Actor. He was a character actor who worked on television from the 1970s through the early 2000's. He appeared on the television series "Sanford and Son", where he had a role as 'Big Money Grip Madlock', an old buddy of Fred Sanford' from St. Louis, Missouri. He had roles in several filmsm, including the 1973 motion picture "Five On The Black Hand Side", "The Distingushed Gentleman" opposite Sheryl Lee Ralph and Eddie Murphy, and the Oscar nominated 1992 biopic "Malcolm X", which starred Denzel Washington, with whom he also appeared in the 1993 film "The Pelican Brief" with Julia Roberts.
Actor. He was a character actor who worked on television from the 1970s through the early 2000's. He appeared on the television series "Sanford and Son", where he had a role as 'Big Money Grip Madlock', an old buddy of Fred Sanford' from St. Louis, Missouri. He had roles in several filmsm, including the 1973 motion picture "Five On The Black Hand Side", "The Distingushed Gentleman" opposite Sheryl Lee Ralph and Eddie Murphy, and the Oscar nominated 1992 biopic "Malcolm X", which starred Denzel Washington, with whom he also appeared in the 1993 film "The Pelican Brief" with Julia Roberts.
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JAMES E
GAINES
PVT
US ARMY
KOREA
SEP 10 1927
SEP 2 2006
BELOVED HUSBAND
AND FATHER
IN GOD'S CARE
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