Richard Roundtree was the actor best known for playing detective John Shaft in Shaft and its sequels, Shaft’s Big Score! and Shaft in Africa as well as the short-lived 1973 Shaft TV series.
Richard Roundtree, Dead at 81
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Richard Roundtree was the actor best known for playing detective John Shaft in Shaft and its sequels, Shaft’s Big Score! and Shaft in Africa as well as the short-lived 1973 Shaft TV series.