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American actor (1943-2017)
David Downing
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![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/David_Downing%2C_1986.jpg/220px-David_Downing%2C_1986.jpg) Downing in 1986
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Born
| July 21, 1943
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Died
| November 1, 2017 (aged 74)
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Nationality
| American
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Occupation
| Actor
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David Downing
was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was one of the original members of the
Negro Ensemble Company
in New York City.
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[2]
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Downing, a native of
Harlem
, New York City, attended the
High School of Performing Arts
.
[4]
As a child actor, he made his professional debut on Broadway in
The Green Pastures
. He served a tour of duty with the
U.S. Armed Forces
in
Okinawa
.
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As part of the Negro Ensemble Company in the 1960s and 70s, Downing appeared in productions including the
Obie Award
-winning musical
The Great MacDaddy
,
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[6]
and the successful play
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men
.
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Downing later appeared in the
Pulitzer Prize
-nominated play,
Miss Evers' Boys
.
[10]
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Downing appeared in films, including
Gordon's War
,
[13]
and numerous television shows, including
The Jeffersons
,
Baretta
,
[14]
Backstairs at the White House
,
[15]
[16]
and
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
.
[17]
Downing died in Los Angeles on November 1, 2017, at the age of 74.
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Filmography (selected)
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Film
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Television
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References
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Ron Howell (March 1987).
"The Negro Ensemble Company: 20 Years of Theatrical Excellence"
.
Ebony
. p. 96
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Peter Bailey (June 1973).
"Black Theater Group Goes On Broadway"
.
Ebony
. p. 85
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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"Negro Ensemble Company records"
.
New York Public Library - Archives & Manuscripts
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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a
b
"Theatre playbill for Song of the Lusitanian Bogey and Daddy Goodness"
.
Smithsonian Institution
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Thomas S. Hischak (February 18, 2011).
Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919
.
Scarecrow Press
. p. 150.
ISBN
9780810877726
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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"Obie Awards - 1975"
.
Obie Awards
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Anthony D. Hill; Douglas Q. Barnett (December 4, 2008).
Historical Dictionary of African American Theater
. Scarecrow Press. p. 167.
ISBN
9780810862760
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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John Simon (March 3, 1969).
"A Phoenix Too Infrequent"
.
New York Magazine
. p. 50
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Lonne Elder
(1969).
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men: A Play in Two Acts
.
Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN
9780573606885
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Otis L. Guernsey; Jeffrey Sweet (April 1, 2000).
The Best Plays of 1989-1990: The Complete Broadway and Off-Broadway Sourcebook
.
Hal Leonard Corporation
. p. 504.
ISBN
9781557830906
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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David Richards (November 28, 1989).
"Theater"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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"Finalist: Miss Evers' Boys, by David Feldshuh"
.
The Pulitzer Prizes
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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"New York Beat"
.
Jet
. Johnson Publishing Company. August 16, 1973. p. 62
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Jon Abbott (July 1, 2009).
Stephen J. Cannell Television Productions: A History of All Series and Pilots
.
McFarland
. p. 77.
ISBN
9780786454013
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Kathleen Fearn-Banks; Anne Burford-Johnson (October 3, 2014).
Historical Dictionary of African American Television
.
Rowman & Littlefield
. p. 47.
ISBN
9780810879171
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Vincent Terrace (1985).
Encyclopedia of Television Series, Pilots and Specials, Volume 2
. VNR AG. p. 29.
ISBN
9780918432612
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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"Seven Porters from Stockbridge"
. Los Angeles Post-Examiner. October 24, 2016
. Retrieved
January 1,
2017
.
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Horsford, Victoria. (November 11, 2017). "
What’s Going On: AS THE WORLD TURNS
",
Our Time Press
. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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