Roger Hill

Born July 31, 1949· The Bronx, New York, USA

† Died February 20, 2014

5Roles★ 6.9Average rating

Emerging from the Bronx and a graduate of City College of New York, Roger W. Hill entered the acting world in the early 1970s and quickly became known for gritty, street-wise characters. After a supporting turn as Lil John in The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) and a lead in the television drama Hazard’s People (1976), he achieved lasting recognition portraying the doomed gang leader Cyrus in the… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

The Warriors1979American Playhouse1982The Education of Sonny Carson1974For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf1982

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.7

The Warriors1979

Cyrus

★ 8.5

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf1982

Second Man at Barbecue

★ 6

Doctor Franken1980

Anaesthesiologist

Series★ 6.6

American Playhouse1982

Second man at barbecue

★ 5.7

The Education of Sonny Carson1974

Lil John