We humbly honor the old school soul music era and will keep pushing forward to keep it alive. He liked me, even though I was picketing another one of his shows. Robert Reid Hooks, Sr. April 15, 1954 - April 19, 2021. He has been married to Lorrie Marlow since 15 June 2008. Acting is fine, and the credits are nice and all that, but thats not why Im in this industry. He has been married to Lorrie Marlow since June 15, 2008. Required fields are marked *. This important theater company has gone on to produce plays by Peter Weiss, Derek Walcott, Wole Soyinka, and many other playwrights. It was fun. So there was a dire need. I did the play with Jennifer West. One of my teachers had seen Penzance and decided she wanted to start a drama club at Stevens Elementary School, and she wanted me to be a part of it, which I was happy to say yes to. Then they could always come back to the show when that gig was over. He then continued to do its national tour. Please join us in this mission by making a donation to our publisher, Theatre Communications Group. Kevin attended Potomac High School in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Now it has its own church on Burton. iloveoldschoolmusic.com. He was born December 13, 1949 in East Franklin Township to the late Robert M. and Clara "Peg" B. In Dreamer, Robert Hooks Jr. shares his remarkable story. A Taste of Honey was being produced by David Merrick, and at the same time you were in his show, you were picketing Merricks Subways Are for Sleeping, which was on Broadway and did not have any Black dancers or singers. Then one afternoon, while in rehearsal, came the moment that stopped time for us on Broadway, and for many around the world. Kevin Hooks (born September 19, 1958) is an American actor, and a television and film director; he is notable for his roles in Aaron Loves Angela and Sounder, but may be best known as Morris Thorpe from TV's The White Shadow. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Robert Hooks Jr (1930 - 1954) Try FREE for 14 days Try FREE for 14 days. Robert Hooks was married to Maureen E. (Ward) Hooks on March 12, 1977 in Van zandt County, Texas and they separated on March 29, 1991 in Dallas County. He told me to go to the theatre because director Lloyd Richards was there. But Yuri was always into Civil Rights, and she also knew, and worked with, Malcolm X. Robert Hooks talks about moving back to Washington, D.C. Robert Hooks talks about beginning a community theater company in Washington, D.C. Robert Hooks talks about the need for an African American theater company in Washington, D.C. Robert Hooks talks about recruiting Vantile Whitfield as the artistic director for the D.C. Black Repertory Company, Robert Hooks talks about the first play the D.C. Black Repertory Company performed and Lynn Whitfield, Robert Hooks talks about Ed Murphy, an important benefactor of the D.C. Black Repertory Company, Robert Hooks talks about the type of audience the D.C. Black Repertory Company attracted, Robert Hooks talks about leaving the D.C. Black Repertory Company and moving to California in 1977, Robert Hooks talks about the early career of his son Kevin Hooks, Robert Hooks talks about his son Kevin Hooks' success as a director, Robert Hooks talks about the current projects he is working on, 2006, Robert Hooks talks about the reasons Hollywood only tells certain types of stories about the African American community, pt.1, Robert Hooks talks about the reasons Hollywood only tells certain types of stories about the African American community, pt. The company id for this entity is H302997. Then Al did the role in the movie, but a lot of people get confused and think that Al Freeman Jr. originally did Dutchman and I took over the role from him. 3 Peyre Thomas Hooks b: 10 SEP 1873 d: 20 JUN 1919 + Minnie Moore. ', Robert Hooks talks about meeting Whoopi Goldberg when she was young, Robert Hooks talks about playing Henry the Fifth in the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1965, Robert Hooks talks about the Group Theater Workshop performing a showcase based on Gwendolyn Brooks' poem 'We Real Cool', Robert Hooks talks about actress Ellen Holly, Robert Hooks talks about director Joseph Papp, Robert Hooks talks about his busy schedule during the late 1960s, Robert Hooks talks about raising his son Kevin Hooks. In addition to having one actor son, Robert actually has another one! Name. mode: 'thumbnails-rr1', All rights reserved. He made his Broadway debut in 1960 in Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright, and became well known for his role as Clay in LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka's Dutchman in 1964. We all wanted to go back to The Blacks because it was so incredible, and the producer always let us come back. She didnt ask me, she told me I was going to be in the play. Formed a production company with his father. In Dreamer, Robert Hooks Jr. shares his remarkable story. Tarpley Hooks, Robert Hooks Jr., Michelle Thomas Hooks Spouse Regina Hooks (m. 1978-1984), Cheryl Hooks . What the hell is going on? I told him. Because I had produced Dougs two one-acts to great success, the attention and acclaim led the Ford Foundation to ask us to propose what our ideal Black theatre company would look like. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. He then directed Passenger 57 which starred Wesley Snipes, and Fled which starred Laurence Fishburne. The movie was popular locally[citation needed] and praised by fans,[who?] Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert A. Hooks Jr. Im feeling great, Im feeling fantastic. Al did the movie version; he was wonderful in the movie, as was Shirley Knightbut Shirley was no Jennifer West. I said, You got to be kidding me. Raleigh, NC. There are 3 director records in this entity. From 1969 to 1972, Hooks served as an original board member of Black Academy of Arts and Letters, located in New York, alongside C. Eric Lincoln, President; John O. Killens, Alvin F. Poussaint, and Charles White. He is a celebrity Actor, Film Producer, Film Director. Im blown away. . He was graduated in 1956, passing on a scholarship to Temple University in order to pursue a career as a stage actor at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Theatre (alongside Charles Dierkop and Bruce Dern, with whom he second-acted plays doing their pre-Broadway tryouts in Philadelphia) while working at Browning King, a men's tailor shop at Fourteenth and Chestnut streets.[5][6]. He said, No, no, no, hold on. 1937 Robert Hooks was born on April 18, 1937 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA as Bobby Dean Hooks. He had also seen me do Tiger Tiger Burning Bright. Kevin Hooks was born on 19 September 1958, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA, and is an actor and director, probably best known for his roles in "Sounder" and "Aaron Loves Angela". Im sitting there at the end of the play crying like a baby because of what I felt watching people who looked like me on that stage telling their own story; it just took me aback emotionally. I was doing a play with Tallulah Bankhead, and we were in rehearsals, and it was an amazing, scary scene, because I thought maybe she was dead. A post shared by Kevin Hooks (@hookshots) on Jun 17, 2018 at 10:20am PDT. I never learned the answer to that. My oldest sister, Bernice, was a recreational counselor in the summer; she would do things and events for the community. _taboola.push({ I was in elementary school at the time, but the plays were done at Francis, which was in the Georgetown neighborhood, a couple of blocks from my house. In addition to having one actor son, Robert actually has another one! Print length 100 pages Language English Publication date October 14, 2019 Dimensions 5 x 0.25 x 8 inches ISBN-10 1733330208 ISBN-13 With President and Mrs. Carter as active members, the board decides and supports the Center's mission and manages its property and assets. Robert's most popular roles include 'Reeve Scott"' in "Hurry Sundown" (1967); 'Mr. T' in the 70's film "Trouble Man" (1972); 'Grandpa Gene Donovan' in the comedy, "Seventeen Again" (2000); and 'Fleet Admiral Morrow' in "Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)." He also portrayed 'Doctor Walcott' in the 1980s television series, "Dynasty." I run into the building. Hooks won a role in the last film directed by Gordon Parks, Jr., Aaron Loves Angela (1975). to make your fully tax-deductible donation today. Email addresses. Son: Kiyo Dean Tarpley Hooks TELEVISION M.A.N.T.I.S. Robert Hooks's Life Path Number is 6 as per numerology. For his personal life, it is known that Kevin was married to Regina from 1978 to 84, and has since been married to Cheryl,and they have two children. 3rd Street, Visalia, CA 93291 in Tulare County. We encourage you to research and examine . Robert Hooks Jr. He's also well-known for being a part of the television show "The White Shadow" playing Morris Thorpe. They came backstage afterwards. We would constantly do backers auditions. Hooks is credited as the director of the 2017 Madiba, a three-part BET television special about the life of the late Nelson Mandela and the struggle of the ANC which with the leadership of Mandela, famously succeeded to overthrow the regime of apartheid in South Africa, starring Laurence Fishburne in the role of Mandela. The agent name for this entity is: Robert Hooks, Jr.. I continued to refuse to do this play, but my sisterwell, all the Hooks have very big toes, but my sister Bernices big toes were bigger; she could lift things with them. "Bob" Hooks, age 74, a longtime resident of Naperville, IL, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2020, at Arista of Naperville. Relatives. Let me ask you three questions together on this one:How did you make this happen? Amazon; Stores Kindle Edition. for which he won the Theatre World Award and he was nominated for Best Male Lead in a Musical for Hallelujah Baby while he was simultaneously starring in David Susskind's N.Y.P.D.the first African American lead on a television drama. 4 James Moore Hooks + Dorothy Schleuning. His television career began in 1963 with the role of a police detective on the television series East Side/West Side. Actors, you name them, they came through the Negro Ensemble Company, including Denzel Washington and all the rest of them. Aside from Kevin and Eric Hooks, their father has 5 more children- Cecelia Ann Hooks Onibudo, Christopher Carter, Michelle Thomas Hooks, Robert Hooks Jr., and Kiyo Dean Tarpley Hooks. They were kind of like Kabuki characters, played by me and the fine actor Conrad Mathieu. He is also father of: Cecelia Ann Hooks Onibudo. Son of Mae Bertha Ward, and Edward Hooks. She opens the envelope, and she looks over my way and she said, The winner is Robert. I actually had gotten up and I am out of my seat, I was on my way out to the aisleand she finished, Goulet. And there I stood in the aisle, looking like a fool. 2023 The HistoryMakers. He and I had a few little problems with how I was interpreting my character, who starts off as a Pullman porter, then goes into the military, after which he becomes a Civil Rights advocate. Cecelia Ann Hooks Onibudo is the daughter of Robert Hooks and sister of Kevin Hooks and Eric Hooks. The main thing I want people to remember about me is that my career and my success are more than myself, which is really the title of my upcoming book. target_type: 'mix' Hooks, as founder and executive director, asked Denise Nicholas, Denzel Washington, James Earl Jones, Laurence Fishburne, Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson, all alumni from New York Negro Ensemble Company to serve as board members. He performed in his first play, The Pirates of Penzance, at the age of nine. But as it turned out, I never attended Temple; I was too busy studying drama at the Bessie V. Hicks School of Drama. Occupation. His mother supported the family by working as a seamstress. It was from there, that something else was sparked in him- his transition from being a then up-and-coming Broadway actor- to creating his own platform that would offer equal opportunities for many Black actors. shobrob52@yahoo.com . According to police spokeswoman Jennifer Dandron, the elder Hooks allegedly fired multiple shots about 3:15 p.m. in the 600 block of Bonham Avenue. Hooks is the father of actor, television and film director Kevin Hooks. Tennessee and I drank after the show; he drank like crazy, but what a brilliant man. Dr. Robert D. Hooks, 67, El Paso, and formerly of Hopkinsville, died at 1:15 p.m. Sunday, April 12, 2015, at William Beaumont Army Medical Center of natural . Actor, producer, and cultural activist Robert Hooks is now best known as one of the founders of the historic Negro Ensemble Company(NEC),where he served as executive director and producer. NATHANIEL G. NESMITH: Mr. Hooks, you were born and grew up in Washington, D.C., the youngest of five children. What else could you share about that production that most people do not know? Robert was once married to Kevins mother, Yvonne Hickman (whom there are no photos of, because she apparently wasnt into the spotlight like her ex-husband and son), whom he also has two more children with. I said, There are no roles for me here in Philly. Lonne Elder chimes in, Well, come on up to New York and join the unemployment line like everybody else. We all got a big laugh! Robert Hooks talks about his mother's family background, Robert Hooks talks about his father's family background, Robert Hooks describes his earliest childhood memory. I say, But I thought Al Freeman Jr. was doing it? For some reason, they still offered me the role. [11], In 2021, Emory University began adding to its official archives material documenting Hooks' career, including scripts, printed material, contracts and financial records, notes, correspondence, writings, books and periodicals, audiovisual and digital files. Their names are . [4], Last edited on 26 November 2022, at 23:34, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Daveed Diggs & Wyatt Russell Join 'The Good Lord Bird' For Showtime TCA", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Hooks&oldid=1124022057, This page was last edited on 26 November 2022, at 23:34. TV Series executive producer - 11 episodes, TV Series executive producer - 5 episodes, TV Series executive producer - 17 episodes, TV Series executive producer - 59 episodes, 2006 - 2009 co-executive producer - 9 episodes, 2006, TV Series executive producer - 13 episodes, TV Series co-executive producer - 4 episodes, TV Series executive producer - 22 episodes, Murder Without Motive: The Edmund Perry Story, Can You Hear the Laughter? Publicity Listings [1] Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. Relatives. See more results for Robert Hooks. She has this great voice, a very heavy voice. I said, Ed Hall told me about it. Who else lives with 405 E Busbee St at ? I didnt win the Tony Award, but I was nominated for it, which for me was just as important career-wise. He was the youngest of five children. Im going to go read for Lloyd Richards, to replace Lou Gossett! I had a wonderful relationship with Tennessee, and with several of the other people in the play, including Tab Hunter, who was doing his first Broadway play at the time. Mobile number (870) 824-9433 . He's believed to have come directly from Isle of Wight, Va. John recd a land patent for 200 ac. It didnt work, it got terrible reviews, but Tennessee Williams said, Look, lets get Tallulah Bankhead to do it. They did it the very next season, which is really rare.Tallulah Bankhead, this wonderfully talented woman, drank a lot, but when she was in action onstage youd never know she was soused! Can you say more about that? Support American Theatre: a just and thriving theatre ecology begins with information for all. His son, Robert Reid Hooks Jr., 26, was also arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of PCP. There has been so much shared about how the Negro Ensemble Company came into existence. They were so nice to me; I couldnt believe the warm welcome they gave me.A few months later I had moved up to New York to pursue an acting career. Last year, speaking to the Washington Post, 81 year old Robert Hooks, touched briefly on the rise and demise of his company, the DC Black Repertory Company. If youre from the Old School era of the late 1970s/early 80s, you more than likely are very familiar with actor, Kevin Hooks (59). I had personally helped him in doing it. He then stepped into the Broadway production of A Taste of Honey, replacing Billy Dee Williams; then repeating the same national tour trajectory as he had done for "Raisin" the previous year. He also worked as the producer and director of the series Prison Break, directing a total of 13 episodes for the show. One more fun fact about Robert, is that he didnt give on up on finding love again, after his two failed marriages to Rosie Lee Hooks and Yvonne Hickman. How do we create a person's profile? Robert Hooks (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia) One man had a grander vision, and for a time here in Washington, DC that vision was a reality. In 1986, he then starred in Hes the Mayor, but which was short lived. Roberts most popular roles include Reeve Scott in Hurry Sundown (1967); Mr. She came backstage, glided into my dressing room and we hugged, and she said, Oh, I hope you win. Mind you, she was presenting the award. We were trying to get the industry to open its doors and level the playing field for Blacks to come into the industry as producers, directors, writers, whatever. To become an Actor or Actress. I was doing a play called The Blacks, a Jean Genet play, which had taken New York theatre audiences by storm and astonished them with its artistic and political power. We would talk presidential politics. It was from there, that something else was sparked in him- his transition from being a then up-and-coming Broadway actor- to creating his own platform that would offer equal opportunities for many Black actors. And theres young Glynn Turmanat the time he was just a youngster playing Travis in the play. Every major Black actor of the time was in that legendary production. David knew that I was picketing Subways Are for Sleeping while I was doing A Taste of Honey. Man, she was so brilliant every night. Distinguished actor Robert Hooks was born Bobby Dean Hooks on April 18, 1937, in Washington, D.C. For the first time in my life I was attending an integrated school, and that reality blew my mind. Just a lot of excited young theatre wannabees, 18- and 19-year-olds.Because these were youngsters, and I wanted to experiment and do a real adult stage piece, the young performers would have to play grown-up roles. I did three Broadway plays for David Merrick. Pierrepont Finch. mode: 'thumbnails-rr1', Also in 1964, Hooks formed the Group Theater Workshop, offering training in the arts to underprivileged youth. Cause Of Death, Spouse, Zuho (SF9) Biography - Girlfriend, Net Worth, Pare Regina Hooks (m. 19781984), Cheryl Hooks, Eric Hooks, Christopher Carter, Robert Hooks Jr., Cecelia Ann Hooks Onibudo, Michelle Thomas Hooks, Tarpley Hooks, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. I read the second scene as well. He rec'd another one Oct 23, 1761, for 300 ac. Im standing there in the street just outside the stage door and Lloyd Richards walks out, and then from the wings walks the actress Billie Allen, who was Diana Sandss understudy in the play. Hooks soon joined the drama club and began acting in plays by William Shakespeare and Samuel Beckett. So Im still denying, Im not going to be in your play, and one night, Im lying in the bed, and I feel Bernices big toe in my thigh. I asked, Could you tell me where Phil Roses office is? He says, It is right over there. I rush in and the little man comes in right behind me. Child of COLONEL Hooks and Susan Dickson is: 2 i. Previous Story Next Story Reference: IMDB Robert Hooks.com Subject: Hooks, Robert Related Videos: Diahann is up there looking gorgeous, and shes got her envelope. but widely considered[weaselwords] a weakly plotted failure. Other Works Hooks other film credits include Airport '77 (1977) and Posse (1993). placement: 'Right Rail Thumbnails', Hooks went on to portray high school basketball player Morris Thorpe in the successful TV series about high-school basketball, The White Shadow, which ran from 1978 to 1981. Legacy is about loss of inheritance and what we can do to reclaim it. She gave me this vise-like grip. Name Robert Hooks License Number 12312023 Status Active Street 130 Dalrymple Rd City Sandy Springs State GA Zipcode 30328 First Name Robert Mailing Address 130 Dalrymple Road Last Name Hooks Brokerage Page Link Licensing BoardGeorgia Real Estate Commission & Appraisers Board Georgia Real Estate Commission & Appraisers Board SearchLicense Search He made two guest appearances with Jerry Seinfeld on the NBC series, Seinfeld in 1994. Has two children with present wife, Cheryl. Robert Reid Hooks, Sr., age 67 of Wilmington, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2021 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Please join us in this mission by making a donation to our publisher, Theatre Communications Group. We decided we wanted to create something different. Conrad and I were taking a break; were standing there, and cars started screeching and pulling over, people were yelling, They shot John F. Kennedy in Dallas! I knew John F. Kennedy was a friend of Tallulahs.I had to go in and tell Tallulah what had just happened, but she was onstage working with the director, Tony Richardson. Mr. Hooks, 71, is an actor who has appeared in more than three dozen television series, from "Marcus Welby, M.D." to "Seinfeld." Onstage, he starred opposite Leslie Uggams in the Broadway . And he says, surprisingly, Bobby, you should get over to Phil Roses office now, because Lou Gossett is leaving for Hollywood and theyre going to replace him. I thought wow, this is my opportunity, right? He also originated roles on the New York stage in Where's Daddy? I changed it when I did Dutchman, because my dear friend Roscoe Lee Browne came on opening night to see me in that, and we went out for drinks afterwards and he says, Youve got to get rid of thatBobby Dean. Hes been active in the industry since 1969, and all of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today. What would you like to share about that experience? He was nominated for Broadway's 1968 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "Hallelujah, Baby!". Ray Bolger - All-American Professor Fodorski. An associated email addresses for Robert Hooks are robert.ho***@tivejo.com, rhooks8***@comcast.net and more. Robert Hooks was born on April 18, 1937 (age 85) in Washington, DC, United States. Hooks attended Stevens Elementary School. She and her husband Bill had a big family; they were a Japanese family that had become American citizens. Morris Thorpe was reportedly voted[weaselwords] one of America's 100 favorite characters in the history of television. One Friday evening Im sitting there at a Kochiyama apartment meeting, and Malcolm walks into the living room. He has to like you because you would have been fired in a hot minute for picketing his show. I learned a lot from David Merrick, who was one of the top producers on Broadway at the time, though not the nicest man to other actors. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family. He made his television debut in 1963, on the series, East Side/West Side. Hooks lived in Southwest, Washington, D.C. in the late-1970s. Most people know the movie version with Al Freeman Jr. as Clay. Robert Hooks Sr. is charged with. T in the 70s film Trouble Man (1972); Grandpa Gene Donovan in the comedy, Seventeen Again (2000); and Fleet Admiral Morrow in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984). He also portrayed Doctor Walcott in the 1980s television series, Dynasty.. Members of the board are appointed both by The Carter Center and Emory University, with the president of Emory serving as an ex-officio member. The introduction summarizes the psychological tyranny inflicted on Africans and their descendants over the course of enslavement and Jim Crow. I befriended them, and we were friends over the years. At NEC, he helped guide the companys productions to 11 Obie Awards, 2 Tony Awards, 4 Vernon Rice Drama Desk Awards, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, one Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and other distinguished theatre awards. But his career stretches beyond that milestone; he also created two other major Black theatre companies during the 1960s, and worked as an actor on Broadway, on TV, and in film for decades. Roberts most popular roles include Reeve Scott in Hurry Sundown (1967); Mr. Clickhereto make your fully tax-deductible donation today! Aside from Kevin and Eric Hooks, their father has 5 more children- Cecelia Ann Hooks Onibudo, Christopher Carter, Michelle Thomas Hooks, Robert Hooks Jr., and Kiyo Dean Tarpley Hooks. And Ive enjoyed doing things for other people, starting all the way back to the Group Theatre Workshop with those kids I got off the streets of New York when they didnt have any place to go. Due to Roach's work, President Gerald Ford commuted his sentence on Christmas Day, 1975.[9]. Robert J. His relocation to the West Coast redirected Hooks' approach to parity in the arts with his involvement with The Bay Area Multicultural Arts Initiative (1988) as a board member and grant facilitator-judge. Among the instructors were Barbara Ann Teer, Frances Foster, Hal DeWindt, Lonne Elder III, and Ronnie Mack. 164, 2018 Visionary Founder and Creator Award D.C. Black Repertory Company on its 47th anniversary, Emory University - Robert Hooks Collection, This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 04:41. Robert Hooke ( 28 July [O.S. Thanks to the opportunity, he found more avenues to increase his net worth. container: 'taboola-right-rail-thumbnails', Actor, producer, and cultural activist Robert Hooks is now best known as one of the founders of the historic Negro Ensemble Company (NEC), where he served as executive director and producer. I didnt have an agent. Thats what I want to be remembered by. As he continues his career, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase. [3], In 2020, he directed an episode on The Good Lord Bird. He also appeared on television in an episode of the NBC crime drama series The Eddie Capra Mysteries in 1978 and portrayed Doctor Walcott in the 1980s television series Dynasty. First of all, it was a legendary play, and the original cast was just phenomenal.