert Popwell
Albert Popwell as Bank Robber in Dirty Harry
Born (1926-07-15)July 15, 1926
New York City, New York, United States
Died April 9, 1999(1999-04-09) (aged 72)[1]
Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation Actor
Years active 1943–1995

Albert Popwell (July 15, 1926 – April 9, 1999) was an African American stage, television and film actor with a career spanning six decades.[1]

Born in New York City, Popwell started as a professional dancer before taking up a career in acting. Popwell made his professional debut on Broadway at age 16 in The Pirate.[1]

Career

Popwell was featured on many television series,[2] but is perhaps best known for his appearances in films opposite Clint Eastwood, whom he acted with in five films, starting with Coogan's Bluff[1] and in the first four films of the Dirty Harry series.[1] Popwell was a wounded bank robber at the receiving end of Eastwood's "Do you feel lucky?" monologue from Dirty Harry.[3] Popwell was a murderous pimp in Magnum Force,[2] appeared as Big Ed Mustapha in The Enforcer[2] and as Harry's detective colleague Horace King in Sudden Impact.[1] He did not appear in the last film in the series, The Dead Pool, due to a scheduling conflict.

His final film role was opposite Sharon Stone in Scissors.[4] He died eight years later, at age 72, from complications following open heart surgery.[1]

Selected filmography

With Clint Eastwood

Other appearances

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Albert Popwell, Dancer and Actor, 72". The New York Times. April 26, 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 "Albert Popwell Filmography". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ "Dirty Harry". American Film Institute.
  4. ↑ "Scissors Cast". The New York Times.
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