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Ernie Hudson
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December 17, 1945 in Benton Harbor, MI
Biography:Actor "Ernie Hudson" received his training at Wayne State, Yale School of Drama and the University of Minnesota. Following a hitch with the Marines, Hudson appeared in such stage productions as "The Great White Hope," "The Cage" and Daddy Goodness. He made his earlier film appearance in 1976's "Leadbelly." Most of us know Hudson best as Winston Zeddmore in the two "Ghostbusters" films, a role he repeated in "Ray Parker Jr."'s "Ghostbusters" music video. His best--and most controversial--screen assignment was the "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" (1992); Hudson played retarded handyman Solomon, virtually the only character in the film who doesn't buy into the "perfect" facade of homicidal baby-sitter "Rebecca DeMornay". On TV, Ernie Hudson has been seen as Smythe in "Highcliffe Manor" (1977), undercover officer "Night Train" Lane in "The Last Precinct" (1986), and kleptomaniac cop Toby Baker in Broken... Full Biography
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