Julius Carry

 ( 1952 Births ) 

Julius John Carry III (March 12, 1952 – August 19, 2008) was an American actor. He made his acting debut in the 1979 film Disco Godfather starring Rudy Ray Moore. He played Sho'Nuff in the martial arts film The Last Dragon. He also acted in the films World Gone Wild and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.

Carry appeared primarily in numerous television roles, including Dr. Abraham Butterfield on Doctor, Doctor and the bounty hunter Lord Bowler in The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. He also appeared on shows such as It's a Living (as the boyfriend/husband of Sheryl Lee Ralph), Murphy Brown, Family Matters, A Different World, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, and Boy Meets World.

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Early life and education Carry grew up in the Lake Meadows neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Carry attended Hales Franciscan High School, where, at age 15, he joined the Spartan Players, an acting group. He discovered a love of acting with the group, performing in plays such as Hamlet and West Side Story. After touring the country with the Spartan Players, Carry joined the Chicago Actors Repertory Company, performing with them for four years. Afterwards, Carry stayed in Chicago, "basically getting into no good", he told writer Marc Shapiro. He attended Quincy College, but only for one year. His family encouraged him to move to Los Angeles to live with his uncle and "get back on his feet." Once in Los Angeles, Carry entered Loyola Marymount University, where he received a bachelor's degree in film and TV production. He stayed at the university, and completed a master's degree in communication arts.

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Career

In the TV series The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. with Bruce Campbell, which aired in 1993 and 1994, Carry played the part of Brisco's one-time rival and fellow bounty hunter Lord Bowler (a.k.a. James Lonefeather), who then became Brisco's best friend and sidekick. Carry also portrayed the main villain Sho'nuff in the film The Last Dragon. Carry's final appearance as an actor was in the season one episode "Eating The Young" on the CBS series The Unit in 2006. He had also guest starred on three episodes of the ABC/Disney sitcom Boy Meets World, once as a college professor and later as Sgt. Alvin Moore, father of series regular Angela Moore (Trina McGee). As a result of Carry's death, the character of Sgt. Moore is revealed to have died as well (off-screen) in the years between Boy Meets World and the second season of its sequel series Girl Meets World, which aired on Disney Channel.

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Personal life

Carry's family included Ronald, his brother, and Helen, his mother, who is a minister with the Christ Universal Temple in Chicago. He married twice; his second wife was Naomi Carry.

Carry died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Studio City, Los Angeles, on August 19, 2008, at the age of 56.

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Filmography

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Film

2006	The 12th Man	Sonny	TV movie
2002	The New Guy	Coach
2000	Schimmel	Doctor	TV movie
1989	Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin	Temple Brown	TV movie
1989	Jake Spanner, Private Eye	Lenny	TV movie
1988	Police Story: Monster Manor	Aaron	TV movie
1988	Why on Earth?	Julius J Carry Bill	TV movie
1988	Moving	Coach Wilcox
1987	World Gone Wild	Nitro
1985	The Man with One Red Shoe	CIA Agent
1985	The Last Dragon	Sho'nuff / The Shogun of Harlem
1984	Goldie and the Bears	Walker Johnson	TV movie
1979	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh	Malik Jamal Truth
1979	Disco Godfather	Bucky

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Television

2006	The Unit	Colonel George	1 episode
2003	Half & Half	Earl	1 episode
2003	Columbo	Policeman	Episode: "Columbo Likes the Nightlife"
2002	The Hughleys	Marcos	1 episode
2002	Do Over	Principal Glen Rudd	4 episodes
2001	Nikki	Frank Schisler	1 episode
2001	Men, Women & Dogs	Stan	1 episode
2001	Diagnosis Murder	Roger Calender	1 episode
2001–04	JAG	Maj. Gen. Paul Spinoza / Alton Foreland	2 episodes
2001–02	The District	Reverend Garvey	4 episodes
2000	Strong Medicine	Art Lewis	1 episode
1999	Spin City	Nick Mitchell	1 episode
1999	Moesha	Mr. Filmore	1 episode
1999	Grown Ups	Mr. Richmond	1 episode
1998	Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place	Bill	13 episodes
1997	Caroline in the City	Reggie	1 episode
1997–2000	Boy Meets World	Sergeant Moore / Professor Michaels	3 episodes
1997–98	Cosby	Robert / Bradshaw	2 episodes
1995	Misery Loves Company	Perry	8 episodes
1995–96	Maybe This Time	Brock	2 episodes
1994	Grace Under Fire	Ted Larkin	1 episode
1994	Empty Nest	Bo	1 episode
1994	Earth 2	Les Firestein	1 episode
1993	Tales from the Crypt	Detective Connors	1 episode
1993	Murder, She Wrote	Sergeant Bill Davis	1 episode
1993	Dinosaurs	Mudbelly	1 episode
1993	Cutters	Troy King	5 episodes
1993–94	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.	Lord Bowler	27 episodes
1992	Family Matters	Oscar	1 episode
1992–96	Murphy Brown	Mitchell Baldwin	5 episodes
1991	A Different World	Larry Beaujolais	1 episode
1989–91	Doctor Doctor	Dr. Abe Butterfield	40 episodes
1988	Tanner '88	Secret Serviceman	1 episode
1988–89	It's a Living	Reggie St. Thomas	2 episodes
1988–89	Duet	Luke	2 episodes
1987	Moonlighting	Inmate	1 episode
1987	Fame	Billy Waters	1 episode
1986–89	227	Dale Evans / Franklin 'Rocketman' Garvard	3 episodes
1986–87	The New Leave It to Beaver	Don St. Don / Don St. John	2 episodes
1985	Misfits of Science	Odor Williams	1 episode
1985	The Jeffersons	Bobby	1 episode
1985	The A-Team	Mussaf	1 episode
1985	E/R	Bill Ford	1 episode
1983	Newhart	Celtic	1 episode
1983	Bay City Blues	Willie Henderson	2 episodes
1983	Alice	Customer #3	1 episode
1982	Hill Street Blues	Cab Customer	1 episode
1982	Benson	Zeke Webster, an ex-con	1 episode
1980	The White Shadow	Basketball Player	1 episode

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Categories: 1952 Births, 2008 Deaths, Male Actors From Chicago, 20th-century African-american Male Actors, American Male Film Actors, American Male Television Actors, Deaths From Pancreatic Cancer In California, Loyola Marymount University Alumni, 20th-century American Male Actors, 21st-century African-american Male Actors, 21st-century American Male Actors

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