Max Julien who starred with Richard Pryor in blaxploitation film The Mack dies New Year's Day at age 88
Max made his bones in the New York theater scene, including the famous Shakespeare In The Park productions Joe Papp began in the 1950s.
A further half-decade on he led the cast of The Mack as Goldie, who embarks on a career as a pimp after five years behind bars. That very same year Max helped write and produce the original Cleopatra Jones film starring Tamara Dobson in the title role - another blaxploitation classic.defending the legacy of the blaxploitation movement of which he was such an iconic member.
Although Max made a few films after The Mack, including the 1974 western Thomasine And Bushrod, it was Goldie who echoed down the generations.
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