Carry on regardless trailer He

Carry on regardless trailer

He was a gifted athlete who was involved in sports such as track and field, football and basketball. He was also voted most inspirational junior high athlete in the entire city of San Diego. He initially pursued a football career, but decided otherwise after leaving the University of Louisville as a freshman. Shortly after leaving UL, Kelly moved to Lexington where he began his study of the martial arts under acclaimed instructor of Shorin-Ryu karate, Parker Sheldon. It was that decision that would cement his star status. In 1971, Kelly proved he was an excellent fighter, by capturing the 1971 International Middleweight Karate Championship. Realizing that he had a potential career in the martial arts, Kelly opened a karate studio. champion fighter gave him the opportunity to appear in a movie called Melinda 1 The part wasnt big, but it led to other offers. Six months later, Kelly was flown out to Hong Kong to showcase some of his fighting techniques to Warner Brothers. Kelly had no idea hed be getting a part in one of the biggest martial arts films in cinematic history. Kelly was asked to play Williams, one of the invited guests to the deadly Hans Island in Enter The Dragon 1973 co-starring Bruce Lee. It was that role that brought him star status. Enter the Dragons huge popularity, largely due to Bruce Lee, showed that fans were eager to have a new kung fu hero. Kelly quickly cropped up in several more martial arts influenced blaxploitation films. In 1974, Ji m Kelly made his first appearance in the lead role in the film Black Belt Jones with Robert Clouse, the director of Enter the Dragon, with its interesting fight finale in a soap filled car wash. In 1977, he starred in The Black Samurai, directed by genre veteran Al Adamson. He went on to make several other films which include: Three the Hard Way 1974, The Golden Needles 1974, Hot Potato 1976, The Tattoo Connection 1978 and Death Dimension 1 Kelly retired after a string of low budget movies. His last appearance was in a movie called One Down, Two To Go 1 an actor, Kelly retired from the screen to pursue a successful career in professional tennis. A talented athlete, he won ranked titles both in tennis and karate. Jim Kelly still gets offered roles in movies, but simply says that he just doesnt dig the scripts. He wouldnt mind acting again, but he wants the roles to be respectable. Hes also very proud of the movies he did, and doesnt want to spoil that image.