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Robert Hooks on bringing the play Ceremonies in Dark Old Men to ABC in 1975

Robert Hooks on starring in the Profiles in Courage episode about Frederick Douglass

Robert Hooks on his first national television appearance -- on East Side/West Side

Robert Hooks on playing "Detective Jeff Ward" on N.Y.P.D.

Robert Hooks on bringing the play Day of Absence to PBS in 1971, directed by Paul Bogart

Robert Hooks on bringing the play Day of Absence to PBS in 1971, written by Douglas Turner Ward and based on Ward's experiences at the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Robert Hooks on his first national television appearance -- on East Side/West Side

Robert Hooks on his first national television appearance -- on East Side/West Side

Robert Hooks on starring with Frederick O'Neal in the Profiles in Courage episode about Frederick Douglass

Robert Hooks on starring in the Profiles in Courage episode about Frederick Douglass

Robert Hooks on working with Joe Papp (Papp directed him when he played the lead in Henry V)

Robert Hooks on loving Frank Sinatra's phrasing

Robert Hooks on loving Barbra Streisand

Robert Hooks on what he learned about theater companies from Bertolt Brecht and the Berlin Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on being inspired by Harold Clurman and the Group Theatre Workshop

Robert Hooks on how he was cast in a lead role as "Detective Jeff Ward" on N.Y.P.D., becoming the first Black actor to star in an American primetime drama series

Robert Hooks on wanting his N.Y.P.D. character, "Detective Jeff Ward," to have a family and on Denise Nicholas playing his wife

Robert Hooks on his son, Kevin Hooks, getting his first on-screen role on N.Y.P.D. (opposite Al Pacino)

Robert Hooks on his son, Kevin Hooks, getting his first on-screen role on N.Y.P.D. (opposite Al Pacino)

Robert Hooks on working with writer Lonnie Elder on N.Y.P.D. 

Robert Hooks on memorable episodes of N.Y.P.D., including "Encounter on a Rooftop" in which a white rookie cop shoots "Detective Jeff Ward"

Robert Hooks on memorable episodes of N.Y.P.D., including "Encounter on a Rooftop" in which a white rookie cop shoots "Detective Jeff Ward"

Robert Hooks on his first impressions of acting for television -- on East Side/West Side -- and how it differed from acting for theater 

Robert Hooks on his first impressions of acting for television -- on East Side/West Side -- and how it differed from acting for theater 

Robert Hooks on the craft of acting, how he prepares for a role, and theater companies that impacted him

Robert Hooks on the craft of acting, how he prepares for a role, and theater companies that impacted him

Robert Hooks on how Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand have impacted his acting 

Robert Hooks on how Frank Sinatra and Barbra Streisand have impacted his acting 

Robert Hooks on the legacy of the Group Theatre Workshop and the Negro Ensemble Company

Robert Hooks on his involvement in the Negro Actors Guild and acting in one David Merrick play and boycotting another that didn't employ any Black people