Star of both stage and screen, Carl Gordon, who most of us will likely remember as Charles S. Dutton’s father, Andrew Emerson, on early 90s TV show, Roc, has died at 78 years old.

The cause, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, says the New York Times.

His few listed stage credits include work in 2 August Wilson plays - The Piano Lesson (1990) and Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2003); his onscreen roles were relegated mostly to TV movies and sitcom roles, from the aforementioned Roc, to episodes of Law & Order, ER, JAG, and more.

Gordon is survived by his 3rd wife, Jacqueline Alston-Gordon; a son, five daughters, nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

RIP