Rupert Cross ( born Rupert Crosse , November 29, 1927 - March 5, 1973 ) - American actor.
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Profession | actor |
Career | 1959-1972 |
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He was born in New York , and after his father’s death he was raised by his grandparents on the island of Nevis in the Caribbean . After returning to the United States , he served in the army for two years, and then entered Bloomfield College in New Jersey . He studied acting with John Cassavetes , after which he starred in two of his films “ Shadows ” (1959) and “Too Late Blues” (1961). In 1969, for his role in the movie "Thieves" was nominated for an Oscar . In addition to roles on the big screen, Cross was a frequent visitor to various television shows and TV shows.
In 1970, Cross married the singer Chris Calloway, daughter of Cab Calloway , who bore him a son Rupert Osaza Dia Cross. Shortly after the birth of his son, he was diagnosed with lung cancer . The last years of his life Cross spent on the island of Nevis, where he died in 1973 at the age of 45 years. [2] His son died in 2002 from heart disease caused by drug abuse. [3]
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- ↑ 1 2 Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ Television's Rupert Crosse Dies of Cancer In Jamaica (English) // Jet : magazine. - Johnson Publishing Company, 1973. - 29 March ( vol. 44 , no. 1 ). - P. 59 . - ISSN 0021-5996 .
- Oster Foster, Catherine In Cab Calloway's family, one intrepid woman inspires another . boston.com (November 9, 2009). The appeal date is December 11, 2012.