- Keith David, The Thing, 1981. Casey, Isaac Hayes, Geoffrey Holder, Ernie Hudson, Carl Weathers were all up for Childs – and whitey David won! (TK Carter was the token black as Nauls. Relax, there was Brit as well. And not Donald Pleasence, as usual with director John Carpenter: Geoffrey Holder). However, the question was not whether Childs was black or white – but human or alien. Unless you paid attention to the final scene…
Birth year: Death year: Other name: Casting Calls: 1