Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/21/1932
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Melvin Van Peebles
Biography
Melvin Van Peebles (born Melvin Peebles; August 21, 1932 – September 21, 2021) was an American actor, filmmaker, writer, and composer. His feature film debut, The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967), was based on his own French-language novel La Permission and was shot in France, as it was difficult for a black American director to get work at the time. The film won an award at the San Francisco International Film Festival which gained him the interest of Hollywood studios, leading to his American feature debut Watermelon Man, in 1970. Eschewing further overtures from Hollywood, he used the succe...
Known For
True Identity
as Taxi Driver
Watermelon Man
as Sign Painter (uncredited)
Posse
as Papa Joe
Armed
as Grandpa V.
American Swing
as Self
Last Action Hero
as Self
Terminal Velocity
as Noble
Panther
as Old Jail Bird
Jaws: The Revenge
as Mr. Witherspoon
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
Love Kills
as Able
Boomerang
as Editor
Wattstax
as Self
Fist of the North Star
as Asher
Redemption Road
as Elmo
Hard Luck
as Hospital Prophet
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
as Self (voice)
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
as Sweetback
Gang in Blue
as Andre Speier
Identity Crisis
as The Inspector