Jessie Lawrence Ferguson

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson
Born(1941-06-08)June 8, 1941
The Bronx, New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 26, 2019(2019-04-26) (aged 77)
Palmdale, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1979–1995

Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (June 8, 1941 – April 26, 2019) was an American actor.[1] He was best known for playing the self-hating racist police officer in John Singleton's Academy Award-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991).

Biography

Ferguson was born in The Bronx, New York, on June 8, 1941. He lived there until the mid-1950s until moving to Chicago, Illinois. His first major role was in Starsky and Hutch in 1979. Ferguson is best known for his roles in Boyz n the Hood and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and Sam Raimi's Darkman. He has also had roles in Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, All Night Long and The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh. Ferguson died of a heart attack at age 77 on April 26, 2019.[2]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1979 The Onion Field Gamblin' Man
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Jackhammer Washington
1981 All Night Long Jacob Horowitz
1983 Good-bye, Cruel World Rev. Mike as Jesse Laurence Ferguson
1984 Amazons Baker TV movie
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Black Lectroid Commander
1986 Neon Maniacs Carson
The Supernaturals Recruit #2
1987 Prince of Darkness Calder
1988 The Presidio Pilot at Travis AFB
1989 Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All John McNiece TV movie
1990 Darkman Eddie Black
1991 Boyz n the Hood Officer Coffey as Jesse Ferguson
1992 To Protect and Serve Becker
1995 The Chosen One The Magus Short

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1979 Starsky and Hutch Fingers Episode: "Huggy Can't Go Home"
1980 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Lieutenant Rekoff Episode: "A Dream of Jennifer"
1981 Hill Street Blues Panhandler Episode: "Chipped Beef"
1983 Trapper John, M.D. Locksmith Episode: "Past Imperfect"
Hotel Nairobi Business Man Episode: "Designs"
1984 Remmington Steele Max Cronin Episode: "High Flying Steele"
1985 The A-Team Navarro Episode: "Skins"
Santa Barbara M.P. Wilcox Episode #1169
St. Elsewhere N/A Episode: "Cheers"
Still the Beaver Dr. Maxwell Episode: "A Boy and his Snake"
1987 CBS Summer Playhouse Colonel Ntsunge Episode: "Mickey and Nora"
Star Trek: The Next Generation Lutan Episode: "Code of Honor"
Beauty and the Beast Roy Ocala Episode: "Dark Spirits"
1990 Equal Justice Minister Episode: "Promise to Keep"
Cop Rock Jerome Brewster Episode: "Ill-Gotten Gaines"
1992 Swamp Thing Duchamp Episode: "Night of the Dying"
1993 South of Sunset Newspaper Boy Unknown episode

References

  1. ^ "Jessie Lawrence Ferguson". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
  2. ^ "'Boyz n the Hood' Dirty Cop Actor Jessie Lawrence Ferguson Dead at 76". TMZ.com.


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