Category: Actor

Dale Ricardo Shields

DALE  RICARDO  SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist  Dale Ricardo Shields is a highly accomplished African American actor, director, producer, and educator with a distinguished career in theatre and academia. He is recognized for his profound impact on the lives of his students and his unwavering dedication to …

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Antone Pagán

Antone  Pagán Actor*Director*Producer*Writer   by Dale Ricardo Shields    Antone Pagán was raised in Harlem, New York. He has been a member of the famed Actors Studio since the late 1980s and was recently appointed to the studio’s membership committee. He listed among his Actors Studio mentors, Paul Calderon, Frank Corsaro, Lee Grant, Harvey Keitel, Elizabeth …

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Niles Fitch

Niles  Fitch *****  American actor who began his career as a child actor. He gained prominence through his role in the NBC series This Is Us.   by Dale Ricardo Shields “Niles Fitch, an Atlanta native, follows his passion for connecting with others through stage, print, commercials, television, film, and voice-over. He loves to model, …

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Robert Hooks

ROBERT  HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields   Actor, Producer, and Activist Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, the Negro Ensemble Company was founded. A trailblazing American actor, producer, and “activist” who broke major color barriers in Hollywood Film, Television, and Broadway Theater during the Civil Rights and Black …

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Leigh Whipper

                                           LEIGH WHIPPER   by  Dale Ricardo Shields   Leigh Rollin Whipper  A massive figure in early American performing arts, breaking racial barriers long before the Civil Rights Movement.  The 1st Black member of Actors …

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