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Cast. John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues, a former blues singer, paroled from prison after three years [6] Dan Aykroyd as Elwood J. Blues, Jake's blood brother, also a former blues singer [6] James Brown as the Reverend Cleophus James, pastor of the Triple Rock Baptist Church.
The Blues Brothers (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Joliet Jake had always been full of schemes. But this was different; it played across his tiled cell wall 24 hours a day. And the ending was always the same – Jake and his younger brother Elwood cruising out of Calumet City, Ill., with the sun in their shades and a full tank of gas.
The Blues Brothers are an American blues and soul revue band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, who met and began collaborating as original cast members of Saturday Night Live.
As we mourn Aretha Franklin's death, I thought I'd do something morbid and list who's still here from the original Blues Brothers film. From the 'main' cast and band: John Belushi - dead Dan Aykroyd - not dead James Brown - dead Cab Calloway - dead Ray Charles - dead Aretha Franklin - dead Steve "the Colonel" Cropper – not dead
James Stewart Tolkan (born June 20, 1931) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future (1985) and Back to the Future Part II (1989), and as his ancestor, Marshal James Strickland, in Back to the Future Part III (1990).
Tolkan currently lives in Lake Placid, New York. Career. Tolkan is known for his role in the 1985 film Back to the Future as the strict, disciplinarian Hill Valley High School principal Gerald Strickland. He referred to Marty McFly, his father, and Biff Tannen derisively as "slackers."
