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Ernie Lee Banks

1935 – 2006 · Franklin, Virginia, USA · Active 1974–2002
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Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes

1974 ★ 4.6
as DuDirty (as Ernie Banks)

It's a turf battle over the mean streets of Harlem between Italian mobsters and the black hoodlums living in the neighborhood run by "Big Tony" (Frank DeKove). The fighting becomes intense as each side tries to push the other out, with both groups bringing in their best hit men. Watch for a brutal transvestite mobster who kills with her high-heeled shoes.

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Filmography

27 credits
2000s 3 credits
2002
13 Moons as Watchman
Movie ★ 5.5
2002
The Shield as Old Black Man
TV ★ 8.2
2000
Girlfriends as Uncle Harvey
TV ★ 7.3
1990s 21 credits
1999
Movie ★ 5.9
1999
Life as Bathroom Attendant
Movie ★ 6.7
1998
Bulworth as Leroy
Movie ★ 6.3
1996
TV ★ 5.9
1995
Movie ★ 4.4
1995
Steel Frontier as Wellman
Movie ★ 4.8
1995
Murder One as Postal Worker
TV ★ 7.7
1994
The Glass Shield as Mr. Woods
Movie ★ 5.1
1994
Movie ★ 4.6
1994
Jimmy Hollywood as Man in the Street
Movie ★ 5.2
1994
ER as Old Man
TV ★ 7.8
1994
ER as Man in Crowd
TV ★ 7.8
1994
TV ★ 7.1
1994
Sister, Sister as Construction Worker
TV ★ 7.1
1993
TV ★ 6.8
1993
NYPD Blue as Delmar
TV ★ 7.1
1992
TV ★ 5.9
1992
Martin as Man #3
TV ★ 7.6
1992
Martin as Santa
TV ★ 7.6
1991
Pyrates as Wee Willie
Movie ★ 5.3
1990
Pastime as Steamer Fan
Movie ★ 6.5
1980s 1 credit
1985
Moonlighting as Boogaloo's Trainer (as Ernie Banks)
TV ★ 7.5
1970s 2 credits
1978
King as Ralph Abernathy
TV ★ 6.6
1974
Baby Needs a New Pair of Shoes as DuDirty (as Ernie Banks)
Movie ★ 3.9