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, birth_date = {{birth date and age, mf=yes, 1946, 9, 28 , birth_place = Sandersville, Georgia, U.S. , occupation = Actor , yearsactive = 1969-present Herbert Jefferson, Jr., (born September 28, 1946, Sandersville, Georgia) is an American film, television, and stage actor.

Early life

Raised in

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in 1969. He also trained at the HB Studio in New York, with William Hickey and

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, and at The Actors Studio with Lee Strasberg.

Career

Television

Jefferson co-starred as merchant seaman Roy Dwyer in the award-winning novel for television '' Rich Man, Poor Man'', its sequel, '' Rich Man, Poor Man Book II'', and other TV films, such as the Emmy Award-winning

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'', with Judd Hirsch, as Jamaican defendant Maxwell Fall, and the Revolutionary War novel for TV, '' The Bastard'', as Lucas, one of the legendary

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, which is based on the best-selling book by historical novelist John Jakes. Jefferson also appeared as a guest star in the pilot episodes of both the 1982 TV series '' Knight Rider'' as Muntzy, an undercover police officer and partner of Michael Long's (who becomes Michael Knight), and the 1984 pilot of the TV series '' Airwolf'', as the commander of the aircraft carrier USS ''Enterprise''.

Battlestar Galactica

He is probably best known for his role as Lieutenant Boomer on the original ''

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'' television series, a role made possible when the intended actor, Terry Carter, was injured by roller skating, but was still cast as Colonel Tigh in the series.{{cite web, title=Movies & TV: Herbert Jefferson Jr., url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/35387/Herbert-Jefferson-Jr-/biography, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325143536/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/35387/Herbert-Jefferson-Jr-/biography, url-status=dead, archive-date=March 9, 2014, department=Movies & TV Dept., work= The New York Times, publisher= Baseline &

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'', his character was promoted to colonel, and had moved up in the chain of command to become the executive officer of the ''Galactica'', replacing Carter in the process.

Films

His notable feature-film credits include the award-winning Ron Howard film ''

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'' (1995), where he played a news reporter, and the Wolfgang Petersen film '' Outbreak'' (1995) as a doctor. He also appeared in two films starring football legend

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, '' Black Gunn'' (1972), as his brother, '' The Slams'' (1973), as his cellmate, and Roger Corman's '' Private Duty Nurses'' (1971), as activist Dr. Elton Sanders, which marked his feature-film debut.

Web series

In 2015, he appeared in the cameo role of Admiral Grant (Ben) Satterlee in the pilot of the web-based series '' Star Trek: Renegades'' (the pilot episode was developed for television, but was rejected, and subsequently made available on the Internet). In 2007, he portrayed Captain Galt, a freedom fighter, in the Internet miniseries '' Star Trek: Of Gods and Men'', from the same independent production company.

References

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