Richard Roundtree said of his role in "Shaft": "It put me on the map." (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Richard Roundtree lent his velvet voice and cool cat stride to one of the most influential ...

Richard Roundtree, who played the title role in several Shaft movies, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s death was confirmed by his longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, and his agency, Artists & ...

Richard Roundtree, who played one of the first Black action heroes in the blaxploitation '70s era of film, died at 81 of pancreatic cancer on Tuesday in his Los Angeles home, his manager said. The ...

Los Angeles — Richard Roundtree, the trailblazing actor who starred as the ultra-smooth private detective in several “Shaft” films beginning in the early 1970s, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s ...