Acting
Robert Hooks
- Titles
- 34movies49TV shows
- Career
Active from 1967 to 2000, busiest in 1967 and 1975 with 3 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 12top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
Free of Eden80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Crime5.9average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.5average 3.6
- Politics3.8average 2.6
- Historical3.7average 2.6
- Wit & Wordplay4.4average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism3.9average 3.3
- Situational Comedy3.3average 2.7
- Contemporary Realism5.8average 5.2
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.1, average 2.5
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.8
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
- Wonder2.4, average 3.4
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 5
- Character Study 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Crime Thriller 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
- Nostalgic 2
- Historical Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Paul WinfieldActorBackstairs at the White House, The Sophisticated Gents, Sister, Sister, Trouble Man
Kevin HooksActorPassenger 57, Fled, Just an Old Sweet Song, Aaron Loves Angela
Dick Anthony WilliamsActorHollow Image, Sister, Sister
Rosey GrierActorThe Sophisticated Gents, Carter's Army
Irene CaraActorSister, Sister, Aaron Loves Angela
Rosalind CashActorSister, Sister, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Cicely TysonActorA Woman Called Moses, Just an Old Sweet Song
Diahann CarrollActorHurry Sundown, Sister, Sister
Moses GunnActorCarter's Army, Aaron Loves Angela- SSonny Jim GainesActorThe Sophisticated Gents, Just an Old Sweet Song
Melvin Van PeeblesActorThe Sophisticated Gents, Just an Old Sweet Song
Glynn TurmanActorCarter's Army, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
Movies and TV shows
201990s
1 title · average score 55
55
Posse (1993)
as King David
1980s
5 titles · average score 56
47
A Different World (1987)
TV show · as Phillip Dalton
Words by Heart (1985)
as Ben Sills
65
The Execution (1985)
as Alton Reese
WonderWorks (1984)
TV show · as Ben Sills
Cassie & Co. (1982)
TV show · as Matthews
1970s
10 titles · average score 57
72
Backstairs at the White House (1979)
TV show · as John Mays
60
Hart to Hart (1979)
TV show
Time Express (1979)
TV show
74
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
TV show · as William Still
52
WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
TV show
43
Airport '77 (1977)
as Eddie
46
Carter's Army (1975)
as Lt. Edward Wallace
72
Petrocelli (1974)
TV show
48
Trouble Man (1972)
as Mr. T
47
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV show · as Joe Joplin
1960s
4 titles · average score 59
70
N.Y.P.D. (1967)
TV show · as Jeff Ward
36
Hurry Sundown (1967)
as Reeve Scott
71
Mannix (1967)
TV show
Profiles in Courage (1964)
TV show · as Frederick Douglass