that ain t no kind of a job. he was born in miami and raised in the bahamas. he d move to harlem as a teenager and work as a dishwasher, trying out for roles, remembering being turned away by a director. i did decide then at that moment on that street that i m going to be an actor just to show him that he was wrong. reporter: he learned a place in a theater acting school after volunteering to work as a janitor without pay, and later from new york to hollywood. in 1950 at the age of 22, playing a doctor in the ground breaking film on racism, no way out. there is a possibility i killed him, isn t there? don t be a feel. that i was careless in a spinal tab. his role of quiet dignity and determination, which is how he conducted himself in life. i became involved in civil rights out of a necessity to