Lawrence Cook

Who was Lawrence Cook?

Lawrence Cook was an African American actor.

Cook starred in The Spook Who Sat By The Door. In that film, which was based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Sam Greenlee, Cook portrayed Dan Freeman, a secret black nationalist who is trained by the CIA and later trains and leads black freedom fighters in an uprising against the U.S. government.

Cook subsequently appeared in films such as Colors and Posse, as well as in television series including Family Matters, The Mod Squad and McMillan & Wife.

Cook died in 2003 in Marina del Rey, California. He was buried in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.