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Actor Roger E. Mosley, who played helicopter pilot Theodore “TC” Calvin on the classic television series Magnum, died Sunday morning at the age of 83. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Mosley was involved in all 158 episodes from the premiere to the final chapter of the eight seasons of “Magnum” between 1980 and 1988. His strong association with the classic attraction earned him an invitation to appear in Season 1 of the current reboot, with a cameo through 2019 as a different character. It was so successful that it came back once more in 2021, in a new participation that eventually became his last onscreen appearance.
Following the original Magnum, Mosley went on to star in the oneseason sitcom You Take the Kids in 1990.
He also had recurring roles on Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper and Rude Awakening in the 1990s. But with a career that began two decades earlier, his list of occasional episode appearances is vast and varied, including “Love Boat.” . “, “Gallery of Terror”, “Kung Fu”, “Kojak”, “San Francisco Urgente”, “Confidential File”, “Double Justice” and “Las Vegas”.
His film credits date back to the blaxploitation era 1970s action films starring black actors and accompanied by a funk track noting the highly iconic ‘The Mack’ (1973) alongside the biographical drama ‘Leadbelly’ (1976). , in which he played legendary blues/folk singer Huddie Ledbetter, and The Greatest One (1977), Muhammad Ali’s biopic, in which he played boxer Sonny Liston.
His filmography also includes classic cops like The New Centurions (1972) and McQ: A Detective Above the Law (1974), as well as the late Bob Rafelson’s comedies The Bodyguard (1976), The Battle of the Sexes ‘ (1977) with Burt Reynolds and ‘Between Slaps and Kisses’ (1996) with Martin Lawrence.
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