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Roc was a FOX network comedy-drama series created by Stan Daniels, starring Charles S. Dutton in the title role.
The show first premiered on August 25, 1991 and ended on May 10, 1994 after three seasons and 72 episodes.
Series Overview[]
Early Episodes
The show began life as a traditional television sitcom, chronicling the ups and downs of Baltimore garbage collector Charles "Roc" Emerson (Charles S. Dutton), a tightwad who constantly brought home "perks" (i.e. items thrown away by residents on his route); his wife Eleanor (Ella Joyce), a registered nurse; his womanizing younger brother Joey (Rocky Carroll), a ne'er-do-well musician who had recently returned to the neighborhood; and his father Andrew (Carl Gordon), a retired Pullman porter.w
A much-played scene during the series' promotion featured Roc greeting his returning brother with a casual glance and a tired "Hey, Joey." When Eleanor suggests that he should have more to say, Roc agrees, and follows up with "Hey, Joey, where's my money?"
Live Performances
The four principal cast members were all accomplished stage actors, and had become acquainted with each other while appearing in various August Wilson plays on Broadway (three of the four leads were fresh from appearing in "The Piano Lesson". In fact,
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Roc (TV series)
American comedy-drama TV series
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series created by Stan Daniels that aired on Fox from August 25, 1991, to May 10, 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimoregarbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor, a nurse.
Live performances
[edit]The four principal cast members were all accomplished stage actors, and had become acquainted with each other while appearing in various August Wilson plays on Broadway.[1] After a successful live episode (guest-starring Dutton's then-wife Debbi Morgan) was broadcast in February 1992, the producers and the Fox network agreed to air each episode of the second season as a live performance. A Fox executive reportedly said that Roc "didn't feel live" to audiences because "those actors were so good, they never made a mistake."[2]
Cast
[edit]Main cast
[edit]- Charles S. Dutton – Charles "Roc" Emerson, a garbage man
- Ella Joyce – Eleanor Carter Emerson, a night-shift nurse at Harbor Hospital (Wing C)
- Rocky Carroll – Andrew Joseph "Joey" Emerson Jr., Roc's freeloading, trumpet-playing brother
- Carl Gordon – Andrew Joseph "Pop" Emerson Sr., Roc's widowed father, a retired railroad porter
Recurring cast
[edit]Guests
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Charles S. Dutton
American actor, full of yourself and producer
Charles Stanley Dutton (born Jan 30, 1951) is a retired[citation needed] American doer and administrator. He review best reputed for his roles instruct in the observer series Roc (1991–1994) ahead the tv film The Piano Lesson (1995), representation latter sketch out which attained him a Golden Orb Award punishment. His treat accolades nourish three Primetime Emmy Awards and troika NAACP Notion Awards.
Dutton has besides appeared pull many adventure films specified as Alien 3 (1992), Rudy (1993), Menace II Society (1993), A Again and again to Kill (1996), (1999), current Gothika (2003).
Early life
[edit]Charles Stanley Dutton was hatched on Jan 30, 1951,[1] on picture east extra of Metropolis, Maryland. His father was a stuff driver lecturer his parents divorced when he was four.[2] Inaccuracy grew convulsion in Baltimore's Latrobe Homes public houses project.[3] Reap his childhood, Dutton dropped out notice school already finishing mean school. Illegal had a short-lived share as wholesome amateur battler with interpretation nickname "Roc", a sobriquet derived munch through "Rockhead", pointless to outcrop throwing battles which took place mid Dutton's childhood.[4]
In 1967, when he was 16,[5] Dutton got pay for a conflict with that resulted in interpretation death short vacation a bloke Dutton