Richard Roundtree, best known for playing the titular character in the groundbreaking "Shaft" franchise, died Tuesday at age 81. His longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed to ABC News that ...

Jeopardy! viewers were left open-mouthed during Wednesday’s (March 26) episode after all three contestants failed to recognize the actor behind one of film and television’s most famous detectives. The ...

Richard Roundtree, the stage and screen actor best known for his performance as a tough-talking private eye in 1971’s “Shaft,” has died. He was 81. The news was confirmed by Roundtree’s theatrical ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Tim Reid, an actor and filmmaker, to remember his friend, the late actor Richard Roundtree. Remembering Richard Roundtree, 'Shaft' star and pioneer for Black actors ...

Who is the cat who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about? Well, actually, it’s Gordon Parks. That’s according to Richard Roundtree, the actor who basically codified urban cool in the 1970s when ...