Richard Roundtree said of his role in "Shaft": "It put me on the map." (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times) Richard Roundtree lent his velvet voice and cool cat stride to one of the most influential ...

The chronological pop culture history of rough and tumble private investigator John Shaft unfolds like this: The novel “Shaft” by Ernest Tidyman (1970), the film “Shaft” starring Richard Roundtree ...

When he took up the mantle of Harlem detective John Shaft for the 2000 action reboot “Shaft,” Samuel L. Jackson knew his character, John Shaft II, would need a persona of his own. But as a young actor ...

Richard Roundtree lent his velvet voice and cool cat stride to one of the most influential action heroes of the 1970s. Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? “Shaft” — Can you ...