Julius Carry

Background

Carry grew up in the Lake Meadows neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

Education

He attended Hales Franciscan High School, where, at age 15, he joined the Spartan Players, an acting group.

Career

He is perhaps best known for playing the character Sho"Nuff in the cult film The Last Dragon. He made his acting debut in the 1979 movie Disco Godfather starring Rudy Ray Moore. He also acted in the films World Gone Wild and The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.

Carry appeared primarily in numerous television roles, including Doctor Abraham Butterfield on Doctor, Doctor and the bounty hunter Lord Bowler in The Adventures of Brisco County, Junior.

He also appeared on shows such as Murphy Brown, Family Matters, A Different World, Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place, and Boy Meets World. He discovered a love of acting with the group, performing in plays such as Hamlet and West Side Story.

After touring the country with the Spartan Players, Carry joined the Chicago Actors Repertory Company, performing with them for four years. Afterwards, Carry stayed in Chicago, "basically getting into no good", he told writer Marc Shapiro.

He attended Quincy College, but only for one year.

His family encouraged him to move to California and live with uncle in Los Angeles to "get back on feet."

Once in Los Angeles, Carry entered Loyola Marymount University, where he received a bachelor"s degree in film and television production. He stayed at the university, and completed a master"s degree in communication arts He also portrayed the main villain Sho"nuff in the cult classic film The Last Dragon.

Carry"s final appearance as an actor was in the season one episode "Eating The Young" on the Columbia Broadcasting System series The Unit in 2006.

He had also guest starred on three episodes of the American Broadcasting Company/Disney sitcom Boy Meets World, once as a college professor and later as Sergeant Alvin Moore, father of series regular Angela Moore (Trina McGee).

As a result of Carry"s death, the character of Sergeant Moore is revealed to have died as well (off-screen) in the years between Boy Meets World and the second season of its sequel series Girl Meets World, which currently airs on Disney Channel.

Connections

rival:

Bruce Campbell