Officer Larry Atkins — Cornbread, Earl and Me Character Profile

About Officer Larry Atkins

One of the two police officers patrolling the area. Mistaking Cornbread for a fleeing assault suspect dressed similarly, Atkins and his partner fatally shoot Cornbread in the back.

Character Facts

Played by

Bernie Casey

Appears in

Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)

Role

Supporting

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• Wilford Robinson (Laurence Fishburne)
• Charlie (Thalmus Rasulala)
• Ace (Erik Kilpatrick)
• Shifty (Randy Martin)
• Nathaniel 'Cornbread' Hamilton (Jamaal Wilkes)
• Mr. Johnson (J. Jay Saunders)
• Mrs. Parsons (Sarina C. Grant)
• Jack (Don Newsome)