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James Milton Kelly (May 5, 1946 – June 29, 2013) was an American athlete, martial artist, and actor. After winning several karate championships, Kelly rose to fame in the early 1970s appearing in various action films within the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.
Jul 2, 2013 · Jim Kelly, who added an Afro, street swagger and a few memorable one-liners to martial arts movies in the 1970s, most notably in a prominent role alongside Bruce Lee in “Enter the Dragon,”...
With his perfectly styled Afro, cool bop walk and smart-aleck mouth, martial artist and actor Jim Kelly, who died from cancer on Saturday at the age of 67, was a seventies screen sensation who became an icon. Michael A. Gonzales appreciates cinema's first African-American martial arts star.
Jul 1, 2013 · Actor and martial arts grandmaster Jim Kelly, best known for playing Williams in the classic Bruce Lee film "Enter the Dragon," died Saturday. Kelly's ex-wife Marilyn Dishman, confirmed his...
Jul 5, 2013 · Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in “Enter the Dragon ” with Bruce Lee, died June 29 in San Diego, Calif. He was 67 and died of cancer. Sporting an Afro hairstyle and...
Jim Kelly. Actor: Enter the Dragon. With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s.
Jul 1, 2013 · Jim Kelly, who parlayed his martial arts skills into a successful but brief career in action movies, has died. He was 67.
May 15, 2020 · Jim Kelly became the first black martial arts film star starring alongside Bruce Lee in ‘Enter the Dragon.’ He was a master of Shorin-ryu karate.
James Milton Kelly (May 5, 1946 – June 29, 2013) was an American athlete, martial artist, and actor. After winning several karate championships, Kelly rose to fame in the early 1970s appearing in various action films within the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.
Jul 1, 2013 · He played a glib American martial artist in the classic Bruce Lee movie. Kelly went on to star in several blaxploitation films in the 1970s. He died of cancer on Saturday at his home in San Diego.
