Lonne Elder III
Writer, Actor
December 26, 1927 — June 11, 1996 (68 years)
Lonne Elder III was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter. Elder was one of the leading African American figures who aggressively informed the New York theater world with social and political consciousness. He also wrote scripts for television and film. His most well known play, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men won him a Drama Desk Award for Most Promising Playwright and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. The play, which was about a Harlem barber and his family, was produced by the Negro Ensemble Company in 1969.
Filmography
| 1989 | Runaway · as Screenplay |
| 1978 | A Woman Called Moses · as Screenplay |
| 1976 | Sounder, Part 2 · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Melinda · as Screenplay |
| 1972 | Sounder · as ScreenplayOn Plex |
| 1954 |
| 1968 | Soul! · as SelfOn Plex |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show · as Self - Playwright |
| 1954 | Camera Three · as Self |
| 1972 | Melinda · as Lt. Daniels |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away · as Written By |
| 1981 | Bustin' Loose · as Adaptation |
| 1973 | Toma · as Teleplay |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. · as Written By |