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name: "Calvin Lockhart"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 October 1934"
died: "29 March 2007"
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average_fi1m_score: 77
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:23.199410+00:00"
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# Calvin Lockhart

Actor. Born 18 October 1934 in Nassau, Bahamas. Died 29 March 2007.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 October 1934, Nassau, Bahamas
- **Died:** 29 March 2007
- **Active:** 1988–1990
- **Also known as:** Bert McClossy Cooper, Bert Cooper

## Biography

Calvin Lockhart was a Bahamian actor born Bert McClossy Cooper in Nassau on 18 October 1934. He moved to New York as a teenager, briefly attended the Cooper Union School of Engineering, and later studied acting with Uta Hagen. He made his Broadway debut in 1960 in *The Cool World*.

Lockhart appeared in films from the late 1960s, including *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970) as Rev. Deke O'Malley, *The Beast Must Die* (1974), *Let's Do It Again* (1975) as Biggie Smalls, *Coming to America* (1988) as Colonel Izzi, *Predator 2* (1990) as King Willie, and David Lynch's *Wild at Heart* (1990) as Reggie and *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992) as The Electrician. He also worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in the 1970s and had television roles in series such as *Dynasty*.

He died in Nassau on 29 March 2007.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Fi1m 78, as Reggie — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Coming to America* (1988), Fi1m 76, as Colonel Izzi — [page](https://film.one/film/coming-to-america.md)

## Also known for

- *Predator 2* (1990), King Willie
- *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992), The Electrician
- *Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces* (2014), The Electrician
- *Starsky & Hutch* (1975)
- *Dynasty* (1981)
- *The Beast Must Die* (1974), Tom Newcliffe
- *Dark of the Sun* (1968), Ubi
- *Cotton Comes to Harlem* (1970), Rev. Deke O'Malley

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