Richard Roundtree, a Hollywood icon who played John Shaft in the 1971 introduction to the "Shaft" film franchise, has died. He was 81. His manager, Patrick McMinn of McMinn Management and Artists & ...

Richard Roundtree had a long and storied career, with over 150 credits and dozens of characters. But sometimes an actor needs but one role to make history. Roundtree had John Shaft. He played the ...

Actor Richard Roundtree, best remembered for playing detective John Shaft, has died. Roundtree was 81 and had been suffering from pancreatic cancer. Co-stars and those influenced by him have paid ...

Black Hollywood is in mourning as it bids farewell to a true legend, Richard Roundtree, who famously brought the character of John Shaft to life in the groundbreaking 1971 film Shaft. Roundtree passed ...

Private eye John Shaft was a new kind of figure in film: unapologetically Black with swagger. He clapped back at white cops, he busted mobsters,... Richard Roundtree, star of 'Shaft,' dies at 81 ...