TV series · 1981
The Sophisticated Gents
First aired 29 September 1981 Drama / Mystery TMDB ↗
The 25-year reunion of members of a black athletic-social club brings together nine of its members for the first time to honor their old coach but is marred by a murder investigation involving one of the gents.
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Sonny Jim Gaines
as Coach Charles 'Chappie' Davis
Raymond St. Jacques
as D'Artagnan 'Dart' Parks
Rosey Grier
as Cudjo Evers
Melvin Van Peebles
as Walter 'Moon' Porter
Dick Anthony Williams
as Ralph Joplin
Robert Hooks
as Ezra 'Chops' Jackson
Ron O'Neal
as Clarence 'Clare' Henderson
Paul Winfield
as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins
Thalmus Rasulala
as Kenneth 'Snake' Dobson
Joanna Miles
as Sandra Dobson
Alfre Woodard
as Evelyn Evers
Everyone else (9) ↓
Robert Earl Jones
as Big Ralph Joplin
Beah Richards
as Mae Porter
Al Fann
as Sugar
Harry Guardino
as Vice Detective Collins
Janet MacLachlan
as Diane Walker
Rosalind Cash
as Christine Jackson
Bernie Casey
as Shurley Walker
Denise Nicholas
as Pat Henderson
Ja'net DuBois
as Onetha Wiggins