In the movie Shaft, Richard Roundtree gave life to an alchemy of arrogance and attitude, confidence and charisma, swagger and sexuality never-before-seen on screen in a dark-skinned African ...

Richard Roundtree, the movie star who originated the role of detective John Shaft in the blaxploitation classic, died Tuesday of pancreatic cancer. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV ...

Richard Roundtree, an icon of Blaxploitation film who starred as detective John Shaft in Gordon Parks’ 1971 action thriller, died Tuesday afternoon after a short battle with pancreatic cancer ...