Glynn Turman
Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American stage, television, and film actor a well as a writer, director, and producer.
Turman is known for his roles as lew on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1964-69), high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1988-93), and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire.
He recently portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies.
Career
Turman had his first prominent acting role at the age of 13 as Travis Younger in the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, Jr., Lonnie Elder all, John Fiedler and Diana Sands.
Upon graduation he apprenticed in regional and repertory companies throughout the country, including Tyrone Guthrie's Repertory Theatre, in which he performed in late '60s productions of Good boys, Harper's Ferry, The Visit and The House of Atreus.
He also directed during his seasons of steady employment on A Different World, in which he played the role of Colonel Taylor for five seasons, from 1988 until 1993.
Personal life
Turman was born in New York, NewYork, in 1947. According to a DNA analysis, Turman shares maternal ancestry with the Edo people of Nigeria.
Turman was married to la M. Walker, from 1965 until 1971.
Together, Turman and Walker had three children.
Turman married singer Aretha Franklin on April 11, 1978, at her father's (C.L.Franklin) New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Turman and Franklin separated in 1982 and later divorced in 1984. Since 1992, Turman has been married to Jo-Ann Allen.
Turman is known for his roles as lew on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place (1964-69), high school student Leroy "Preach" Jackson in the 1975 coming-of-age film Cooley High, math professor and retired Army colonel Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World (1988-93), and fictional Baltimore mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO drama series The Wire.
He recently portrayed Jeremiah Kaan on the Showtime series House of Lies.
Career
Turman had his first prominent acting role at the age of 13 as Travis Younger in the original Broadway production of Lorraine Hansberry's classic A Raisin in the Sun, opposite Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Ivan Dixon, Louis Gossett, Jr., Lonnie Elder all, John Fiedler and Diana Sands.
Upon graduation he apprenticed in regional and repertory companies throughout the country, including Tyrone Guthrie's Repertory Theatre, in which he performed in late '60s productions of Good boys, Harper's Ferry, The Visit and The House of Atreus.
He also directed during his seasons of steady employment on A Different World, in which he played the role of Colonel Taylor for five seasons, from 1988 until 1993.
Personal life
Turman was born in New York, NewYork, in 1947. According to a DNA analysis, Turman shares maternal ancestry with the Edo people of Nigeria.
Turman was married to la M. Walker, from 1965 until 1971.
Together, Turman and Walker had three children.
Turman married singer Aretha Franklin on April 11, 1978, at her father's (C.L.Franklin) New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan.
Turman and Franklin separated in 1982 and later divorced in 1984. Since 1992, Turman has been married to Jo-Ann Allen.
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