- Birthday: 1889-10-13
- Deathday: 1979-10-13
- Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Age: 90
- Average Role Age: 50.45
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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The Black Stallion | 10/13/79 | Snoe | 90 | |
Passing Through | 08/06/77 | Papa Harris | 87 | |
Car Wash | 10/22/76 | Snapper | 87 | |
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | 04/19/75 | Self (archive footage) | 85 | |
A Dream for Christmas | 12/24/73 | Donald Freeland | 84 | |
The World's Greatest Athlete | 02/14/73 | Gazenga's Assistant | 83 | |
Buck and the Preacher | 03/17/72 | Cudjo | 82 | |
Porgy and Bess | 06/24/59 | Peter | 69 | |
Jungle Safari | 01/01/56 | Kyba | 66 | |
She Couldn't Say No | 02/15/54 | Diaper Delivery Man | 64 | |
The Sun Shines Bright | 05/02/53 | Uncle Zack | 63 | |
Jamaica Run | 04/21/53 | Mose | 63 | |
Caribbean | 09/01/52 | Quashy | 62 | |
The Las Vegas Story | 01/30/52 | Train Porter (uncredited) | 62 | |
My Forbidden Past | 04/25/51 | Pompey | 61 | |
Apache Drums | 04/01/51 | Jehu | 61 | |
Katie Did It | 11/26/50 | Mose | 61 | |
Riding High | 04/12/50 | Whitey | 60 | |
The Great Dan Patch | 07/22/49 | Voodoo | 59 | |
An Act of Murder | 12/05/48 | Mr. Pope | 59 | |
Unconquered | 10/10/47 | Jason | 57 | |
Joe Palooka in the Knockout | 09/20/47 | Smoky | 57 | |
Welcome Stranger | 06/13/47 | Clarence, Train Waiter (uncredited) | 57 | |
The Peanut Man | 06/01/47 | Dr. George Washington Carver | 57 | |
A Likely Story | 04/18/47 | Porter (uncredited) | 57 | |
My Favorite Brunette | 03/19/47 | Second Man on Death Row (uncredited) | 57 | |
Two Smart People | 06/04/46 | Train Porter | 56 | |
Jungle Terror | 06/01/46 | Lightin' | 56 | |
Scarlet Street | 12/25/45 | Ben - Bank Janitor (uncredited) | 56 | |
She Wouldn't Say Yes | 11/29/45 | Porter (uncredited) | 56 | |
God Is My Co-Pilot | 04/07/45 | Frank (uncredited) | 55 | |
Without Love | 03/22/45 | Train Porter | 55 | |
Jungle Queen | 01/22/45 | Kyba | 55 | |
San Diego I Love You | 09/29/44 | Porter (uncredited) | 54 | |
In the Meantime, Darling | 09/22/44 | Henry | 54 | |
The Soul of a Monster | 08/17/44 | Entertainer (uncredited) | 54 | |
Double Indemnity | 07/06/44 | Man (uncredited) | 54 | |
Stars on Parade | 05/25/44 | Carter (uncredited) | 54 | |
Jam Session | 04/13/44 | Henry | 54 | |
The Racket Man | 01/18/44 | George the Butler | 54 | |
Over the Wall | 12/25/43 | Sam | 54 | |
Flesh and Fantasy | 10/29/43 | Jeff (uncredited) | 54 | |
Johnny Come Lately | 09/03/43 | Butler | 53 | |
Watch on the Rhine | 08/27/43 | Horace | 53 | |
Heaven Can Wait | 08/05/43 | Jasper (uncredited) | 53 | |
Honeymoon Lodge | 07/23/43 | Porter | 53 | |
The Sky's the Limit | 07/13/43 | Colonial Club Doorman (uncredited) | 53 | |
Sherlock Holmes in Washington | 03/24/43 | George | 53 | |
Shadow of a Doubt | 01/15/43 | Pullman Porter | 53 | |
The Black Swan | 12/04/42 | Margaret's Servant (uncredited) | 53 | |
Strictly in the Groove | 11/20/42 | Durham's Valet (uncredited) | 53 | |
The Talk of the Town | 08/20/42 | Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited) | 52 | |
Tales of Manhattan | 08/05/42 | Grandpa (Robeson sequence) | 52 | |
Tough as They Come | 06/05/42 | Eddie | 52 | |
Twin Beds | 04/30/42 | George | 52 | |
Among the Living | 12/12/41 | 52 | ||
Belle Starr | 09/12/41 | Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited) | 51 | |
Gentleman from Dixie | 09/02/41 | Jupe | 51 | |
The Flame of New Orleans | 07/07/41 | Samuel, Carriage Driver | 51 | |
Kisses for Breakfast | 07/05/41 | Old Jeff | 51 | |
Love Crazy | 05/23/41 | Robert - Hat Check Man at Party | 51 | |
Invisible Ghost | 04/25/41 | Evans the Butler | 51 | |
Adam Had Four Sons | 03/27/41 | Sam (uncredited) | 51 | |
Chad Hanna | 12/25/40 | Henry Prince | 51 | |
Murder Over New York | 12/13/40 | Party Server | 51 | |
That Gang of Mine | 09/23/40 | Ben | 50 | |
Maryland | 07/19/40 | Reverend Bitters | 50 | |
Sporting Blood | 07/11/40 | Jeff | 50 | |
Zanzibar | 03/08/40 | Bino | 50 | |
Alice in Movieland | 03/03/40 | Train Porter | 50 | |
Broken Strings | 01/01/40 | Arthur Williams | 50 | |
Way Down South | 07/21/39 | Uncle Caton | 49 | |
Secrets of a Nurse | 12/02/38 | 'Tiger', Lee's Handler | 49 | |
Prison Train | 10/17/38 | Train Steward / Sam | 49 | |
The Toy Wife | 06/10/38 | Brutus | 48 | |
Spirit of Youth | 04/01/38 | Frankie Walburn | 48 | |
Jungle Menace | 09/01/37 | Lightning | 47 | |
High Hat | 01/01/37 | Congo MacRosenbloom | 47 | |
Deep South | 01/01/37 | 47 | ||
Mysterious Crossing | 12/27/36 | Lincoln | 47 | |
Daniel Boone | 10/16/36 | Pompey | 47 | |
The Green Pastures | 08/01/36 | Angel (uncredited) | 46 | |
Spendthrift | 07/22/36 | Restaurant Table Captain | 46 | |
Show Boat | 05/17/36 | Sam | 46 | |
The Broken Earth | 04/16/36 | The Farmer | 46 | |
Laughing Irish Eyes | 03/04/36 | Deacon | 46 | |
Muss 'em Up | 02/13/36 | William | 46 | |
So Red the Rose | 12/20/35 | Cato | 46 | |
East of Java | 12/01/35 | First Mate Johnson | 46 | |
Harmony Lane | 10/22/35 | Old Joe | 46 | |
O'Shaughnessy's Boy | 09/27/35 | Jeff | 45 | |
After the Dance | 06/25/35 | Cook | 45 | |
Alias Mary Dow | 05/01/35 | 'Rufe' | 45 | |
Red Hot Tires | 02/02/35 | Bud's Truck Partner | 45 | |
Broadway Bill | 11/30/34 | Whitey | 45 | |
Kid Millions | 11/10/34 | Native (uncredited) | 45 | |
Black Moon | 06/15/34 | 'Lunch' McClaren | 44 | |
The Personality Kid | 06/06/34 | Shamrock | 44 | |
A Very Honorable Guy | 04/18/34 | Black Man | 44 | |
Massacre | 01/20/34 | Sam | 44 | |
Flying Down to Rio | 12/22/33 | Caddy in Haiti (uncredited) | 44 | |
Fury of the Jungle | 10/23/33 | Sunrise | 44 | |
The Wrecker | 07/10/33 | Chauffeur | 43 | |
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | 06/29/33 | Self | 43 | |
The Life of Jimmy Dolan | 06/03/33 | Masseur | 43 | |
The Mind Reader | 04/01/33 | Sam | 43 | |
From Hell to Heaven | 02/24/33 | Sam | 43 | |
Frisco Jenny | 01/14/33 | Voice of Singer (uncredited) | 43 | |
Laughter in Hell | 01/12/33 | Abraham Jackson | 43 | |
The Death Kiss | 12/05/32 | Shoeshine Man | 43 | |
If I Had a Million | 11/18/32 | Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited) | 43 | |
Man Against Woman | 11/15/32 | Smoke Johnson | 43 | |
Washington Merry-Go-Round | 10/15/32 | Clarence | 43 | |
The Cabin in the Cotton | 09/26/32 | A Blind Negro | 42 | |
Hell's Highway | 09/23/32 | Rascal | 42 | |
Big City Blues | 09/18/32 | Nightclub Singer (uncredited) | 42 | |
White Zombie | 07/28/32 | Coach driver | 42 | |
Winner Take All | 07/16/32 | Rosebud, the Trainer | 42 | |
Is My Face Red? | 06/17/32 | Horatio | 42 | |
Attorney for the Defense | 05/21/32 | Jefferson Q. Leffingwell | 42 | |
Night World | 05/04/32 | Tim Washington, the Doorman | 42 | |
Lena Rivers | 03/27/32 | Curfew | 42 | |
The Wet Parade | 03/26/32 | Taylor Tibbs | 42 | |
The Woman from Monte Carlo | 01/09/32 | Tombeau | 42 | |
Prestige | 12/30/31 | Nham | 42 | |
X Marks the Spot | 12/13/31 | Eustace Brown | 42 | |
Safe in Hell | 12/12/31 | Newcastle | 42 | |
The Secret Witness | 12/12/31 | Jeff - Building Janitor | 42 | |
Secret Service | 11/14/31 | Jonas Polk | 42 | |
Huckleberry Finn | 08/07/31 | Jim | 41 | |
The Fighting Sheriff | 05/15/31 | Curfew | 41 | |
Dirigible | 02/01/31 | Clarence | 41 | |
The Last Parade | 01/31/31 | Alabam' / Singing Voice of Condemned Man (uncredited) | 41 | |
Derelict | 11/22/30 | Driver (uncredited) | 41 | |
Outside the Law | 09/18/30 | Party Guest (uncredited) | 40 | |
Rain or Shine | 08/15/30 | Nero | 40 | |
The Thoroughbred | 08/09/30 | Stablehand | 40 | |
Swing High | 05/18/30 | Singer | 40 | |
Honey | 03/29/30 | Black Revivalist | 40 | |
A Royal Romance | 03/17/30 | Rusty | 40 | |
Guilty? | 03/03/30 | Jefferson | 40 | |
New York Nights | 12/28/29 | Cabaret Singer (uncredited) | 40 | |
Hallelujah | 08/20/29 | Church Member (uncredited) | 39 | |
Election Day | 01/12/29 | Farina's father | 39 | |
Hearts in Dixie | 01/02/29 | Nappus | 39 | |
The Custard Nine | 11/06/21 | 32 |