Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
45
Gender
Male
Birthday
August 21, 1932 ( 89 years old )
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Melvin Van Peebles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Melvin "Block" Van Peebles (August 21, 1932 - September 21, 2021) was an American actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, novelist and composer. He was most famous for creating the acclaimed film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which heralded a new era of African American focused films. He was the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles. Description above from the Wikipedia article Melvin Van Peebles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Identity Crisis
1989-09-15Taking Care of Terrific
1988-01-16Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
1971-03-31Fist of the North Star
1995-04-22O.C. and Stiggs
1987-07-10BaadAsssss Cinema
2002-08-14Peeples
2013-05-09Directors on Directing
2009-09-24True Identity
1991-08-23