but Equal (1991) and Rage of Angels, the 1983 adaptation of the Sidney Sheldon novel. Death Jackson died on December 22, 2013, in Manhattan, New York at age 85 of Alzheimer's disease. He was survived by his wife, Ada Jackson. Television and film career His film roles include: Uptight (1968) .... Mr. Oakley (uncredited) Together for Days (1972) .... Phil Ganja & Hess (1973) .... Archie Five on the Black Hand Side (1973) .... John Henry Brooks Super Spook (1975) .... Super Spook Car Wash (1976) .... Earl The Baron (1977) .... Gus King of the Gypsies (1978) .... (uncredited) The Brother from Another Planet (1984) .... Smokey The Color Purple (1985) .... Pa Harris Eddie Murphy Raw (1987, Documentary) .... Uncle Gus Second Sight (1989) .... Doorman Basket Case 2 (1990) .... Police Commissioner A Rage in Harlem (1991) .... Mr. Clay Boomerang (1992) .... Lloyd the Chemist Palookaville (1995) .... Bus Driver Basquiat (1996) .... Jean Michel's Father Conspiracy Theory (1997) .... Old Man in Bookstore (final film role) References External links Leonard Jackson and L. Errol Jaye at Lortel Archives Press Photos from Yale Repertory Theatre, including two from 1984 that feature Jackson in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom 1928 births Male actors from Jacksonville, Florida American male film actors American male stage actors Fisk University alumni African-American male actors American male television actors 2013 deaths 20th-century American male actors Deaths from dementia in New York (state) Deaths from Alzheimer's disease 20th-century African-American people 21st-century African-American people Burials at Calverton National Cemetery