#RITA INGRID DITTMAN MOVIE#
Kotto dropped out of school and spent his days at movie theaters.
Wanting to save Kotto from the street gangs he had become involved with, his family moved from Harlem when he was sixteen. His mother, an army nurse, was often away on assignment. When his parents divorced, Kotto’s mother moved him in with his grandparents to Harlem and sent him to a Catholic school where he was one of only a few black students among the predominantly white, Irish, student population. He would name his son Yaphet, which means “beautiful” in Hebrew.
Before leaving Cameroon, and after he converted to Judaism, Bell changed his name to Abraham Kotto. Kotto's father could speak nine or ten languages and had friends from many African nations. In his autobiography titled Royalty, Kotto writes that his father was the crown prince of Cameroon. His father, Avraham Kotto (originally named Njoki Manga Bell) was a businessman from Cameroon who immigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Yaphet Kotto was born on November 19, 1939, in New York City, New York, United States to the family of Avraham and Gladys Maria Kotto. He is known for numerous film roles, as well as for starring on the television. Yaphet Kotto is an American actor, director, and producer. Yaphet Kotto currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland.
Kotto recently developed, directed, produced and starred (with Dionne Warwick) in the documentary "The Last Warning." He has appeared in numerous TV movies, including "Miami Deadline," "Prime Target," "Desperado" and "Badge of the Assassin." He also guest-starred on the series "The Big Valley," "Mannix" and "Gunsmoke.
#RITA INGRID DITTMAN PROFESSIONAL#
At 19 Yaphet Kotto made his professional debut in the title role of "Othello." His subsequent stage credits include the part of Jack Johnson in the Broadway production of "The Great White Hope" and the lead in the London presentation of August Wilson's "Fences." Kotto received acclaim for his early film performances, most notably in "Nothing but a Man" and "The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones." His film credits also include the motion pictures "Alien," "Brubaker," "Midnight Run," "Blue Collar," "Live and Let Die," "The Thomas Crown Affair," "The Shootist," "Report to the Commissioner," "We're Back," "S.I.S." and "Two if by Sea." Kotto produced, directed and starred in the horror film "The Virgin" and appeared in "The Puppet Masters" with Donald Sutherland and "Homicide" co-star Richard Belzer.
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