Roger Earl Mosley (December 18, 1938 - August 7, 2022) was an American actor, director, and writer best known for Magnum, P.I. (1980-1988), A Thin Line Between Love And Hate (1996), and Terminal Island (1973).
He was married to Saundra J. Locke and Antoinette Laudermilk and had three children, two with Locke and one with Laudermilk.
Mosley died in 2022 at the age of 83 from injuries he suffered in a car crash.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1972: The New Centurions as Truck Driver
- 1972: Hit Man as Huey
- 1973: The Mack as Olinga
- 1973: Sweet Jesus Preacherman as Holmes/Lee
- 1973: Terminal Island as Monk
- 1974: Mc Q as Rosey
- 1975: Darktown Strutters as Mellow
- 1976: Leadbelly as Huddie Ledbetter
- 1976: The River Niger as Big Moe Hayes
- 1976: Stay Hungry as Newton
- 1976: Drum as Slave (Uncredited Role)
- 1977: The Greatest as Sonny Liston
- 1977: Big Time as J.J.
- 1977: Semi Tough as Puddin Patterson Sr.
- 1978: The Other Side Of Hell as Jim Baker
- 1978: Cruise Into Terror as Nathan
- 1979: The Jericho Mile as Cotton Crown
- 1979: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings as Bailey Sr.
- 1979: Steel as Lionel
- 1980: Attica as Frank Green
- 1980: Pray TV as Willie Washington/Leroy Washington
- 1981: The White Lions as John Kani
- 1990: Heart Condition as Capt. Wendt
- 1992: Unlawful Entry as Officer Roy Cole
- 1994: Pentathlon as John Creese
- 1996: A Thin Line Between Love And Hate as Smitty
- 1998: Letters From A Killer as Horton
- 2000: Hammerlock as Sgt. James Hammer
Television Roles
- 1971: Longstreet as Prison Guard
- 1971: Cannon as Porter
- 1971-1972: Night Gallery as Prisoner/2nd Askari (2 episodes)
- 1972: The Sixth Sense as Mover/2nd Guard (2 episodes)
- 1972: Sanford and Son as Norman Blood
- 1974: Kung Fu as Seth
- 1974: The Streets of San Francisco as Ben Driscoll
- 1974: Kojak as Stutz
- 1975: Thats My Mama as Doc Green
- 1975: Switch as Walter
- 1975: McCloud as Dolan
- 1975: Baretta as Det. Rudy Davis
- 1975: The Rookies as Rawlins
- 1976: Delvecchio as Bosworth Hawkins
- 1977: The Rockford Files as Electric Larry
- 1977-1979: Starsky & Hutch as Big Red McGee/The Baron (2 episodes)
- 1978: The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams as Issac
- 1979: Roots The Next Generation as Lee Garnet
- 1980: Paris as Royal Pratt
- 1980-1988: Magnum, P.I. as Theodore "T.C." Calvin/Paul Robeson/Brutus Jones
- 1986: Danger Bay as Hari Mubaru
- 1987: The Love Boat as Jeffrey T. Gilbert
- 1990-1991: You Take The Kids as Michael Kirkland
- 1991: Night Court as Eugene Westfall
- 1992-1993: Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Coach Ricketts (10 episodes)
- 1994: The Sinbad Show as Sgt. Al Beckley
- 1994: RoboCop: The Series as Frank Uno
- 1996: In the House as Buff
- 1996: Women Stories Of Passion as Freddy
- 1999-2000: Rude Awakening as Milton 'Milt' Johnson (20 episodes)
- 2000: Walker, Texas Ranger as Fred Carter
- 2001: Arli SS as Mudcat Burrell
- 2003: What Should You Do as Kidnapper
- 2003: The District as Temple's Father
- 2007: Las Vegas as Roger
- 2010: FCU Fact Checkers Unit as Grandpa Faison
- 2019-2021: Magnum PI as John Booky (2 episodes)
Shorts
- 1972: The Living End as Henry
Writer
- 1986: Magnum, P.I.
Director
- 1984: Magnum, P.I.
