The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Robert Hooks

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Robert Hooks

10/4/2005; 3/30/2006; 11/21/2006

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2005.270

Stage producer and actor Robert Hooks (1937 - ) founded the Group Theater Workshop and The Negro Ensemble Company with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald Krone. The father of film director Kevin Hooks, his theater credits include 'Raisin in the Sun' and 'Dutchman'; he also appeared in many films and television productions over his forty year career. Hooks was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 10/4/2005, 3/30/2006 and 11/21/2006, in Toluca Lake, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 3; Total Tapes: 11; Total Run Time: 05h 12m 00s

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Hooks, Robert, 1937-

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Distinguished actor Robert Hooks was born Bobby Dean Hooks on April 18, 1937, in Washington, D.C. He was the youngest of five children. Hooks' father died while working on a railroad track. His mother supported the family by working as a seamstress. Hooks attended Stevens Elementary School. He performed in his first play,The Pirates of Penzance, at the age of nine. After graduating from Francis Junior High School, Hooks attended Armstrong High School in Washington, D.C. His mother remarried and ...