Rest In Peace Shogun of Harlem

Posted by Dr. Cole Abaius (cole.abaius@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 22, 2008

Sho Nuff

This is some of the saddest news I’ve seen recently. It seems like we’ve lost a ton of talented entertainers over the last month, and, unfortunately, now Julius Carry has to be added to that list.

According to several sources including BET, Julius Carry – probably best known for his cult role as Sho’Nuff in the greatest film ever made, ever, The Last Dragon - died from complications related to pancreatic cancer on Tuesday.

He was a fantastic character actor who appeared in a ton of sit-coms and television shows, my personal favorite being his role as Lord Bowler in The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.

Of course, nothing can compare to his turn as the baddest mofo low down ’round this town. Anyone who can command a troop of people to loudly announce his arrival to a movie after the movie’s already started is a bad ass. Today, the world lost a bad ass.

If anyone wants to join me, I’ll be watching The Last Dragon in honor of Julius Carry tonight and answering loudly when he asks his followers, “Who da masta?!” You were the master, Mr. Carry, and you’ll be missed.

Related Reading:

Comment Policy: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Film School Rejects reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. We also reserve the right to modify any curse words in your comments and make you look like an idiot. Thank You!

Robert Fure

That sucks. Brisco County Jr. is/was one of my favorite shows. "Heh heh heh, Brisco. Heh heh heh"

Jonathan Ragus

Glad you covered this story as TMZ did a terrible and nasty job of covering this, they were very disrespectful to Julius and his family.

I am watching "The Last Dragon" right now, and he is still by far the best cult villain ever!

RIP Julius!

jacob moore

This is a sad day, when a actor such as this has left us. When I heard it I thought that my friend was kidding, but later I found it to be true. As a kid I remember my cousin and my bother sitting me down in front of the t.v. watching this great movie amaze of the character Leroy Green which Taimak played a terrific role, cause at that time we didn't have any black action heroes are a real good black villain. When Sho'nuff came through those theater doors he own my attention. From that point on I was a movie fan and I based all my villains off him. THANK YOU so much Mr. Julius Carry for inspiriting me to be the movie writer I am today, for the life you gave that character I devote my time to my craft. THANK YOU and to many others. You will be miss "Now who's the master" -Julius Carry

Andrew Slater

We have witness some tragic times this month. Another actor leaves us, Julius Carry a was terrific actor who played some good roles, but none badder than the Shogun of Harlem, He really woke up audiences around the world with this character and a young generation that was eager for something of that caliber. That movie grossed so much world wide at that time, he had every house saying -whose the master- . I think a lot of entertainers get their swagger from that character today. Thank You Mr. Carry Be at peace my BROTHER.

Red Oscar

It's kinda sad when you start to check on a movie actor, only to find he has recently died. Mr. Carry was a new personality to me. I've been enjoying his Lord Bowler character as I watch the Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. on NetFlix. So I check on IMDB to learn more about him, and see that he died last week. What a shocker. It's even more of a shocker when I see he was just a year younger than I am. So Rest In Peace Mr. Julius Carry.

Rhyno86

I was searching through my old music collection a couple of days ago. I came upon "Rhythm of the Night" by DeBarge. It brought back sweet memories of one of the most memorable movies I have ever seen, that being "The Last Dragon" and, of course, the first thing I thought of was, "Who's the master? Sho'Nuf!". I dug out my old VHS copy and watched the whole movie that night. I brough it over to my brother's house the next night and watched it again. Today, when at work, I had to look up the movie on IMDB and looked up Julius Carry. How sad was the news that I read! It brought a tear to my eye reading the article.

RIP Mr. Carry, you will always have a place in my heart as one of the most profound movie experiences of my life!
God bless.

Zahid

I am stunned to hear this.

Lord Bowler is dead.

:(

RIP.

Toyfarer

Pancreatic Cancer has taken too many actors... So sad. He was one of my favorites on The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. and I just watched The Last Dragon. He was a Great Actor.

-E

Rest In Peace Shogun of Harlem

Related Topics:

Related Reading: