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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Dark Delusion 06/24/47 Conover 80
The Sea of Grass 04/25/47 Uncle Nat (uncredited) 80
Strange Illusion 03/31/45 Benjamin 78
Between Two Women 03/28/45 Conover 78
Between Two Women 03/28/45 Conover (uncredited) 78
Barbary Coast Gent 09/01/44 Josephus 77
Home in Indiana 06/15/44 Tuppy 77
3 Men in White 05/25/44 Conover 77
His Butler's Sister 11/26/43 Train Conductor 77
Is Everybody Happy? 10/28/43 Missouri 76
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant 11/01/42 Conover 75
Tales of Manhattan 08/05/42 Christopher (Robeson sequence) 75
In This Our Life 05/08/42 Fitzroy's Butler (uncredited) 75
Take a Letter, Darling 05/06/42 Sam French 75
Dr. Kildare's Victory 02/04/42 Conover (as George H. Reed) 75
They Died with Their Boots On 11/20/41 Charles (uncredited) 74
Belle Starr 09/12/41 Old Jake (uncredited) 74
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare 05/02/41 Conover (as George H. Reed) 74
The Great Lie 04/05/41 Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited) 74
Dr. Kildare's Crisis 11/29/40 Conover 74
Dr. Kildare Goes Home 09/06/40 Conover 73
Maryland 07/19/40 Uncle Henry 73
Manhattan Heartbeat 07/11/40 Porter 73
Sporting Blood 07/11/40 Stonewall 73
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case 04/12/40 Conover, Gillespie's Attendant 73
Swanee River 12/29/39 Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman 73
The Secret of Dr. Kildare 11/24/39 Conover 72
Calling Dr. Kildare 04/28/39 Black Man with Stomach Trouble (uncredited) 72
Going Places 12/31/38 Sam 72
Kentucky 12/30/38 Ben 72
Josette 06/03/38 Butler 71
One Wild Night 06/02/38 Waiter (uncredited) 71
The Buccaneer 02/04/38 Nicodemus, a Servant 71
One Mile from Heaven 08/18/37 Peabody 70
The Go-Getter 05/22/37 Butler for J. Browne #2 (uncredited) 70
Wings Over Honolulu 05/16/37 Fauntleroy 70
We Who Are About to Die 01/08/37 Black Convict (uncredited) 70
The Green Pastures 08/01/36 Mr. Deshee / Aaron 69
Show Boat 05/17/36 69
Shipmates Forever 10/12/35 Servant (uncredited) 68
Diamond Jim 09/01/35 Porter 68
Don't Bet on Blondes 07/13/35 Marilyn's Butler (Uncredited) 68
The Glass Key 06/15/35 Midnight (uncredited) 68
A Notorious Gentleman 01/21/35 68
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 10/28/34 Julius 67
The Curtain Falls 10/02/34 Jim - Elevator Operator 67
Twentieth Century 05/11/34 Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited) 67
The House on 56th Street 12/23/33 James - Lyndon's Butler (uncredited) 67
The Last Trail 08/25/33 Japonica Jones 66
Over the Hill 11/29/31 Les, Wagon Driver 65
Sweepstakes 07/10/31 Cook's Helper 64
Little Daddy 03/28/31 Parson 64
Father's Son 03/07/31 Pullman Porter Johnson 64
Reducing 01/03/31 Train Porter 64
River of Romance 06/28/29 Rumbo 62
Absent 08/28/28 Miner 61
3-Ring Marriage 06/10/28 Valet 61
Pals First 08/08/26 Uncle Alex 59
The Johnstown Flood 02/28/26 Camp Cook (uncredited) 59
The Golden Strain 12/27/25 Butler 59
Kentucky Pride 09/06/25 Trainer 58
The Vagabond Trail 03/09/24 George Romain 57
Scars of Jealousy 03/05/23 Mose 56
One a Minute 06/19/21 J. Wellington Norcross - Townsman (uncredited) 54
Huckleberry Finn 02/29/20 Jim 53
The Realization of a Negro's Ambition 01/02/16 49