<P> He was cast opposite Jeff Goldblum in the short - lived detective series Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (1980). During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Vereen worked steadily on television with projects ranging from the sitcom Webster to the drama Silk Stalkings . </P> <P> In 1985, Vereen starred in the Faerie Tale Theatre series as Puss in Boots alongside Gregory Hines . He appeared on The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air episode, "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse", in which he played Will Smith's biological father, Lou Smith . He made several appearances on the 1980s sitcom Webster as the title character's biological uncle . </P> <P> He also appeared as Mayor Ben (a leopard) on the children's program Zoobilee Zoo and as Itsy Bitsy Spider in Mother Goose Rock' n' Rhyme . In 1993 he appeared in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Interface", as the father of Roots co-star LeVar Burton's Geordi LaForge - fellow Roots star Madge Sinclair portrayed his wife (Geordi's mother) as well . In Roots, Vereen had played "Chicken George", the grandson of another Burton character, Kunta Kinte . He also appeared on the television series The Nanny episode "Pishke Business". In 2010, he appeared on the television series How I Met Your Mother episodes "Cleaning House" and "False Positive" as Sam Gibbs, the long lost father of James Gibbs, Barney Stinson's brother . He returned in 2013 and 2014 for another two episodes . </P> <Ul> <Li> Sweet Charity (1969) </Li> <Li> Gas - s-s-s (1971) </Li> <Li> Funny Lady (1975) </Li> <Li> All That Jazz (1979) </Li> <Li> This Boxer Wears a Shirt (1980) </Li> <Li> Cycling Through China (1982) (documentary) </Li> <Li> Sabine (1982) </Li> <Li> The Zoo Gang (1985) </Li> <Li> Buy & Cell (1987) </Li> <Li> Once Upon a Forest (1993) (voice) </Li> <Li> Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998) </Li> <Li> I'll Take You There (1999) </Li> <Li> The Painting (2001) </Li> <Li> Idlewild (2006) </Li> <Li> And Then Came Love (2007) </Li> <Li> Tapioca (2007) </Li> <Li> Accidental Friendship (2008) </Li> <Li> Mama, I Want to Sing! (2011) </Li> <Li> Broadway: The Next Generation (2011) (documentary) </Li> <Li> Khumba (2013) (voice) Mkhulu the Elder Zebra </Li> <Li> Time Out Of Mind (2014) Dixon </Li> <Li> Top Five (2014) </Li> </Ul>

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