Shaft, lobbycard, Richard Roundtree, 1971. (LMPC via Getty Images)--Shares. Facebook. Twitter ... a private detective with a brown leather jacket with a turned-up collar and a dark mustache.

John Shaft emerges from a Times Square subway station, clad in a brown leather jacket, collar up, to the strains of Isaac Hayes’ Oscar-winning song. He walks across 8th Avenue, cooly dodging ...

Richard Roundtree in the 1971 movie "Shaft." CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images Richard Roundtree, here in 1973, returned to his famous role for a CBS television detective drama series.

Richard Roundtree, who played the title role in several Shaft movies, has died. He was 81. Roundtree’s death was confirmed by his longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, and his agency, Artists &amp ...

A&E; Richard Roundtree, star of ‘Shaft,’ dies at 81 Oct. 25, 2023 Updated Wed., Oct. 25, 2023 at 2:57 p.m. Richard Roundtree with the film, “Moving On,” photographed in the Los Angeles ...

Often heralded as the first Black action hero, Roundtree shot to superstardom with his portrayal of private eye and smooth lady’s man John Shaft in 1971's "Shaft." Richard Roundtree dead: Star ...

In Roundtree’s hands, “Shaft” (1971) established what is acknowledged as the first Black action hero, a suave afro-sporting, leather-clad storm of cool replete with his own Isaac Hayes theme ...

Richard Roundtree in Shaft, 1971 John Kisch Archive / Contributor Shaft , released in 1971, was among the first of the Blaxploitation movies, and it made Roundtree a movie star at 29.

Richard Roundtree, best known for his portrayal of John Shaft in the Shaft film franchise, died at age 81 on October 24, 2023. The action star is survived by his five children, whom he welcomed ...

Richard Roundtree, the actor who played the title role in “Shaft,” one of the first Black action heroes, has died. He was 81.

Richard Roundtree, the star of "Shaft," has died at 81. The actor passed away from pancreatic cancer. Roundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993 and had a double mastectomy at the time.

RELATED: Richard Roundtree Dies: ‘Shaft’ Star Was 81 Isaac Hayes shared a post on X saying, “The Hayes family would like to share our sadness with the loss of Richard Roundtree, a true icon.