Date of birth (location)
21 February 1893
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Date of death
5 August 1954
Hollywood, California(heart attack)
Actor - filmography
(1950s) (1940s) (1930s)
1. Sun Shines Bright, The (1953) .... Pleasant 'Uncle Plez' Woodford
2. "Beulah" (1950) TV Series .... Bill Jackson (1952-1953)
... aka "Beulah Show, The" (1950)
3. Blonde Savage (1947) .... Tonga, tribal elder
4. Banjo (1947) .... Uncle Jasper
5. My Brother Talks to Horses (1947) .... Mr. Mordecai
... aka My Brother Who Talks to Horses (1946) (USA: promotional title)
6. She Wouldn't Say Yes (1945) (uncredited) .... Bartender
7. Lost Weekend, The (1945) (uncredited) .... Black man talking to self
8. Adventures of Mark Twain, The (1944) (uncredited) .... Stoker
9. Impostor, The (1944) .... Ekopa
... aka Bayonet Charge (1944)
... aka Strange Confession (1944) (USA: reissue title)
10. Human Comedy, The (1943) (uncredited) .... Black Man on Train
11. Stormy Weather (1943) (uncredited) .... Jim Europe
12. Cabin in the Sky (1943) .... Jim Henry
13. Arabian Nights (1942) (uncredited) .... Nubian slave
14. Drums of the Congo (1942) .... King Malaba
15. Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941) (uncredited) .... Sam
... aka Carter Case, The (1941) (USA)
16. Bugle Sounds, The (1941) .... Cartaret
17. Among the Living (1941) .... Pompey
18. Blues in the Night (1941) (uncredited) .... First Black Prisoner
19. Birth of the Blues (1941) (uncredited) .... Fancy-Pants
20. Married Bachelor (1941) (uncredited) .... Black Men's Room Attendant Using Cleaner
21. Pittsburgh Kid, The (1941) .... Feets Johnson
22. Get-Away, The (1941) .... Moose Jones
23. Road to Zanzibar (1941) .... Whiteface
24. Back Street (1941) (uncredited) .... Porter #1
25. Santa Fe Trail (1940) (uncredited) .... Black man in burning barn with Jeb
26. Third Finger, Left Hand (1940) .... Sam
27. Return of Frank James, The (1940) .... 'Pinky' Washington
28. Mystery Sea Raider (1940) (uncredited) .... First Fisherman
29. Maryland (1940) .... Dogfuce
30. Buck Benny Rides Again (1940) (uncredited)31. Castle on the Hudson (1940) (uncredited) .... Alexander '8 Ball' Hamilton
... aka Years Without Days (1940) (UK)
32. Congo Maisie (1940) .... Varnai
33. Gone with the Wind (1939) (uncredited) .... Carpetbagger's friend
34. 6000 Enemies (1939) (uncredited) .... Willie Johnson
... aka Six Thousand Enemies (1939)
35. Tell No Tales (1939) (uncredited) .... Slab Griffin
36. Jesse James (1939) .... Pinkie
37. Daughter of Shanghai (1937) (uncredited) .... Sam Blike... aka Daughter of the Orient (1937) (UK)
38. Nothing Sacred (1937) (uncredited) .... Policeman
39. They Gave Him a Gun (1937) (uncredited) .... Roustabout
40. White Hunter (1936) .... Abdi
41. Green Pastures, The (1936) .... Pharaoh
42. Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936) .... Buckingham Montmorency 'Buck' Milford
43. King for a Day (1934) .... Mr. Brown