![]() On TV he also made guest appearances on series including "In the Heat of the Night," "Dream On," "Living Single" and "Homicide: Life on the Street." In 1988 Mario Van Peebles starred in the brief NBC sitcom "Sonny Spoon," about a private detective, in which his father was also a series regular as the private eye's bar-owning father. Melvin Van Peebles also acted in the work of others, appearing in the 1991 feature comedy "True Identity" Reginald Hudlin's Eddie Murphy vehicle "Boomerang" (1992) big-budget Arnold Schwarzenegger action film "Last Action Hero" (1993) Charlie Sheen action film "Terminal Velocity" (1994) 2003 comedy "The Hebrew Hammer," in which Melvin reprised the role of Sweetback and Mario also appeared and Tina Gordon Chism's 2013 romantic comedy "Peeples," in which he played Grandpa Peeples. Melvin appeared in the 1993 Mario Van Peebles-directed "Posse," in which Mario also starred, as well as in Mario's Black Panther drama "Panther" (1995), with Melvin adapting the script from his own novel, the Mario Van Peebles-directed "Love Kills (1998) and the Mario-directed "Redemption Road" (2010). ![]() ![]() ![]() A post shared by Criterion Collection and Mario Van Peebles teamed on the 1989 film "Identity Crisis," with Melvin directing and Mario scripting and starring as a rapper possessed by the soul of a dead fashion designer. ![]()
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