Stan Shaw

Stan Shaw born July 14 1952 is an American actor Born in Chicago Illinois he is the son of Bertha Shaw and saxophonist Eddie Shaw and cousin of the late soul singers Sam Cooke and Tyrone Davis Shaw started his acting career in the Chicago production of the Broadway musical Hair as well as the Broadway production of The Me Nobody Knows His last Broadway show Via Galactica was directed by Sir Peter Hall Before becoming an actor Shaw was a karate judo and jujutsu instructor in Chicago He holds first dan black belt in judo and jujutsu and a second dan in karate Shaw appeared in Rocky 1976 as Dipper another boxer In a deleted scene Dipper infuriated by the attention Rocky has received challenges him before a television reporter He also played a professional fighter in Tough Enough 1983 Harlem Nights 1989 and Snake Eyes 1998 One of his most notable roles was his appearance as Alex Haleys maternal grandfather Will Palmer in the 1979 miniseries Roots The Next Generations Another highly notable role was Private Washington in The Boys in Company C 1978 Shaw also played in The Great Santini 1979 as Toomer Smalls with Robert Duvall and David Keith After a part in the 1991 film Fried Green Tomatoes he had a role in the 1995 comedy Houseguest alongside Sinbad and appeared as a pirate in Cutthroat Island with Geena Davis His television credits include episodes of Matlock Murder She Wrote The XFiles and a 2009 episode of CSI Description above from the Wikipedia article Stan Shaw licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia