Weaver, Lee 1930– (Lee W. Weaver)

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WEAVER, Lee 1930–
(Lee W. Weaver)

PERSONAL

Born April 10, 1930, in Fort Lauderdale, FL; son of Primus Jest (a chef) and Josephine Weaver; married Ta–Tanisha (an actress), July 10, 1971; children: Leis La–Te (a daughter). Education: Florida A & M University, B.A.

Addresses: Office— 1335 Burnside Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90019. Agent— c/o Contemporary Artists Agency, 1888 Century Park E., Suite 1400, Los Angeles, CA, 90067.

Career: Actor. Appeared in many television commercials, including work for Kool–Aid (1993), Burger King (2001), Target (2002), and FedEx (2002). Military service: U.S. Army.

Member: Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

(Uncredited) Reporter, Al Capone, Warner Bros., 1959.

Willie, The Lost Man, Universal, 1969.

Jake, Denver drug dealer, Vanishing Point, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1971.

Voice, Heavy Traffic (animated), American International, 1973.

Friend, Cleopatra Jones, Warner Bros., 1973.

Airport '75, Universal, 1974.

Anesthesiologist, House Calls, Universal, 1978.

Way station attendant, Heaven Can Wait, Paramount, 1978.

Billy, The Onion Field, AVCO–Embassy, 1979.

Mr. King, Kiss Me Goodbye, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1982.

The Escape Artist, Warner Bros., 1982.

Ray, The Buddy System, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1984.

Maurice, Wildcats (also known as First and Goal ), Warner Bros., 1986.

Caddy #1, The Two Jakes, Paramount, 1990.

Ben, The Scout, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1994.

Wino, Just Your Luck (also known as Whiskey Down ), PolyGram, 1996.

Airline passenger, Fathers' Day, Warner Bros., 1997.

Man in church #2, Bulworth, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

Homeless man, Godzilla, TriStar, 1998.

Nate, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Twentieth Century–Fox, 1998.

Porter, Music from Another Room, Orion, 1998.

Wino, Brown's Requiem, Avalanche, 1998.

30's limo driver, The Thirteenth Floor (also known as Abwaerts in die Zukunft ), Columbia, 1999.

Old Codger, Goodbye Lover, Warner Bros., 1999.

Blind seer on handcar, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (also known as O' Brother ), Buena Vista, 2000.

Leroy, Donnie Darko, Pandora, 2001.

Military policeman, Evolution, 2001.

Mr. Fishbau, The Failures, Werner, 2003.

Television Appearances; Series:

Brian Kincaid, The Bill Cosby Show, NBC, 1969–1971.

Ralph Prentiss, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, ABC, 1975.

Voice of Alpine/E4 Albert M. Pine, G.I. Joe (animated), syndicated, 1984.

Ricardo Williams, Easy Street, CBS, 1986–1987.

Gideon Oliver, ABC, 1989.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

The Blue Knight, NBC, 1973.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Bartender, In Name Only, ABC, 1969.

Bob, Daddy, I Don't Like It Like This, CBS, 1978.

Our Family Honor, ABC, 1985.

Biloxi Slim, A Hobo's Christmas, CBS, 1987.

Frank Monroe, " Meet the Munceys, " Disney Sunday Movie, ABC, 1988.

Ollie, My Brother's Wife, ABC, 1989.

Harry, Lush Life, Showtime, 1993.

Elmer, A Season of Hope (also known as The Lemon Grove ), CBS, 1995.

Odelle, " Homecoming Day, " Riot, Showtime, 1995.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Ralph Prentiss, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, ABC, 1975.

Flamingo Road, NBC, 1980.

Supervisor, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, ABC, 1993.

Mr. Bibbs, Sparks, UPN, 1996.

Passenger #3, Temporarily Yours, CBS, 1997.

Alfred Montgomery, A.U.S.A., NBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Desk clerk #2, " The Night of the Sedgewick Curse, " The Wild Wild West, CBS, 1968.

Charlie Willis, " Death in a Minor Key, " Mannix, CBS, 1969.

Ace, " Love and the Hustler, " Love, American Style, ABC, 1969.

Second truck driver, " The Prodigy, " Nanny and the Professor, ABC, 1971.

" Delegate at Large, " Cade's County, CBS, 1971.

Mose, " Point of View, " The Blue Knight, CBS, 1975.

Neighbor, " Pressure Point, " Adam–12, NBC, 1975.

" Earl's Dad and Mama's Glad, " That's My Mama, ABC, 1975.

Ozzie Turnball, " Out of the Frying Pan ... , " Kojak, CBS, 1975.

" Greatest Show in Watts, " Sanford and Son, NBC, 1976.

Mose, " To Kill a Tank, " The Blue Knight, CBS, 1976.

Mose, " A Slight Case of Murder, " The Blue Knight, CBS, 1976.

Man #2, " The Big Move: Part 2, " Good Times, CBS, 1976.

Scooter, " Danger Zone, " Serpico, NBC, 1976.

Willie, " George's Guilt, " The Jeffersons, CBS, 1977.

Sergeant, " Episode 17, " Soap, ABC, 1978.

Bogeman, " Huggy Can't Go Home, " Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1979.

" A Mother's Revenge, " Flamingo Road, NBC, 1981.

" The Fish Fry, " Flamingo Road, NBC, 1981.

" The Election, " Flamingo Road, NBC, 1981.

Gus, " My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody, " Mork and Mindy, ABC, 1981.

" Neighter a Borrower, " Shannon, CBS, 1981.

Bartender, " The Shooter, " Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982.

Buck Naked, " Santaclaustrophobia, " Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1982.

Dave, " All Fall Down, " Voyagers!, NBC, 1983.

Buck Naked, " Here's Adventure, Here's Romance, " Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1983.

William " Buck Naked " Tully, " Midway to What?, " Hill Street Blues, NBC, 1983.

Joe, " Blue Collar Drummond, " Diff'rent Strokes, NBC, 1985.

Waiter, " Planning Parenthood, " The Cosby Show, NBC, 1987.

" To Catch a Thief, " Amen, NBC, 1988.

Snookie Reams, " John's New Job: Part 1, " Dear John, NBC, 1990.

Ray Nay, " Love Thy Neighbor, " A Different World, NBC, 1990.

Mr. Fields, " Home Remedies, " The Cosby Show, NBC, 1991.

Mr. Mitchell, " Real News, " The Man in the Family, ABC, 1991.

Ed, " Granny Gets Busy, " The Fresh Prince of Bel–Air, NBC, 1991.

Cody, " Justice—May 11, 1965, " Quantum Leap, NBC, 1991.

" Patriots, " Homefront, ABC, 1991.

Stubblefield, " Pure Gold, " Reasonable Doubts, NBC, 1991.

Stumpy, " Gunz 'n Boyz, " MacGyver, ABC, 1991.

Reverend Curtis, " Eat Something, " Nurses, NBC, 1992.

Mr Burke, " Opportunity Knock Knocks: Part 2, " Night Court, NBC, 1992.

" Boyz'r Us, " Martin, Fox, 1992.

Leonard, " If I Were a Rich Man, " Step by Step, ABC, 1993.

Bartender, " Living Kringle, " Living Single, Fox, 1993.

Buck Naked, " Up on the Roof, " NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

Ollie, " No Place Live Home, " Roc, Fox, 1994.

Buck Naked, " Serge the Concierge, " NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

Buck Naked, " Dead and Gone, " NYPD Blue, ABC, 1994.

Priest, " Free Billy, " Sister, Sister, ABC, 1994.

Old man, " High Noon, " Martin, Fox, 1995.

Stan, " Fortunate Son, " Beverly Hills, 90210, Fox, 1995.

(As Lee W. Weaver) Hilton Brown, " Invasion, " Sliders, Fox, 1996.

Mr. Bibbs, " No Sweat, " Sparks, UPN, 1996.

" Seems Like Old Times, " The Jamie Foxx Show, The WB, 1996.

Earlee, " On Golden Pons, " Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997.

Beans, " Back in the Day: Parts 1 and 2, " The Good News, UPN, 1998.

Clyde, " A Day in the Life, " Suddenly Susan, NBC, 1999.

Church member, " The Trouble with Angels, " For Your Love, The WB, 1999.

Mr. Brody, " Prototype, " City of Angels, CBS, 2000.

Isiah, " A Resting Place, " Diagnosis Murder, CBS, 2000.

Mr. Horton, " The Jackal, " The District, CBS, 2000.

Harold, " Roots, " One World, NBC, 2000.

Buster, " The Magic Three–Legged Sex Dog, " Men, Women & Dogs, The WB, 2001.

Harry Rosemont, " Tracy, " Kate Brasher, CBS, 2001.

Candy McCloud, " The Perfect Game, " Touched by an Angel, CBS, 2001.

Louis Nolman, " Call Him Macaroni, " Any Day Now, Lifetime, 2002.

Attendant, " Table for Too Many: Part 2, " My Wife and Kids, ABC, 2002.

" The Sound of Music, " Providence, NBC, 2002.

" Ockham's Razor, " Crossing Jordan, NBC, 2003.

Tebo, " Dead Clown Walking, " The Parkers, UPN, 2003.

Also appeared in episodes of Who's the Boss?, ABC; What's Happening Now?, syndicated; Family Honor, NBC; 227, NBC; Palmerstown, U.S.A., CBS; and Quincy, M.E., NBC.