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2 unusual facts about Leo Burmester


Leo Burmester

He played Holly Hunter's father in the prologue of Broadcast News (1987), and the bum in front of The Plaza in Big Business (1988).

After receiving an MFA from the University of Denver, he taught college for a year before becoming a working actor.


Alex Haley's Queen

Mr. Henderson (Leo Burmester), the former overseer, and his wife (Linda Hart) have left the Jackson plantation, and they now run a nearby grocery store, where young redneck white men hang out, and James trades.


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