Fried Chicken n Grape Juice 1972 Sambo the Nigger in Ho Dee Do Ho Dee Do 1972 Damn Sucka 1973 Nigger Sambo Strikes Again 1974 Sorry Massah 1974 Foxy Black 1975 Well Hello Dere 1975 Fry me up a catfish woman 1975 A Pimp named Fruity Blakk 1976 Feets don t fail me now 1976 Smack a Negro Upside the Head 1978 Dracula Luther X Born November 18 1950 Died March 29 1991 is a well known blaxploitation actor from the 1972 to 1978 He starred in several well known blaxploitation films and built a legacy out of it In his later life he became known as somewhat of an eccentric Early Life Dracula Luther was born in Detroit Michigan in a small run down neighborhood Ever since he was born he was proud of his black heritage When he was in 5th Grade he dropped out of school and turned to a life of crime His life turned around however in the 12th Street riot of 1967 During the infamous Detroit riot 4 unknown men tied him down and sawed his left leg off and had started on the right when they were shot dead by several Detroit Police Officers He was sent to the hospital and almost died from an infection Acting Career After his stay in the hospital Dracula had trouble finding work He waited for 5 years before he was hired to be in a documentay about the riot He had been fitted with a wooden leg so walking was awkward for the man While Dracula s part in the documentary titled The Death of a City was filming his peg leg broke and he exclaimed Great Googily Moogily before falling down The filmmakers decided they had hit a comedic gold mine and instead began filming a comedy called Dumb Black Johnson Mambazo and the Spook House The film was a hit with the moviegoing public and launched Dracula into instant stardom He starred in several more classic films such as Fried Chicken n Grape Juice and Damn Sucka But his biggest success came in a 1974 comedy film called Nigger Sambo Strikes Again In the film he returned as Sambo the Nigger a character he had previously played in the hit Sambo the Nigger in Ho Dee Do Ho Dee Do The film earned 15 million at the box office and made Dracula Luther X a household word In 1975 he married Sharonda Jones and she co starred with him in his next film Foxy Black However stardom wasn t all fun and games for him In 1976 he became addicted to cocaine and developed growing personal problems His wife Sharonda was lynched by the Ku Klux Klan during a visit to the south and this drove him over the edge In a stoned stupor he held his mailman hostage in his basement for 4 hours until he was subdued by the Los Angeles SWAT Team He spent 2 years in prison and was released just in time to make one more film the critical failure Smack a Negro Upside the Head The film was panned by fans of him and ended his film career He has a short lived stint as a soul singer and sang the theme for the short lived TV show Whitey Don t Know S t But he soon realized his fame was over Later Life Dracula took his savings from his career and bought a cabin in the Rocky Mountains He wrote his autobiography My life as a Nigger and had it published Unfortunately he never overcame his coke addiction and became addicted to wood polish as well He spent the late 1980s living on welfare and huffing wood polish Death During a wellness check by the Colorado State Police on March 29 1991 Dracula was found dead by gunshot wound to the head In his drawer was a Colt 45 pistol and a suicide note Forensics revealed that the suicide was legitimate and an autopsy revealed that Dracula had snorted all of his cocaine and had swallowed a bottle full of Windex so if he hadn t of shot himself whe would have been dead in 5 minutes Filmography Dumb Black Johnson Mambazo and the Spook House 1972 Fried Chicken n Grape Juice 1972 Sambo the Nigger in Ho Dee Do Ho Dee Do 1972 Damn Sucka 1973 Nigger Sambo Strikes Again 1974 Sorry Massah 1974 Foxy Black 1975 Well Hello Dere