Spoiler : Died 8/3/2004 at age 84 of natural causes in the Los Angeles Community Hospital in Los Angeles, California. African-American actor that began his career on stage and radio in Chicago before moving to Hollywood in the late 1960s. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Cast member on  Destination Freedom, a Negro civil rights dramatic anthology that was broadcast on WMAQ-Chicago from 1948 to 1950. Pinkard reenacted the program on Devner Radio in 2000, reprising a segment, Poet of Bronzeville" and "The Story of Gwendolyn Brooks." Original cast member including columist Studs Terkel and musician Oscar Brown joined him in the Denver programs.

Spoiler : Screen debut playing Theotis in J.D.'s Revenge (1976). Last feature movie was Waiting for the Wind (1990). Television actor from the late 1960s to shortly before his death in 2004. Mr Kincaid on The Bill Cosby Show for NBC-TV (1969).