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Contents 1 Roles 1.1 Starring Roles 1.2 Guest Starring Roles 1.3 Specials and Made-for-TV Movies 2 Awards and Accolades 2.1 Daytime Emmy Awards 3 Trivia

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Evening Shade	Ponder Blue	1990–1994	1	2	3	4

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
The Nurses (1962)	Dr. Farmer	3x08 - The Family Resemblance	November 17, 1964
The Fugitive	Gaines	4x02 - Death Is the Door Prize	September 20, 1966
Run for Your Life	Frankie Morton	2x11 - A Game of Violence	November 28, 1966
Twelve O'Clock High	Glenn Luke	3x15 - Graveyard	December 30, 1966
Run for Your Life	Dave Corbett	2x16 - Flight from Tirana	January 9, 1967
Run for Your Life	Dave Corbett	2x17 - A Rage for Justice	January 16, 1967
Bonanza	Sam Davis	10x23 - The Wish	March 9, 1969
Hawaii Five-O	Ramon Borelle	7x13 - Hara-Kiri: Murder	December 31, 1974
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	3x01 - Promised Land	September 15, 1996
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	3x11 - Homecoming (1)	November 24, 1996
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x09 - Homecoming (2)	November 26, 1996
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x10 - King of the Road	December 3, 1996
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x21 - Civil Wars	May 6, 1997
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x22 - Stealing Home (1)	May 13, 1997
Promised Land	Erasmus Jones	1x23 - Stealing Home (2)	May 20, 1997
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	4x01 - The Road Home (1)	September 21, 1997
Touched by an Angel	Erasmus Jones	5x02 - Saving Grace (1)	September 27, 1998
Third Watch	John Parker	1x09 - Modern Designs for Better Living	November 28, 1999
Touched by an Angel	Gabe	6x10 - The Christmas Gift	December 12, 1999
Third Watch	John Parker	1x12 - Journey to the Himalayas	January 24, 2000
Third Watch	John Parker	1x18 - Men	April 10, 2000
Presidio Med		1x01 - This Baby's Gonna Fly	September 24, 2002
Touched by an Angel	Gabriel	9x09 - Remembering Me (2)	November 23, 2002
JAG	Terrence Minnerly	9x07 - Close Quarters	November 7, 2003
The L Word	Melvin Porter	1x05 - Lawfully	February 15, 2004
The L Word	Melvin Porter	2x10 - Land Ahoy	April 24, 2005
The L Word	Melvin Porter	2x11 - Loud & Proud	May 1, 2005
The L Word	Melvin Porter	2x12 - L'Chaim	May 8, 2005

Specials and Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
Miss Evers' Boys	Mr. Evers	February 22, 1997	HBO Original Movie

Awards and Accolades

Daytime Emmy Awards

• Won: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special (2001)

Finding Buck Henry

Trivia

• married to Ruby Dee from 1948 until his death in 2005