Lou David

Born: None

Lou David was a hulking and intimidating actor who was usually cast as menacing bad guys in a handful of movies made in the 70s and 80s. He made his film debut as an Italian mobster in the funky blaxploitation outing "Come Back, Charleston Blue." David had a funny bit part as a mugger in the delightful cross country car race romp "The Gumball Rally." Lou achieved his greatest enduring cult popularity as Cropsy, a mean, vicious and grotesquely disfigured summer camp caretaker who exacts a harsh revenge on a handful of obnoxious kids in the pleasingly gory and nasty slasher horror picture "The Burning." Following his memorable turn in "The Burning," Lou David appeared in two more features: he's Mr. T in "Over the Brooklyn Bridge" and the Headline Killer in the hugely enjoyable martial arts action/comedy blast "The Last Dragon."


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The Burning

as Cropsy
Released: 1981-05-08

A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years...

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The Last Dragon

as Headline Killer
Released: 1985-03-22

A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as...

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The Gumball Rally

as Mugger
Released: 1976-07-28

A group of people from different backgrounds have one thing in common: when they hear the world...

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Over the Brooklyn Bridge

as Mr. T
Released: 1984-03-02

A put-upon Jewish deli owner in Brooklyn dreams of getting out from underneath the thumb of his...

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Fore Play

as SS #9
Released: 1975-03-01

A three-part omnibus centered around sex and its discontents.

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The Ivory Ape

as Roomie Pope
Released: 1980-04-15

An ivory ape escapes from a freighter and makes its way to Bermuda. Two anthropologists want to...

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