Adolph Caesar

American actor (1933–1986)

PersonDied aged 52humanQ365292

Born: December 5, 1933
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: March 6, 1986
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: New York City
Place of death: Los Angeles
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: stage actor
, film actor
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Education: New York University

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Adolph Caesar was an American film and theater actor. Known for his signature deep voice, Caesar was a staple of off-Broadway as a member of the Negro Ensemble Company, and as a voiceover artist for numerous film trailers. He earned widespread acclaim for his performance as Sgt. Vernon Waters in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize-winning A Soldier's Play, a role he reprised in the 1984 film adaptation A Soldier's Story, for which he received Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, and won an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture.

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Place of burial: Ferncliff Cemetery
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1.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2024-06-18
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Family name: Caesar
Cause of death: myocardial infarction
Given name: Adolph
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor(February 6, 1985) for work: A Soldier's Story · statement is subject of: 57th Academy Awards
Manner of death: natural causes
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Virtual International Authority FileRetrieved 2018-11-04
2.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
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Start of work period: 1968

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