Det. Staples — Lost Boundaries Character Profile

About Det. Staples

Police officer who takes Howard into custody after he is shot during an intervention in Harlem. Represents the initial legal authority confronting Howard's experiment in Black identity.

Character Facts

Played by

Royal Beal

Appears in

Lost Boundaries (1949)

Role

Supporting

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• Dr. Scott Mason Carter (Mel Ferrer)
• Shelly Carter (Susan Douglas)
• Rev. John Taylor (Robert A. Dunn)
• Dr. Charles Frederick Howard (uncredited) (Emory Richardson)
• Howard 'Howie' Carter (Richard Hylton)
• Mrs. Mitchell (Grace Coppin)
• Andy (Carleton Carpenter)
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