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Adolphus Jean Sweet was an American actor, credited with nearly 60 television and film roles as well as several roles in stage productions before his death from stomach cancer in 1985.
Birth Name
Adolphus Jean Sweet
Born
Sunday, 18 July 1920
Died
Wednesday, 08 May 1985
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Reds | Big Bill Haywood | 1981 |
Gimme a Break! | Chief Carl Kanisky / Carl Kanisky | 1981 |
The Acorn People | Donald Bradshaw | 1981 |
Hill Street Blues | Lt. Emil Schneider | 1981 |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Waldrop | 1981 |
Below the Belt | LeRoi | 1980 |
Enos | Doc | 1980 |
Gideon's Trumpet | Charlie | 1980 |
Hagen | Captain | 1980 |
When the Whistle Blows | Norm Jenkins | 1980 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Reds | Big Bill Haywood | 1981 |
Gimme a Break! | Chief Carl Kanisky / Carl Kanisky | 1981 |
The Acorn People | Donald Bradshaw | 1981 |
Hill Street Blues | Lt. Emil Schneider | 1981 |
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy | Waldrop | 1981 |
Below the Belt | LeRoi | 1980 |
Enos | Doc | 1980 |
Gideon's Trumpet | Charlie | 1980 |
Hagen | Captain | 1980 |
When the Whistle Blows | Norm Jenkins | 1980 |
Aunt Mary | Amos Jones | 1979 |
Act of Violence | Detective O'Brien | 1979 |
Marciano | Si Menchlemann | 1979 |
Flesh & Blood | Thompson | 1979 |
Paris | James 'Red' McTigue | 1979 |
Hart to Hart | Ed Perkis | 1979 |
The Wanderers | Chubby Galasso | 1979 |
Mrs. Columbo | Sergeant Boone | 1979 |
Angie | The Sheriff | 1979 |
Taxi | Mr. Caruthers | 1978 |
Go Tell the Spartans | Gen. Harnitz | 1978 |
Heaven Can Wait | Head Coach | 1978 |
Which Way Is Up? | The Boss | 1977 |
Deathmoon | Lt. Russ Cort | 1978 |
King | J. Edgar Hoover | 1978 |
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? | Captain Mullins | 1977 |
A Killing Affair | Scotty Neilson | 1977 |
The Amazing Spider-Man | Ben Sorgenson | 1977 |
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | George | 1977 |
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training | Mr. Manning | 1977 |
The Wrong Damn Film | 1975 | |
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three | Police Capt. Costello | 1974 |
Amazing Grace | Mayer Scott / Mayor Scott | 1974 |
The Lords of Flatbush | Mr. Rosiello | 1974 |
Little House on the Prairie | Swaggart | 1974 |
The Migrants | Sheriff | 1974 |
Cops and Robbers | George | 1973 |
Fear Is the Key | Jablonsky / Herman Jablonski | 1972 |
Sisters | Detective Kelly | 1972 |
The New Centurions | Sgt. Runyon / Sergeant Runyon | 1972 |
Between Time and Timbuktu | General | 1972 |
The Telephone Book | Obscene-Caller / Obscene Caller | 1971 |
The Out of Towners | Police Sergeant / Police Sgt Kavalefski | 1970 |
Colossus: The Forbin Project | Missile Commander | 1970 |
The Lost Man | Police Captain | 1969 |
Finian's Rainbow | Sheriff | 1968 |
The Swimmer | Henry Biswanger | 1968 |
A Lovely Way to Die | Captain Haver / Haver | 1968 |
Flesh and Blood | Thompson | 1968 |
The Movie Orgy | Self (archival footage) | 1968 |
N.Y.P.D. | Lt. Gallagher | 1967 |
You're a Big Boy Now | Patrolman Francis Graf | 1966 |
Hawk | Cab Dispatcher | 1966 |
The Trials of O'Brien | Sgt. Garrison / Lt. Garrison / Garrison | 1965 |
For the People | Detective Bernstein | 1965 |
East Side/West Side | Det. Sgt. Jim Heller | 1963 |
The Doctors and the Nurses | 2nd Detective / Detective Al Roberts / Detective Roberts | 1962 |
The Defenders | Police Captain Halloman / Officer Orchard / Detective Hank Andrews / Detective Brinkman / Detective Barker / Detective #3 | 1961 |
The Young Doctors | Police Car Driver / Police Officer | 1961 |
The Edge of Night | Harry Constable | 1956 |