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Penitentiary (1979) Penitentiary II (1982) Penitentiary III (1987)
Boxing Cast
Badja Djola .... Half Dead Johnson I
Ernie Hudson .... Half Dead II
Leon Isaac Kennedy .... Martel Too Sweet Gordone I II III
Thommy Pollard .... Eugene Fish I
Wilbur 'Hi-Fi' White .... Sweet Pea I
not in IMDB but in film (listed with I )
Donovan Womack ... Jesse The Bull Amos Jesse beats up cellmate Eugene loses final bout to TS in I II
Floyd Chatman ...Hezzikia "Seldom Seen" Jackson trainer I
Malik Carter .... Seldom Seen II
Eugene battles "Tough Tony" wins
?? .... "Tough Tony" I
Will Richardson ... Magilla Gorilla, a burly, clumsy inmate loses to Too Sweet I
Cepheus Jaxon ... Poindexter I
Cepheus Jaxon .... Do Dirty II Do Dirty Poindexter
Gerald Berns .... Beau Flynn - Lt. Heavywt. World Champ II
Hawthorne James .... Referee II
Tony Cox .... Midget II
Marvin Jones .... Simp II
Big Bull Bates .... Simp III
Stan Kamber .... Sam II
Dennis Lipscomb .... Announcer II
Mr. T .... Himself II
Glynn Turman .... Charles II brother in law of TS and Mgr.
Ren Woods .... Nikki II
Rudy Ray Moore .... Man on balcony II cameo by Dolemite
also Archie Moore in cameo (not in IMDB) II
Steve Antin .... Roscoe figher trained by Too Sweet beaten up badly III sax player
Raymond Kessler .... Midnight Thud Jessup (as The Haiti Kid) III
Rick Zumwalt .... Joshua III
Greg 'Magic' Schwartz .... Hugo III
Big Yank .... Rock III
Bert Williams .... Tim Shosh III
Mark Kemble .... Rufus III
Jack Rader .... Fred III
Madison Campudoni .... El Cid III
George Payne .... Jess/Inmate #1 III
Drew Bundini Brown .... Sugg/Inmate #2 III
J.J. Johnston .... Announcer #1 III
Earl Garnes .... Announcer #2 III
Faith Minton .... Female Boxer III
Marcella Ross .... Female Boxer III
Raye Hollitt .... Female Boxer III
Danny Trejo .... See Veer fighter III
Ron Demps .... Referee III

The actor J.J. Johnston cast as an announcer in III is a noted boxing historian and co-author of a book I highly recommend

Chicago Boxing
by J. J. Johnston
Arcadia
ISBN: 073853210x

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