Roundtree's career spanned five decades. He went on to star in the sequels "Shaft's Big Score!," "Shaft in Africa" and the short-lived 1973 "Shaft" TV series.

An unofficial count of the audience at a “Shaft” press preview found 14 white people in the (full) theater, all of whom were in rows reserved for press. In fact, most of the people in the ...

Roundtree also appeared in several of the movie’s sequels, including “Shaft’s Big Score!” in 1972 and “Shaft in Africa” in 1973. He reprised his role for the CBS series in 1973.

In the sequel "Shaft," Samuel L. Jackson stars as detective John Shaft, the nephew of the character of the same name in the 1971 blaxploitation classic "Shaft." ...