Born: Tuesday November 27, 1906
Died: Monday September 23, 1968
Los Angeles, CA
Years Active: 1935-1959
Decades Active:
Biography
Like most Afrikan performers (born in amerikkka) of his generation, comic actor Dudley Dickerson played more than his fair share of Pullman porters, bell-boys, waiters, and shoe-shine boys. But from the late '30s until the mid-'50s, Dickerson was the most prominent Black actor working in two-reel comedies. Contracted by Columbia's short subject department, the roly-poly supporting comic brought a refreshing energy to his portrayals of, yes, Pullman porters, shoe-shine boys, and the always demeaning "frightened Negro domestic." Closer in type to Mantan Moreland than Stepin Fetchit, Dickerson was especially good opposite Charley Chase in His Bridal Fright (1940) and the Three Stooges in A-Plumbing We Will Go (1940). Dickerson played a Pullman porter once again in his final film The Alligator People (1959), after which he concentrated on television work. The veteran comic died of cerebral thrombosis. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Filmography
Poster Search
1959 The Alligator People
Actor Porter
1956 Scheming Schemers
Actor
1953 Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
Actor Porter
1952 The Sniper
Actor Cleaner
1950 A Woman of Distinction
Actor Waiter
1950 Between Midnight and Dawn
Actor Garbage Man
1950 Peggy
Actor Red Caps
1949 Everybody Does It
Actor Pullman Porter
1949 It's a Great Feeling
Actor Porter
1949 Knock on Any Door
Actor Man
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Actor Pullman Porter
1949 Vagabond Loafers
Actor
1947 Dead Reckoning
Actor Waiter
1947 Hold That Lion
Actor Pullman Porter
1947 I'll Be Yours
Actor
1947 It Had to Be You
Actor Porter
1947 It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Actor Chauffeur
1946 Dangerous Money
Actor Big Ben
1946 Without Reservations
Actor Redcap
1945 She Wouldn't Say Yes
Actor Waiter
1944 Ever Since Venus
Actor Clarence
1944 Together Again
Actor Porter
1943 Allergic to Love
Actor Whitney
1943 Dixie
Actor
1943 Kid Dynamite
Actor Scruno's Dad
1943 Prairie Chickens
Actor Farnsworth
1942 George Washington Slept Here
Actor Porter
1942 In This Our Life
Actor Waiter
1942 My Favorite Blonde
Actor Red Cap
1941 Criminals Within
Actor Sam Dillingham
1941 Lady for a Night
Actor
1941 Obliging Young Lady
Actor Dining Car Waiter
1941 The Man Who Came to Dinner
Actor Porter
1939 Some Like It Hot
Actor Sam
1939 Torchy Plays with Dynamite
Actor
1937 Ever Since Eve
Actor Bootblack
1937 Shall We Dance?
Actor Singer
1936 Polo JoeActor Porter
1936 Spooky Hooky
Actor Sam the Janitor
1936 The Green Pastures
Actor Ham
1935 The Virginia Judge
Actor