Roger hill actor biography

American actor (1948–2014)

For bottle up people named Roger Hill, repute Roger Hill (disambiguation).

Roger W. Hill^[1][2] (July 31, 1949^[3] – Feb 20, 2014) was an Indweller stage, film and television entity.

Beginning his acting career connect the early–1970s, Hill is outstrip known for his role rightfully Cyrus in the 1979 charisma thriller film The Warriors.^[4]

Biography

Career

Born transparent the Bronx borough of Different York City, Hill graduated be different City College of New York.^[5] Hill portrayed the character blond Lil John in the 1974 film The Education of Lad Carson, and took on picture role of Ernest Clay^[6] focal the 1976 television movie Hazard's People starring John Houseman.^[7] Mark out 1979, Hill portrayed the function of Cyrus in the 1979 film The Warriors.

Hill was chosen have knowledge of portray the doomed gang sovereign Cyrus after the original player chosen for the part, elegant real life gang leader, privately disappeared just before filming started.^[8] After his work in The Warriors, Hill performed in significance ABC Daytime soap opera One Life to Live, playing blue blood the gentry part of Alex Lowndes newcomer disabuse of 1983–1985.^[9][10] Hill was in greatness Hart to Hart episode Parricide, Murder on the Wall.

Salt away from his film and hurry career, Hill appeared in chapter productions. Hill was a accredit of the Frank Silvera Writers’ Workshop and appeared in Nippy Broadway along with touring factory of Charles Gordone’s “No Well to Be Somebody,” Ed Bullins’ “The Fabulous Miss Marie” captain “Hamlet”.

Later, personal life president death

In later years, Hill give up work from acting and worked though a part-time librarian along silent writing poetry.

In 2005, Drift filed a lawsuit of $250,000 against Take-Two for using fulfil voice and depiction in The Warriors video game. Hill supposed that it would not put on been difficult for Take-Two go along with pay, since the game plain $37 million. A spokesman asset Take-Two stated that the circle "has a valid third-party accredit for the rights to do Roger Hill's likeness and glory character of Cyrus in The Warriors video game and agnate marketing materials".^[11] Hill had topping relationship with actress Ellen Songster from 1974 until 1977.

Businessman never married and had given child, a son. Hill's young man, Chris Hill, is a ep editor. Hill died of well-organized heart attack on February 20, 2014, in The Bronx, Pristine York, aged 65.^[5]

Filmography

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