Lee Weaver (born April 10, 1930) is an American film and television actor.

Early life

Weaver was born in

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, the son of Josephine and Primus Jest Weaver, a chef. Weaver was the voice of Alpine in the

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television series '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' (1985–1986). Weaver played friend of George Jefferson on "The Jeffersons" season three episode 16 "George's Guilt" (1977). Weaver was also the original mailman on 227 (1985). Weaver played the role of Ricardo in the television series Easy Street (1986–1987). He appeared as a blind seer in the film '' O Brother, Where Art Thou?'' (2000) and he also appeared in one episode of ''One World'' (2000), a situation-comedy

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. Weaver had a guest appearance on an episode of The Cosby Show as a waiter. He appeared as a Junkyard Owner in an episode of ''

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''. He also played the role of Ed Downer, a handyman who became an interest of Philip Banks' mom, on an episode of ''

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''. Perhaps his most memorable role was the exuberant exhibitionist "Buck Naked," who enlivened episodes of Steven Bochco's police dramas, ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Personal life

Since July 10, 1971, Weaver has been married to actress Ta-Tanisha and they have one child together. He and his wife reside in

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, where Ta-Tanisha was born and raised. Weaver was a childhood friend of

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, and served as the best man at his wedding. On his 1963 album ''

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'', Adderley introduces the Yusef Lateef composition "The Weaver" as "dedicated to a...dear friend of everyone in the band, kind of a jive cat, but a beautiful cat. His name is Weaver, Lee Weaver. So the tune sounds somethin' like Lee Weaver. It's soulful, it's mean."

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* 1930 births Living people Male actors from Florida American male film actors People from the Bronx Male actors from Fort Lauderdale, Florida American male voice actors 20th-century American male actors African-American male actors American male television actors 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people {{US-screen-actor-1930s-stub