Block, Upload, Automoderated users, edit, move, protect, rollback
57,799
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 9:
Line 9: − + − − + − + − +
no edit summary
}}
}}
'''Cal Bellini''' , born '''Khalid Ibrahim''' (June 9, 1935 – April 9, 2017), was an [[actor]], a [[Malay]] originally from [[Singapore]], who was cast in roles of mostly foreigners, American Indians, or ethnic minorities, primarily on [[United States|American]] [[television]] between 1960 and 1986.
'''Cal Bellini''' , born '''Khalid Ibrahim''' (June 9, 1935 – April 9, 2017), was an [[actor]], a [[Malay]] originally from [[Singapore]], who was cast in roles of mostly foreigners, American Indians, or ethnic minorities, primarily on [[United States|American]] [[television]] between 1960 and 1986.<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069031/|title=Screen credits for Cal Bellini|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=imdb>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0069031/|title=Screen credits for Cal Bellini|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=December 22, 2019}}</ref>
Bellini's first role was as a [[physician],] Motilal Mookerji, in the 1960 [[CBS]] summer television series, ''Diagnosis: Unknown,'' a nine-episode program starring Patrick O'Neal (1927-1994) as a crime-solving pathologist at a large hospital. His costars on the series included Phyllis Newman as Doris Hudson and Martin Huston as the handyman, Link. During the 1960s, Bellini appeared on such series as ''Flipper,'' ''Coronet Blue,'' and ''Dan August,'' starring Burt Reynolds, in which he played a character named Jose in the 1970 episode, "The Murder of a Small Town."<ref name=imdb/>
Bellini's first role was as a [[physician]], Motilal Mookerji, in the 1960 [[CBS]] summer television series, ''Diagnosis: Unknown,'' a nine-episode program starring Patrick O'Neal (1927-1994) as a crime-solving pathologist at a large hospital. His costars on the series included Phyllis Newman as Doris Hudson and Martin Huston as the handyman, Link. During the 1960s, Bellini appeared on such series as ''Flipper,'' ''Coronet Blue,'' and ''Dan August,'' starring Burt Reynolds, in which he played a character named Jose in the 1970 episode, "The Murder of a Small Town."<ref name=imdb/>
In 1971, Bellini was cast as Lt. Fernando Mercado in the episode "Escape" of Raymond Burr's second series, ''Ironside'' on [[NBC]]. From 1970 to 1972, he appeared in different roles in three episodes of ABC's police drama, ''The Mod Squad.'' Other roles followed on ABC's ''The F.B.I'' in the episode "Night of the Long Knives"),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207180432/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/cal-bellini/||title=Cal Bellini|publisher=movies.msn.com|accessdate=February 7, 2012}}</ref> ''Marcus Welby, M.D.,'' ''Barnaby Jone,'' the first ''Hawaii Five-O''', ''The Streets of San Francisco,'' ''Cannon,'' ''Little House on the Prairie,'' ''The Rockford Files,'' and ''Kung Fu.'' On ''Young Dan'l Boone,'' a four-episode CBS series in 1977, Bellini played an Indian, Red Eagle, in the segment "The Salt Licks."<ref name=imdb/>
In 1971, Bellini was cast as Lt. Fernando Mercado in the episode "Escape" of Raymond Burr's second series, ''Ironside'' on [[NBC]]. From 1970 to 1972, he appeared in different roles in three episodes of ABC's police drama, ''The Mod Squad.'' Other roles followed on ABC's ''The F.B.I'' in the episode "Night of the Long Knives"),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207180432/http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/cal-bellini/||title=Cal Bellini|publisher=movies.msn.com|accessdate=February 7, 2012}}</ref> ''Marcus Welby, M.D.,'' ''Barnaby Jone,'' the first ''Hawaii Five-O''', ''The Streets of San Francisco,'' ''Cannon,'' ''Little House on the Prairie,'' ''The Rockford Files,'' and ''Kung Fu.'' On ''Young Dan'l Boone,'' a four-episode CBS series in 1977, Bellini played an Indian, Red Eagle, in the segment "The Salt Licks."<ref name=imdb/>
Bellini's film roles included those of Younger Bear in Dustin Hoffman's 1970 western film, ''Little Big Man,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/|title=''Little Big Man''|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref> and as Cross Otter in ''The Mountain Men'' (1980), starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith, filmed near Jackson, [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081187/|title=''The Mountain Men''|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref>
Bellini's film roles included those of Younger Bear in Dustin Hoffman's 1970 western film, ''Little Big Man,''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065988/|title=''Little Big Man''|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref> and as Cross Otter in ''The Mountain Men'' (1980), starring Charlton Heston and Brian Keith, filmed near Jackson, [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081187/|title=''The Mountain Men''|publisher=imdb.com|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}</ref>
He played Run Run Li in the 1982 episode "The Warlord" of the Bruce Boxleitner adventure series ''Bring 'Em Back Alive,'' loosely based on the career of professional hunter Frank Buck (1884-1950). Bellini's last small screen appearance was as Tommy Lemanna in the 1986 episode, "The Frankie Kahana Show," of the NBC detective series, ''Riptide.''<ref name=imdb/>
He played Run Run Li in the 1982 episode "The Warlord" of the Bruce Boxleitner adventure series ''Bring 'Em Back Alive,'' loosely based on the career of professional hunter Frank Buck (1884-1950). Bellini's last small screen appearance was as Tommy Lemanna in the 1986 episode, "The Frankie Kahana Show," of the NBC detective series, ''Riptide.''<ref name=imdb/>