Albert Popwell

Albert Popwell (July 15, 1926 – April 9, 1999) was an American stage, television and film actor with a career spanning six decades.

Born in New York City, Popwell started as a professional dancer before taking up a career in acting. Popwell made his professional debut on Broadway at age 16 in The Pirate.

Career
Popwell was featured on many television series, but is perhaps best known for his appearances in films opposite Clint Eastwood, with whom he appeared in five films, beginning with Coogan's Bluff (1968) and in the first four Dirty Harry films, playing a different character in each film. Popwell was the wounded bank robber at the receiving end of Eastwood's iconic "Do I feel lucky?" monologue from Dirty Harry (1971). He was a murderous pimp in Magnum Force (1973), appeared as militant Big Ed Mustapha in The Enforcer (1976) and as Harry's detective colleague Horace King in Sudden Impact (1983). In 1988, Popwell was offered a role in The Dead Pool, the last film in the series, but could not appear due to a scheduling conflict.

Popwell's final film role was with Sharon Stone in Scissors (1991).

Death
He died at age 72 in 1999, from complications following open heart surgery.

Selected filmography

 * Journey to Shiloh (1968) – Samuel
 * Night Gallery (1970, episode: "The Nature of the Enemy") – Reporter
 * Coogan's Bluff (1968) – Wonderful Digby
 * Dirty Harry (1971) - Bank Robber
 * The Peace Killers (1971) – Blackjack
 * Search (1972) – Griffin
 * Glass Houses (1972) – Albert
 * Fuzz (1972) – Lewis
 * Cleopatra Jones (1973) – Matthew Johnson
 * Charley Varrick (1973) – Percy Randolph
 * Magnum Force (1973) – Pimp, J.J. Wilson
 * The Single Girls (1974) – Morris
 * Lost in the Stars (1974)
 * Emergency! (1975, episode: "905-Wild") – Officer Les Taylor
 * Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975) – Matthew Johnson
 * The Streets of San Francisco (1975, episode: "Poisoned Snow") – Nappy
 * Sanford and Son (1976, episode: "Sanford and Gong") – Doctor Davis
 * The Enforcer (1976) – Big Ed Mustapha
 * The Buddy Holly Story (1978) – Eddie
 * Wonder Woman (1978, episode: "The Deadly Dolphin") – Gaffer
 * Butterflies in Heat (1979) – Ned
 * Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979, episode: "Cosmic Whiz Kid") – Koren
 * The Incredible Hulk (1980, episode: "Long Run Home") - Doctor
 * The A-Team (1983, episode: "The Out-Of Towners") – Digger
 * Sudden Impact (1983) – Horace King
 * Magnum, P.I. (1986, episode: "Missing Melody") – David Crawford
 * Who's That Girl (1987) – Parole Chairman
 * The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) – Jones
 * Wild at Heart (1990) – Barkeeper at Zanzibar (scenes deleted)
 * Scissors (1991) - Officer
 * A Last Goodbye (1995) – O.C. Lee