Clarence Muse
Data de nascimento:
14/10/1889
Local de nascimento:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Data de falecimento:
13/10/1979
Biografia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. He was inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973. Muse was the first Negro to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years appearing in more than 150 movies. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Alexander and Mary Muse, he studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and received an international law degree in 1911. He was acting in New York by the 1920s, during the Harlem Renaissance with two Harlem theatres, Lincoln Players and Lafayette Players. Muse moved to Chicago for a while, and then moved to Hollywood and performed in Hearts in Dixie (1929), the first all-black movie. For the next fifty years, he worked regularly in minor and major roles. While with the Lafayette Players, Muse worked under the management of producer Robert Levy on productions that helped black actors to gain prominence and respect. In regards to the Lafayette Theatre's staging of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Muse said the play was relevant to black actors and audiences "because, in a way, it was every black man's story. Black men too have been split creatures inhabiting one body.". Muse appeared as an opera singer, minstrel show performer, vaudeville and Broadway actor; he also wrote songs, plays, and sketches. In 1943, he became the first African American Broadway director with Run Little Chillun. Muse was also the co-writer of several notable songs. In 1931, with Leon René and Otis René, Muse wrote "When It's Sleepy Time Down South", also known as "Sleepy Time Down South". The song was sung by Nina Mae McKinney in the movie Safe in Hell (1931), and later became a signature song of Louis Armstrong. He was the major star in Broken Earth (1936), which related the story of a black sharecropper whose son miraculously recovers from fever through the father's fervent prayer. Shot on a farm in the South with nonprofessional actors (except for Muse), the film's early scenes focused in a highly realistic manner on the incredible hardship of black farmers, with plowing scenes. In 1938, Muse co-starred with boxer Joe Louis in Spirit of Youth, the fictional story of a champion boxer which featured an all black cast. Muse and Langston Hughes wrote the script for Way Down South (1939). Muse performed in Broken Strings (1940), as a concert violinist who opposes the desire of his son to play "swing". From 1955-56, Muse was a regular on the weekly TV version of Casablanca, playing Sam the pianist (a part he was under consideration for in the original Warner Brothers film), and in 1959, he played Peter, the Honey Man, in Porgy and Bess. He appeared on Disney's TV miniseries The Swamp Fox. Other film credits include Buck and the Preacher (1972), The World's Greatest Athlete (1973) and as Gazenga's Assistant, "Snapper" in Car Wash (1976). His last acting role was in The Black Stallion (1979).
Filmes em que atuou
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O Corcel Negro (1979)- 7.06 ★Snoe
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Dando Um Rolê (1977)- 5.00 ★Papa Harris
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Car Wash: Onde Acontece de Tudo (1976)- 6.00 ★Snapper
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)- 0.00 ★Self (archive footage)
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O Maior Atleta do Mundo (1973)- 5.30 ★Gazenga's Assistant
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A Dream for Christmas (1973)- 6.00 ★Donald Freeland
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Um por Deus, Outro pelo Diabo (1972)- 6.10 ★Cudjo
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Porgy and Bess (1959)- 6.20 ★Peter
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Jungle Safari (1956)- 4.00 ★Kyba
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Bonita e Audaciosa (1954)- 5.50 ★Diaper Delivery Man
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Jamaica Run (1953)- 5.00 ★Mose
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O Sol Brilha na Imensidade (1953)- 6.40 ★Uncle Zack
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Caribbean (1952)- 5.80 ★Quashy
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A Caminho do Pecado (1952)- 5.80 ★Train Porter (uncredited)
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Flechas da Vingança (1951)- 6.20 ★Jehu
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Orgulho e Ódio (1951)- 5.70 ★Pompey
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Nada Além de um Desejo (1950)- 5.80 ★Whitey
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Katie Did It (1950)- 6.00 ★Mose
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The Great Dan Patch (1949)- 5.00 ★Voodoo
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Piedade Homicida (1948)- 6.70 ★Mr. Pope
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Welcome Stranger (1947)- 6.60 ★Clarence, Train Waiter (uncredited)
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A Likely Story (1947)- 4.20 ★Porter (uncredited)
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Minha Morena Linda (1947)- 6.70 ★Second Man on Death Row (uncredited)
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The Peanut Man (1947)- 0.00 ★Dr. George Washington Carver
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Os Inconquistáveis (1947)- 6.19 ★Jason
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)- 6.00 ★Smoky
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Algemas Para Dois (1946)- 6.40 ★Train Porter
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Jungle Terror (1946)- 0.00 ★Lightin'
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Chamam a Isto Amor (1945)- 5.90 ★Porter (uncredited)
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A Mão que Nos Guia (1945)- 7.00 ★Frank (uncredited)
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Jungle Queen (1945)- 5.00 ★Kyba
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Almas Perversas (1945)- 7.58 ★Ben - Bank Janitor (uncredited)
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Sem Amor (1945)- 6.80 ★Train Porter
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Pacto de Sangue (1944)- 8.12 ★Man (uncredited)
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Stars on Parade (1944)- 0.00 ★Carter (uncredited)
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In the Meantime, Darling (1944)- 5.00 ★Henry
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San Diego I Love You (1944)- 6.30 ★Porter (uncredited)
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The Soul of a Monster (1944)- 4.70 ★Entertainer (uncredited)
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The Racket Man (1944)- 6.00 ★George the Butler
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A Sombra de uma Dúvida (1943)- 7.50 ★Pullman Porter
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The Sky's the Limit (1943)- 6.10 ★Colonial Club Doorman (uncredited)
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Horas de Tormenta (1943)- 6.76 ★Horace
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Os Mistérios da Vida (1943)- 6.70 ★Jeff (uncredited)
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O Diabo Disse Não (1943)- 6.90 ★Jasper (uncredited)
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Sherlock Holmes em Washington (1943)- 6.73 ★George
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Honeymoon Lodge (1943)- 0.00 ★Porter
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Over the Wall (1943)- 0.00 ★Sam
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Johnny Come Lately (1943)- 6.67 ★Butler
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E a Vida Continua (1942)- 7.30 ★Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)
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O Cisne Negro (1942)- 6.40 ★Margaret's Servant (uncredited)
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Tough as They Come (1942)- 0.00 ★Eddie
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Twin Beds (1942)- 2.70 ★George
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Strictly in the Groove (1942)- 0.00 ★Durham's Valet (uncredited)
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Seis Destinos (1942)- 6.20 ★Grandpa (Robeson sequence)
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Love Crazy (1941)- 7.10 ★Robert - Hat Check Man at Party
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O Fantasma Invisível (1941)- 5.18 ★Evans the Butler
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Paixão Fatal (1941)- 6.03 ★Samuel, Carriage Driver
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Herança de Ódio (1941)- 6.04 ★
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Kisses for Breakfast (1941)- 5.50 ★Old Jeff
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Os 4 Filhos de Adão (1941)- 6.00 ★Sam (uncredited)
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Belle Starr (1941)- 5.60 ★Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited)
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Gentleman from Dixie (1941)- 6.00 ★Jupe
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Um Tiro Misterioso (1940)- 6.00 ★Party Server
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Broken Strings (1940)- 4.50 ★Arthur Williams
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Alice in Movieland (1940)- 6.30 ★Train Porter
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Sporting Blood (1940)- 4.30 ★Jeff
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That Gang of Mine (1940)- 5.60 ★Ben
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Chad Hanna (1940)- 6.00 ★Henry Prince
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Maryland (1940)- 6.20 ★Reverend Bitters
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Zanzibar (1940)- 0.00 ★Bino
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Way Down South (1939)- 5.40 ★Uncle Caton
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Secrets of a Nurse (1938)- 3.00 ★'Tiger', Lee's Handler
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Spirit of Youth (1938)- 5.50 ★Frankie Walburn
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The Toy Wife (1938)- 4.80 ★Brutus
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Prison Train (1938)- 6.00 ★Train Steward / Sam
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High Hat (1937)- 5.00 ★Congo MacRosenbloom
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Jungle Menace (1937)- 5.00 ★Lightning
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Deep South (1937)- 0.00 ★
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Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)- 0.00 ★Deacon
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Daniel Boone (1936)- 4.80 ★Pompey
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Mysterious Crossing (1936)- 0.00 ★Lincoln
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Spendthrift (1936)- 5.00 ★Restaurant Table Captain
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Mais Próximo do Céu (1936)- 6.29 ★Angel (uncredited)
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Muss 'em Up (1936)- 5.50 ★William
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Magnólia - O Barco das Ilusões (1936)- 6.70 ★Sam
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy (1935)- 6.00 ★Jeff
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So Red the Rose (1935)- 6.00 ★Cato
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Red Hot Tires (1935)- 5.80 ★Bud's Truck Partner
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After the Dance (1935)- 6.00 ★Cook
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Alias Mary Dow (1935)- 6.20 ★'Rufe'
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Harmony Lane (1935)- 3.50 ★Old Joe
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East of Java (1935)- 6.00 ★First Mate Johnson
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Black Moon (1934)- 5.13 ★'Lunch' McClaren
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Broadway Bill (1934)- 6.00 ★Whitey
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Massacre (1934)- 5.80 ★Sam
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A Very Honorable Guy (1934)- 2.00 ★Black Man
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The Personality Kid (1934)- 4.20 ★Shamrock
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Kid Millions (1934)- 6.50 ★Native (uncredited)
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The Wrecker (1933)- 1.00 ★Chauffeur
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Voando para o Rio (1933)- 6.10 ★Caddy in Haiti (uncredited)
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933)- 0.00 ★Self
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Laughter in Hell (1933)- 1.00 ★Abraham Jackson
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From Hell to Heaven (1933)- 7.50 ★Sam
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The Mind Reader (1933)- 6.20 ★Sam
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Fury of the Jungle (1933)- 0.00 ★Sunrise
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Frisco Jenny (1933)- 6.50 ★Voice of Singer (uncredited)
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Viver na Morte (1933)- 6.14 ★Masseur
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Man Against Woman (1932)- 3.50 ★Smoke Johnson
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Winner Take All (1932)- 5.30 ★Rosebud, the Trainer
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Lena Rivers (1932)- 5.50 ★Curfew
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Is My Face Red? (1932)- 5.00 ★Horatio
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A Dama de Monte Carlo (1932)- 5.00 ★Tombeau
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Night World (1932)- 6.70 ★Tim Washington, the Doorman
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Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932)- 6.70 ★Clarence
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Hell's Highway (1932)- 6.10 ★Rascal
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If I Had a Million (1932)- 6.60 ★Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
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Attorney for the Defense (1932)- 6.00 ★Jefferson Q. Leffingwell
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Big City Blues (1932)- 5.27 ★Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
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The Wet Parade (1932)- 5.80 ★Taylor Tibbs
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Escravos da Terra (1932)- 6.30 ★A Blind Negro
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The Death Kiss (1932)- 5.09 ★Shoeshine Man
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Zumbi, A Legião dos Mortos (1932)- 5.90 ★Coach driver
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X Marks the Spot (1931)- 6.00 ★Eustace Brown
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Secret Service (1931)- 6.00 ★Jonas Polk
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Prestige (1931)- 5.50 ★Nham
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The Last Parade (1931)- 0.00 ★Alabam' / Singing Voice of Condemned Man (uncredited)
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Huckleberry Finn (1931)- 8.00 ★Jim
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Safe in Hell (1931)- 6.73 ★Newcastle
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The Secret Witness (1931)- 3.00 ★Jeff - Building Janitor
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Dirigível (1931)- 5.20 ★Clarence
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The Fighting Sheriff (1931)- 0.00 ★Curfew
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Guilty? (1930)- 0.00 ★Jefferson
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Outside the Law (1930)- 4.70 ★Party Guest (uncredited)
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Derelict (1930)- 10.00 ★Driver (uncredited)
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The Thoroughbred (1930)- 4.60 ★Stablehand
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Rain or Shine (1930)- 5.50 ★Nero
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Swing High (1930)- 7.00 ★Singer
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Honey (1930)- 5.00 ★Black Revivalist
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A Royal Romance (1930)- 0.00 ★Rusty
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Election Day (1929)- 7.00 ★Farina's father
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Hearts in Dixie (1929)- 3.00 ★Nappus
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Aleluia (1929)- 6.40 ★Church Member (uncredited)
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New York Nights (1929)- 4.80 ★Cabaret Singer (uncredited)