'Enter the Dragon' actor Jim Kelly dies

[natina]

'Enter the Dragon' actor Jim Kelly dies

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in "Enter the Dragon" with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67.

Bing: Watch clips of Jim Kelly in action

Marilyn Dishman, Kelly's ex-wife, said he died Saturday of cancer at his home in California.

Sporting an Afro hairstyle and sideburns, Kelly made a splash with his one-liners and fight scenes in the 1973 martial arts classic. His later films included "Three the Hard Way," ''Black Belt Jones" and "Black Samurai."

During a 2010 interview with Salon.com, Kelly said he started studying martial arts in 1964 in Kentucky and later moved to California. He said the role in the Bruce Lee film came about when his agent called him. It was his second film role.

"It was one of the best experiences in my life," he told Salon.com of working on "Enter the Dragon." ''Bruce was just incredible, absolutely fantastic. I learned so much from working with him. I probably enjoyed working with Bruce more than anyone else I'd ever worked with in movies because we were both martial artists. And he was a great, great martial artist. It was very good."

http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=815906


http://www.jimkellykarate.com/

James Milton "Jim" "the Dragon" Kelly was an American athlete, actor, and martial artist who rose to fame in the early 1970s. He was best known from his performance as Williams in the 1973 film Enter the Dragon





http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/02/arts/jim-kelly-star-of-martial-arts-movies-dies-at-67.html?_r=0


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Kelly_(martial_artist)


http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2013/7/1/4483716/jim-kelly-martial-artist-movie-star-tennis-pro-dies-after-cancer-battle-enter-the-dragon-news



http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/celebrities/martial-artist-jim-kelly-known-for-enter-the-dragon-role-dies/2013/06/30/bd0ee848-e1e2-11e2-8657-fdff0c195a79_story.html

http://www.extratv.com/2013/07/01/martial-arts-actor-jim-kelly-dead-at-67/


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[natina]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VRT5lRHqcE

[natina]

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[natina]

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[Cerberus]

"Bullshit Mr Haan Man, you come right out of a comic book"

Classic!

[youngblood61]

R.I.P Bro!

[starkem]

He was placed in Hollywood obscurity at some point and I was not aware he was even still alive. R.I.P.

:(

[Ecstatic]

RIP Jim Kelly. His line became a catch phrase for my wife and me. Whenever anyone--particularly in a position of authority like a politician--would make outrageous claims, we'd say "Bullshit Mr Haan man!"

[LibertyHarkness]

he just reminds me of black dynamite :) shame he passed .. he was funny in enter the dragon

[danthepoetman]

Yeah! Enter the Dragon! Fun movie. He did many more; he was entertaining. I remember seeing many times kicking guys in these huge, thick 3 inches heels and plateform shoes guys were wearing back then, and telling myself "OUCH!!" My God, this would have done the job on bad guys.

RIP, Jim Kelly!

[Merkurie]

Jim Kelly aint never gonna die.
He is too busy lookin good.

Rest in Peace.

[natina]

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446485/


With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top martial arts film stars of the early 1970s. After appearing in a minor film role, Kelly's second screen effort was as one of the invited guests to the deadly Han's Island in Enter the Dragon (1973) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/)

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[natina]

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[natina]

MOB MEMBER: "who hit me? "

BLACKBELT JONES/JIM KELLY:"batman mutha fucka"


movie PREVIEW

Black Belt Jones (1974) - IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071221/)

Amazon.com: Black Belt Jones: Jim Kelly, Gloria Hendry, Scatman Crothers, Robert Clouse: Amazon Instant Video@@AMEPARAM@@http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ptQiN7uPL.@@AMEPARAM@@41ptQiN7uPL (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006S8R1CS/ref=atv_feed_catalog?tag=imdb-amazonvideo-20)


The Mafia's Don learns that the City is planning a new civic center, and is buying the land where it will be, to make easy money when the city council will buy it. The one piece the Don doesn't have yet, is the old African-American karate school owned by Papa Byrd. Big Tuna, the Mafia Don's right hand man, goes to Pinky, their representative in that area and they tell him that he owes them $250,000 but instead of paying, they want him to get Papa Byrd's school. Pinky tries to muscle the karate master into handing out the property title, but he throws him out. A teacher calls Black Belt Jones, a friend of Papa Byrd, to talk to him about this, but before he does Pinky and his thugs accidentally kills Papa Byrd in a second visit. Before dying in friends' arms, Byrd says that the school belongs to Sydney - whom nobody knows. Black Belt Jones knows that Sydney is Byrd's daughter, whom he hasn't seen since she was a child. Black Belt asks a friend of his who works for the Government, to find her. Informed of her father's death, Sydney arrives for the funeral, and learns about Pinky and what he wants. Sidney goes to Pinky's place and roughs up some of his people. Then, Pinky goes over to the karate school with some back-up, manages to subdue the students, take one of them hostage, and demands either Sydney turns the school over to him or pay him $250,000. Black Belt asks his friend in Government to look into it and he tells him of this Mafia connection, and than asks Black Belt Jones to break into the Mafia stronghold and get some photos that they have and some hot cash. Jones succeeds, holds $250,000 and pays Pinky with that, then he calls the Mafia Don and tells him that it was Pinky who raided his place. Now the thugs turn onto each other. When Pinky convinces Big Tuna that he is innocent they go after Black Belt. With Sidney wanting to take revenge on her father's killers all by herself, and Jones wanting her out of the deadly battle about to start, things get ugly, fast, and furious.

[bluesoul]

i remember in the film enter the dragon, the mad'am of the island is going around offering hookers to all the contestants, and jim kelly picks 5 then says "hope you understand, i'm a little tired"

- Enter the Dragon HD - Mr Williams chooses his women. AND He'll have YOU! - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRjOB4qy4zo)

[Lovecox]

Enter The Cancer

[Perverted Monk]

He's been in my av for a long time

[kilakali]

He inspired me to get into martial arts along with Bruce Lee and the Gracie's as a kid..

R.I.P.

[natina]

more to come

[natina]

Enter The Dragon (1973 Trailer) - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB-QGOChuQc)


Most Unrecognized BADASS Jim Kelly - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns3YP58gY84)

[samspud]

This is weird my wife and I watched Enter The Dragon Saturday night and My Autistic son who had never seen the movie or Kelly took his headphones off left his computer game walked over to the TV pointed at Jim when he was sitting in the boat and said "And now he's dead." then he went back to his computer like he had just announced that he was done eating or something.

[flabbybody]

geez, u startled me natina.
when I skimed it quickly I thought u meant Buffalo QB Jim Kelly who recently had successful cancer surgery.

[natina]

JIM KELLY IS SUPERBAD (JIM KELLY TRIBUTE) 2012 - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzhZsckgJ0k)


Grandmaster Jim Kelly of "Enter The Dragon" talks MMA, Martial Arts, Boxing vs MMA, & Bruce Lee - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROnP1EyQ9sA)

Most Unrecognized BADASS Jim Kelly - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns3YP58gY84)


Mister Keyes (Jim Kelly) vs. Racist Pigs - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeoUSI9Y9cU)