Known for Acting
Roger Earl Mosley (December 18, 1938 - August 7, 2022) was an American actor, director and writer, best known for his role as the helicopter pilot Theodore "T.C." Calvin on the long running CBS television series, Magnum, P.I., which originally aired from 1980 until 1988. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Earl Mosley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
December 18, 1938
Died
August 7, 2022 (age 83)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Filmography
33 films, 34 shows
Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary
Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary
2023 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Told by a member's son, this is the story of five kids from L.A.'s Watts neighborhood who formed a little-known funk and soul outfit in the 1970s.


Hammerlock
2002 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Two prison guards team up with a convict and a drug smuggler to recapture bank robbers.


Letters from a Killer
1998 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
A man is falsely convicted of the murder of his wife. During his time in jail, he finds comfort from four women with whom he corresponds. After his second court appearance, he is finally freed from prison only to be framed for yet 2 more murders which he did not commit. With the help of his former prison guard, he once again sets out to clear his name


A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996 · 1h 48m
country: United States
Nightclub manager Darnell Wright is a perpetual playboy who is almost as devoted to his job as he is to the pursuit of beautiful women. After he sets his sights on the ultra-classy Brandi Web, he launches an all-out assault to win her heart. Ultimately, charm, lust and passion prevail, but Darnell learns the hard way that when you play, you pay. Brandi is much harder to get rid of than she was to get--especially when she realizes that she has a rival vying for Darnell's affection. When he finally decides to call it quits, Brandi becomes an obsessed femme fatale stalking the new love of her life.


Pentathlon
1994 · 1h 41m
country: United States
When East German Eric Brogar wins a gold medal in the pentathlon, he escapes to freedom in the west with the help of a beautiful American athlete. But his demanding coach, Heinrich Mueller vows revenge and Eric's best friend and his father pay the ultimate price for his freedom when they are killed by the Secret Police. In Los Angeles, Eric starts to train for the gold again. But when Mueller comes to America, Eric must win the most deadly game of all… the fight for his life.


Unlawful Entry
1992 · 1h 52m
country: Japan
When Michael and Karen Carr’s home is robbed, the couple strike up a friendship with duty officer Pete Davis. But the disturbed cop develops an intense fixation on Karen, and his idea of friendship soon turns into a dangerous obsession, making him the Carrs’ worst nightmare.


Zora is My Name!
1990 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A celebration of the life of Zora Neale Hurston, who was born at the turn of the 20th Century and grew to be an important voice with her written portrayals of Black American life in the rural south of the 1930's and 40's, and the stories, songs and folklore that were her heritage and inspiration.


Heart Condition
1990 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, but his life is saved when he receives Stone's heart, since Stone died mysteriously the same night as Jack was stricken. Stone is not completely gone, however, and as a ghost he is all too happy to give Jack advice on how he should do his job and live his life.


The White Lions
1981 · 1h 37m
country: Unknown
A college professor, his wife, and daughter go the the wilds of Africa to live, and study the rare white lions of the region.
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
Magnum PI: Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii
1980 · 1h 30m
country: United States
90 minute Magnum PI pilot film. When Thomas's childhood friend and Naval comrade Dan Cook turns up dead, Thomas is adamant that the official cause of death, a burst bag of smuggled cocaine, is bogus, and enlists the aid of Dan's sister Alice in taking on the Navy to uncover the true nature of the top-secret assignment Dan was working on before his death.


The Jericho Mile
1980 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A runner, serving a life sentence at Folsom Prison, works at becoming the world's fastest miler and wins a chance to compete for a spot on the Olympic team.


Pray TV
1980 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.


Attica
1980 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Acclaimed dramatization recreating the incidents surrounding the 1971 revolt in New York's Attica State Prison that lasted for 23 days and resulted in the greatest casualty toll between Americans since the Civil War.


Steel
1979 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Mike Catton was once a world-renowned construction foreman (at least in the construction world), but an accident left him with a serious fear of heights. Unable to climb the big skyscrapers while under construction, he retired and became a truck driver. But when an old friend needs him to help put up a building, and when the old friend gets harassed and threatened by an Evil Corporate Type, he comes out of retirement and assembles the creme de la creme of the construction world. Together, they race against time to finish the building while the Evil Corporate Type tries to stop them.


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she and her older brother were raised by their grandmother after the divorce of their parents.


Cruise Into Terror
1978 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An Egyptian sarcophagus that is cargo on a pleasure cruise ship has a secret - it contains the son of Satan, and its effects start to make the ship's passengers behave strangely.


The Other Side of Hell
1978 · 2h 29m
country: United States
A disturbed, but highly intelligent man is sent to a criminally insane hospital to serve time and rehabilitate. But when he arrives, he discovers it's in fact a closed world where brutality is an everyday occurrence.


Semi-Tough
1977 · 1h 48m
country: United States
A three-way friendship between two free-spirited professional football players and the owner's daughter becomes compromised when two of them become romantically involved.


Big Time
1977 · 1h 36m
country: United States
A small time con-artist gets between the FBI and a suitcase filled with money.


The Greatest
1977 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassius Clay, his conversion to Islam, his refusal of the Army draft and the legal battle after being stripped of his World Title.


Drum
1976 · 1h 40m
country: United States
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.


Leadbelly
1976 · 2h 6m
country: United States
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he had composed and sung during and before the time he spent there.


Stay Hungry
1976 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.


The River Niger
1976 · 1h 45m
country: United States
An intimate look at life in the ghetto: Johnny Williams is a house painter who moonlights as a poet, struggling to financially and emotionally support his cancer-ridden wife Mattie. But times are tough and the poverty-troubled streets are even tougher, and it takes every ounce of Johnny's love and courage for the couple to make it through their strife, finding redemption in the River Niger.


Darktown Strutters
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United States
When a prominent abortion clinic owner goes missing along with a string of other black community leaders, her singing daughter and her fellow female biker gang members investigate.


Switch
1975 · 1h 30m
country: United States
In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker has been framed for a diamond robbery.


McQ
1974 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.


Terminal Island
1973 · 1h 28m
country: United States
After the U.S. Supreme Court banishes the death penalty, California decides to exile all convicted murderers to the remote island of San Bruno, overseen by a tyrannical camp leader who forces all female inmates into sex slavery.


Sweet Jesus, Preacherman
1973 · 1h 30m
country: United States
A Black hit man poses as a Baptist preacher in a ghetto church. He decides to take over the local rackets.


The Mack
1973 · 1h 50m
country: United States
A recently-released convict becomes the most powerful pimp in Oakland, but tragedy ensues when his activities draw the ire of two corrupt cops and the crime lord he once worked for.


Hit Man
1972 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Bernie Casey portrays Tyrone and Pamela Grier plays a sultry skin-flick star in this first Americanized remake of the iconic Michael Caine action film Get Carter. From Watts to the West Side, from porno parlors to a high-rise, from motel dives to a crime kingpin’s sprawling pleasure dome, from corner hangouts to a wildlife preserve, Tyrone covers a lot of real estate, busts a lot of heads.


Hickey & Boggs
1972 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Two veteran private eyes trigger a criminal reign of terror with their search for a missing girl. | Al Hickey (Cosby) & Frank Boggs (Culp) are two jaded private investigators who get hired to find a missing woman and quickly find themselves submerged in a world of murder and untruths.


The New Centurions
1972 · 1h 43m
country: United States
An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life.