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[[Image:Mrun-sw64c.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021) with a Smith & Wesson Model 64 as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosley in ''[[Midnight Run]]'']] | [[Image:Mrun-sw64c.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021) with a Smith & Wesson Model 64 as FBI Special Agent Alonzo Mosley in ''[[Midnight Run]]''.]] | ||
[[Image:110 5.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Yaphet Kotto holding a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] Snubnose as Lt. William Pope in ''[[Across 110th Street]]'']] | [[Image:110 5.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Yaphet Kotto holding a [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] Snubnose as Lt. William Pope in ''[[Across 110th Street]]'']] | ||
Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021) was an African-American actor well known to movie audiences for his role as Parker in the 1979 sci-fi classic ''[[Alien]]'', the villainous Dr. Kanaga in the 1973 [[James Bond]] film ''[[Live and Let Die]]'', and as FBI Special Agent Alonzo Mosley in the 1988 action comedy ''[[Midnight Run]]''. In television, he was known for his role as Lieutenant Al Giardello in the NBC series ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]''. He passed away in March of 2021 at the age of 81. | |||
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Latest revision as of 02:09, 19 March 2021
Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021) was an African-American actor well known to movie audiences for his role as Parker in the 1979 sci-fi classic Alien, the villainous Dr. Kanaga in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die, and as FBI Special Agent Alonzo Mosley in the 1988 action comedy Midnight Run. In television, he was known for his role as Lieutenant Al Giardello in the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street. He passed away in March of 2021 at the age of 81.
Yaphet Kotto can be seen using the following weapons in the following films and television series:
Film
| Gun | Character | Title | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colt Detective Special | Bank Robber | The Thomas Crown Affair | Suppressed | 1968 |
| Smith & Wesson Model 10 | Lt. Pope | Across 110th Street | Snubnose | 1972 |
| Walther PPK | Harvard Blue | Truck Turner | 1974 | |
| Star Model B | Colt Hawkins | Friday Foster | 1975 | |
| IMI Uzi submachine gun | Idi Amin | Raid on Entebbe | 1976 | |
| Custom Flamethrower | Parker | Alien | 1979 | |
| Coach Shotgun | Richard 'Dickie' Coombes | Brubaker | 1980 | |
| Colt Detective Special | Det. Harry Lowes | The Star Chamber | 1983 | |
| Colt XM177 Commando | NYPD ESU Cpt. Frank Eubanks | The Park is Mine | 1985 | |
| Colt Government Model | J.B. Deveraux | Eye of the Tiger | 1986 | |
| M67 hand grenade | J.B. Deveraux | Eye of the Tiger | 1986 | |
| Colt XM177 Commando | Laughlin | The Running Man | 1987 | |
| Smith & Wesson Model 64 | FBI Special Agent Alonzo Mosley | Midnight Run | 3 inch barrel | 1988 |
| Smith & Wesson Model 686 | Det. Larsen | Extreme Justice | 1993 | |
| Beretta 92FS | Det. Larsen | Extreme Justice | 1993 | |
| Taurus PT92 | Det. Larsen | Extreme Justice | 1993 |
Television
| Title | Gun | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith & Wesson Model 15 | Lance Corporal John T. Auston | Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | "King of the Hill" (S1E14) | 1968 |
| Colt Model 1908 Vest Pocket | Lance Corporal John T. Auston | Hawaii Five-O (1968) - Season 1 | "King of the Hill" (S1E14) | 1968 |
| Smith & Wesson Model 60 | Lieutenant Al Giardello | Homicide: Life on the Street | 1993-1999 | |
| Glock 17 | Lieutenant Al Giardello | Homicide: Life on the Street | 2nd generation | 1993-1999 |