Council Cargle (February 8, 1935[1] – January 2, 2013) was an American stage and film actor, whose career in theater spanned more than six decades.
[1][2] His film credits included Detroit 9000 in 1973, Word of Honor, a 1981 television movie, and Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown in 1997.
[1] Cargle was raised in Detroit's East Side neighborhood and began acting when he was ten years old, charging friends a dime for a performance.
[1] Cargle and his wife, Maggie Porter, co-founded the Harmonie Park Playhouse in 1985 in the basement of the Madison-Lenox Hotel.
[1] The performing space had previously served as a barbershop and artist studio before the couple transformed it into a 40-seat theater for off-Broadway productions.