Leroy "Preach" Jackson – Cooley High Colonel Bradford Taylor – A Different World Clarence Royce – The Wire
Spouses
Ula M. Walker
(m. 1965; div. 1971)
Aretha Franklin
(m. 1978; div. 1984)
Jo-Ann Allen
(m. 1992)
Children
4
Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. First coming to attention as a child actor in the original 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun, Turman is known for his roles as Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1968–1969), high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1988–1993), and Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire. He received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his role on the HBO drama series In Treatment.
Turman also portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies, Doctor Senator in the fourth season of the FX black comedy crime drama series Fargo, and starred in the 2020 Netflix film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor, director, writer, and producer. First coming to attention as a child actor in the original...
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Matty Rich. The film stars Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Suzzanne Douglass, GlynnTurman, Jada Pinkett and Vanessa Bell Calloway. Set in the summer of 1976, the...
narrative of high school seniors and best friends, Leroy "Preach" Jackson (GlynnTurman) and Richard "Cochise" Morris (Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs). Written by Eric...
Darryl M. Bell and Sinbad were promoted to the principal cast, and GlynnTurman and Lou Myers were added as supporting cast members. These changes led...
fallen in with the school burn-outs and has begun smoking marijuana. GlynnTurman as Jeremiah Kaan, Marty's ex-psychiatrist father and Roscoe's main caregiver...
Hamlin as Dan Guy Fieri as himself Alex Moffat as Nat Rob Corddry as Pat GlynnTurman as Mickey Ron Funches as Chip Bob Balaban as Mark Jimmy O. Yang as Tony...
joining the cast after having a recurring role during the third season was GlynnTurman as Mayor Clarence Royce. On the streets, former Barksdale crew chief...
Series (Dianne Wiest) Won – Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (GlynnTurman) Nominated – Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Gabriel Byrne)...
mother and Emmett's grandmother Cedric Joe as Emmett Louis "Bobo" Till GlynnTurman as Rev. Mose Wright, Mamie's uncle Ray Fisher as Gene Mobley. Mamie's...
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Schneider Marc Menchaca as Sydney Clark P. J. Byrne as Stephen Blauner GlynnTurman as Walter Newton Moses Ingram as Teressa Dixon Jaime Ray Newman as Roz...
Gossett) Claudia McNeil – Lena Younger Diana Sands – Beneatha Younger GlynnTurman – Travis Younger Ed Hall – moving man Douglas Turner – moving man Ossie...
She married actor GlynnTurman, on April 11, 1978, at her father's church. By marrying Turman, Franklin became stepmother of Turman's three children. Franklin...
Roulette, Dibrell's sister, Ethelrida's maternal aunt, and a bank robber. GlynnTurman as Doctor Senator, consigliere of the Cannon Limited. Timothy Olyphant...
Guest Actress at the Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on the series. GlynnTurman was nominated for Outstanding Guest Actor at the 71st Primetime Emmy...
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