Robert M. Townsend (born 1948), Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at MIT
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Culper Ring, American Revolutionary War spy ring associated with Robert Townsend (spy)
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His film work includes a featured role in Robert Townsend's Hollywood Shuffle, a cameo in the Coen Brothers film The Big Lebowski, The Fourth Tenor, starring old pal Rodney Dangerfield, and he played himself in the Rodney Dangerfield / Dom DeLuise film The Godson.
He is best known for his roles as Terrence "Dresser" Williams in the Robert Townsend film The Five Heartbeats and as Boyd Langton in the Joss Whedon television series Dollhouse.
The “Unit” also produced songs and score music for feature films i.e. “Set it Off” with film director F. Gary Gray, and “B.A.P.S.” with film director Robert Townsend.