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0 episodes as Various (voice)

2006

1 episode as Self (archival footage)

2004		The Kennedy Center Honors 1 episode as Self
2004		TV Revolution 2 episodes
2004		The L Word 4 episodes as Melvin Porter

2003

1 episode as Terrence Minnerly

2002

2 episodes as Narrator

1999		Touched by an Angel 2 episodes as Gabriel
1999		Third Watch 3 episodes as Mr. Parker

1998

4 episodes as Himself - Narrator

1997		Promised Land 2 episodes as Erasmus Jones
1997		Thomas Jefferson 2 episodes as Narrator (voice)

1996		Promised Land 1 episode
1996		American Masters 1 episode as Self
1996		The West 1 episode as Self / John R. Gills (voice) 9 episodes as Self
1996		Touched by an Angel 4 episodes as Erasmus Jones

1995

21 episodes as Judge Harry Roosevelt

1994		Reading Rainbow 1 episode as Himself - Narrator (voice)
1994		Baseball 7 episodes as (voice)
1994		Tony Awards 1 episode as Self - Presenter
1994		The Stand 2 episodes as Judge Richard Farris 2 episodes as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
1994		American Experience 1 episode as Self - Harlem Resident

1993

3 episodes as Parson Dick

1990

100 episodes as Ponder Blue

1989

12 episodes as Oz Jackson

1979

7 episodes as Dad Jones

1978

3 episodes as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

1974

1 episode as Ramon Borelle

1969		Bonanza 1 episode as Sam Davis
1969		The Name of the Game 1 episode as Kubani
1969		Hallmark Hall of Fame 1 episode as Charles Carter

1967

1 episode as Sgt. Dave Corbett 1 episode as Dave Corbett

1966		12 O'Clock High 1 episode as Major Glenn Luke
1966		Run for Your Life 1 episode as Frankie Morton
1966		The Fugitive 1 episode as Lt. Johnny Gaines

1965

3 episodes as District Attorney Daniel Jackson

1964

1 episode as Assistant District Attorney

1963		The Defenders 2 episodes as District Attorney 1 episode as Officer Bond
1963		The Great Adventure 1 episode as John Ross

1961

1 episode as Nixie

1955

1 episode as The Emperor Jones

1963

1 episode … Writer