Willis Burks, II Biography (1935-)

Born October 25, 1935, in Birmingham, AL.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: October 25, 1935; Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Willie, Equinox (also known as Isimeria), 1992
The Preacher's Wife, Buena Vista, 1996
Baja, Fall, 1997
(As Willis Burks) Selwyn, Sunday, 1997
Colonel, Everything's Jake, Blackjack Entertainment/Boz Productions, 2000
(As Willis Burks) Gift for the Living (short film), 2005
Also appeared in Deadline.
Television Appearances
Movies
Troy, Trigger Happy, Independent Film Channel, 2001
Appeared as an old man in Black Filmmaker Showcase, Showtime.
Episodic

Monty, "Slave," Law & Order, NBC, 1996
Vagrant, "Yes Sir, That's My Baby," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1996
Mr. Baxter, "The Unthinkable," New York Undercover (also known asUptown Undercover), Fox, 1997
Ralph Weathers, "Jones," Law & Order: Criminal Intent (also known as Law & Order: CI), NBC, 2001
Thomas, "Walk Like a Man," ER (also known as Emergency Room), NBC, 2002
Old man, Everybody Hates Chris, UPN, 2005
Appeared as Judge Robin Ingles in another episode of Law & Order, NBC; also appeared in an episode of As the World Turns, CBS.
Stage Appearances
Fences, Missouri Repertory Theatre (also known as Kansas City Repertory Theatre), Kansas City, MO, c. 1991, also produced at Syracuse Stage
Pill Hill, Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT, c. 1992
Boochie, East Texas Hot Links, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre, Anspacher Theatre, New York City, 1994
Two Trains Running, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, c. 1994
The Piano Lesson, Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ, c. 1996, also produced at Penumbra Theatre Company
Shealy, Jitney, GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1999-2000, Mark TaperForum, Los Angeles, 2000, Second Stage Theatre Company, Union Square Theatre, New York City, 2000-2001, National Theatre, Lyttelton Theatre, London, 2001
Saint Lucy's Eyes, Women's Project Theatre, then Cherry Lane Theatre, both New York City, 2001
Major Tours
Shealy, Jitney, U.S. cities, 2000
RECORDINGS
Video Games
Voice of Pope Joe, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Vivendi Universal Games, 2004

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