Alex Haley

Alex Haley

WriterProducerAdditional Crew
Born
August 11, 1921
Died
February 10, 1992

Alex Haley served in the United States Coast Guard during the Second World War, Korean Conflict, and Cold War, and was the first African-American Coast Guardsman in the modern era to reach the rank of Chief Petty Officer. This paved the way for many other black men and women to rise into the senior…

Actor

Roots: The Next Generations(1979)as Alex Haley

Producer

Palmerstown, U.S.A.(1980)

Additional Crew

Roots: The Next Generations(1979)
Roots(1977)

Self

American Experience(1988)as Self - Biographer
Alex Haley(1992)as Self
Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time(1992)as Self
60 Minutes(1968)as Self - Author (segment: Malcolm X)
Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones(1990)as Self

Archive Footage

The Seventies(2015)as Self - Author, 'Roots'
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel(2009)as Self
Mike Douglas: Moments & Memories(2008)as Self
Roots Remembered(2007)as Self
That Was the Week We Watched(2003)as Self