James Lloydovich Patterson

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James Lloydovich Patterson
James Patterson, Lyubov Orlova and Sergei Stolyarov (from Circus)
Native name	Джеймс Ллойдович Паттерсон
Born	(1933-07-17) 17 July 1933 (age 91) Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Occupation	Poet actor
Nationality	Russian American
Period	1936 (actor) 1950s–present (poet)

James Lloydovich Patterson (Russian: Джеймс Ллойдович Паттерсон, romanized: Dzheyms Lloydovich Patterson, [ˈd͡ʑɛjms ˈlojdɐvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈpatʲɪrsən]; born 17 July 1933) is a Russian-American writer, naval officer, and former child actor of African American and Russian descent.