Show 
Actor (43 credits)
Actor (43 credits)
2008
All My Children
(TV Series)
Melvin Woods
Melvin Woods
- Episode #1.9931
(2008)
... Melvin Woods
- Episode #1.9912
(2008)
... Melvin Woods
2005
Girlfriends
(TV Series)
Kenneth Daly
Kenneth Daly
- Trial and Errors
(2005)
... Kenneth Daly
- Everything Old Is New Again
(2005)
... Kenneth Daly
1997
The Shining
(TV Mini Series)
Richard Hallorann
Richard Hallorann
- Episode #1.3
(1997)
... Richard Hallorann
- Episode #1.1
(1997)
... Richard Hallorann
1997
Homicide: Life on the Street
(TV Series)
Bennett Jackson
Bennett Jackson
- The Documentary
(1997)
... Bennett Jackson
1990
In the Heat of the Night
(TV Series)
Nathaniel Halwell
Nathaniel Halwell
- An Angry Woman
(1990)
... Nathaniel Halwell
1989
American Masters
(TV Series documentary)
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong
- Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
(1989)
... Louis Armstrong (voice)
1988
Sonny Spoon
(TV Series)
Mel Spoon
Mel Spoon
- Diamonds Aren't Forever
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Papa Rozzi
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Never Go to Your High School Reunion
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Too Good to Be True, Too Good to Get Caught
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Tough Habit
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Semper Fi
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Who's Got Tonsillitis?
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Crimes Below the Waist
(1988)
... Mel Spoon (uncredited)
- Wizard of Odds
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
- Sam's Private Eye
(1988)
... Mel Spoon
1981
The Sophisticated Gents
(TV Mini Series)
Walter 'Moon' Porter / Silky
Walter 'Moon' Porter / Silky
- Episode #1.3
(1981)
... Walter 'Moon' Porter / Silky
- Episode #1.2
(1981)
... Walter 'Moon' Porter / Silky
- Episode #1.1
(1981)
... Walter 'Moon' Porter / Silky
Show
Writer (18 credits)
Writer (18 credits)
1987
CBS Schoolbreak Special
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Day They Came to Arrest the Book
(1987)
... (writer)
The Sophisticated Gents
(TV Mini Series) (1 episode, 1981) (teleplay - 2 episodes, 1981)
- Episode #1.3
(1981)
- Episode #1.2
(1981)
... (teleplay)
- Episode #1.1
(1981)
... (teleplay)
Show
Director (18 credits)
Director (18 credits)
Show
Producer (11 credits)
Producer (11 credits)
1981
The Sophisticated Gents
(TV Mini Series) (associate producer - 3 episodes)
- Episode #1.3
(1981)
... (associate producer)
- Episode #1.2
(1981)
... (associate producer)
- Episode #1.1
(1981)
... (associate producer)
Show
Soundtrack (8 credits)
Soundtrack (8 credits)
1993
Posse
(performer: "Cruel Jim Crow (Posse Don't Play That)") / (writer: "Cruel Jim Crow (Posse Don't Play That)")
1972
Don't Play Us Cheap
(producer: "Don't Play Us Cheap", "You Cut Up The Clothes In The Closet Of My Dreams", "Break That Party And Opening", "The Eight Day Week", "Saturday Night", "The Bowsers Thing", "The Book Of Life", "Ain't Love Grand", "I'm A Bad Character", "Know Your Business", "Feast On Me", "Break That Party", "Someday It Seems That It Just Don't Even Pay To Get Out Of Bed", "Quartet", "The Phoney Game", "It Makes No Difference", "Bad Character Bossa Nova", "The Washingtons Thing", "(If You See A Devil) Smash Him") / (writer: "Quittin' Time", "Don't Play Us Cheap", "You Cut Up The Clothes In The Closet Of My Dreams", "Break That Party And Opening", "The Eight Day Week", "Saturday Night", "The Bowsers Thing", "The Book Of Life", "Ain't Love Grand", "I'm A Bad Character", "Know Your Business", "Feast On Me", "Break That Party", "Someday It Seems That It Just Don't Even Pay To Get Out Of Bed", "Quartet", "The Phoney Game", "It Makes No Difference", "Bad Character Bossa Nova", "The Washingtons Thing", "(If You See A Devil) Smash Him")
1971
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song
(performer: "Sweetback's Theme", "Hoppin John", "Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around", "Sweetback Losing His Cherry") / (writer: "Sweetback's Theme", "Hoppin John", "Sweetback Getting It Uptight And Preaching It So Hard The Bourgeois Reggin Angels In Heaven Turn Around", "Sweetback Losing His Cherry")
1970
Watermelon Man
(performer: "Love, That's America", "Soul'd On You") / (writer: "Love, That's America", "Great Guy", "Eviction Theme", "Soul'd On You", "Where Are The Children", "Erica's Theme")
Show
Composer (12 credits)
Composer (12 credits)
2005
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
(TV Movie documentary)
Show
Editor (5 credits)
Editor (5 credits)
Show
Music department (2 credits)
Music department (2 credits)
2005
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
(TV Movie documentary) (music producer)
The Sophisticated Gents
(TV Mini Series) (music & lyrics by - 2 episodes, 1981) (composer - 1 episode, 1981)
- Episode #1.3
(1981)
... (composer: song "Greased Lightning")
- Episode #1.2
(1981)
... (music & lyrics by: "Greased Lightning")
- Episode #1.1
(1981)
... (music & lyrics by: "Greased Lightning")
Show
Additional Crew (3 credits)
Additional Crew (3 credits)
Show
Thanks (8 credits)
Thanks (8 credits)
Show
Self (57 credits)
Self (57 credits)
2022
Le documentaire culturel
(TV Series documentary)
Self
Self
- Sweet Black Film: The Birth of a Black Hero
(2022)
... Self
2014
The Tanning of America
(TV Mini Series documentary)
Self - Filmmaker
Self - Filmmaker
- Fight the Power
(2014)
... Self - Filmmaker
- Word Is Born
(2014)
... Self - Filmmaker
2005
Unstoppable: Conversation with Melvin Van Peebles, Gordon Parks, and Ossie Davis
(TV Movie documentary)
Self
Self
2004
The Story Behind Baadasssss!: The Birth of Black Cinema
(Video documentary short)
Self (uncredited)
Self (uncredited)
1994
Without Walls
(TV Series documentary)
Self
Self
- Kiss My Baad Assss Ice-T's Guide to Blaxploitation
(1994)
... Self
1976
Bicentennial Minutes
(TV Series short)
Self - Narrator
Self - Narrator
- Episode #1.653
(1976)
... Self - Narrator
1968-1976
Black Journal
(TV Series)
Self
Self
- Episode dated 4 April 1976
(1976)
... Self
- Episode #1.3
(1968)
... Self
1974
Soul Train
(TV Series)
Guest
Guest
- Bill Withers/The Soul Children/Melvin Van Peebles
(1974)
... Guest
1971
The David Frost Show
(TV Series)
Self
Self
- Episode #3.179
(1971)
... Self
- Episode #3.161
(1971)
... Self
1968
The Steve Allen Show
(TV Series)
Self
Self
- Joanne Worley, Peter Lawford, Melvin Van Peebles, The Collage
(1968)
... Self
Show
Archive footage (9 credits)
Archive footage (9 credits)
2023
Black Pop: Celebrating the Power of Black Culture
(TV Mini Series documentary)
Self
Self
- Film
(2023)
... Self
2014
Missing Reel
(TV Mini Series documentary)
Self / Sweetback
Self / Sweetback
- Blaxploitation
(2014)
... Self / Sweetback
