Acting

Stepin Fetchit

Born May 30, 1902 · Key West, Florida, USA

Died November 19, 1985 · aged 83

Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985) was an American comedian and actor. His Fetchit persona parlayed into a successful film career, eventually becoming the first black actor to become a millionaire. He was also the first black actor to receive screen credit. Stepin Fetchit typical film persona and stage name have long been controversial, and seen as illustrative of negative stereotypes of Negroes. Howeve…

Known For

Bend of the River

Bend of the River · 1952

Bend of the River

MovieWesternAdventure

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

Love Is News

Love Is News · 1937

MovieRomanceComedy

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt · 1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Marie Galante

Marie Galante · 1934

MovieThrillerDrama

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.

Steamboat Round the Bend

Steamboat Round the Bend · 1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

MovieComedyDrama

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright · 1953

The Sun Shines Bright

MovieComedyDrama

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Salute

MovieDramaRomance

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

Filmography

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Bend of the River

Bend of the River · 1952

Bend of the River

MovieWesternAdventure

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

Adam

Love Is News

Love Is News · 1937

MovieRomanceComedy

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

Penrod

Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt · 1935

Charlie Chan in Egypt

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Snowshoes

Marie Galante

Marie Galante · 1934

MovieThrillerDrama

On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt leaves Marie high and dry in the Yucatan, she takes work as a nightclub singer to earn her safe passage to the Canal region. But Marie faces bigger problems when she gets mixed up in a destructive plot against the U.S. Naval fleet, and so she accepts the kindly assistance of secret agent Dr. Crawbett.

Waiter in Pacific Gardens

Steamboat Round the Bend

Steamboat Round the Bend · 1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

MovieComedyDrama

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

Jonah

The Sun Shines Bright

The Sun Shines Bright · 1953

The Sun Shines Bright

MovieComedyDrama

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

Jeff Poindexter

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood · 1976

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

Dancing Butler

Salute

MovieDramaRomance

A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.

Smoke Screen

Stand Up and Cheer!

Stand Up and Cheer! · 1934

Stand Up and Cheer!

MovieComedyMusic

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department.

Stepin Fetchit

Judge Priest

Judge Priest · 1934

MovieComedyDrama

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense of humanity.

Jeff Poindexter

One More Spring

One More Spring · 1935

One More Spring

MovieComedyDrama

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

Zoo Attendant

Carolina

Carolina · 1934

MovieComedyRomance

During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.

Scipio

Zenobia

Zenobia · 1939

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.

Zero

Nameless Men

Nameless Men · 1928

Bob Strong, a detective, goes to prison undercover to befriend Hugh, a young man who was part of a gang that committed a robbery, in order to find out where they hid the money. Strong finally finds out the name of Hugh's partner, who has the money, but things take a complicated turn when Strong falls in love with Hugh's sister.

Big Time

Big Time · 1929

The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister.

Eli

Fifty Roads to Town

Fifty Roads to Town · 1937

Fifty Roads to Town

A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.

Percy

Dimples

Dimples · 1936

MovieDramaFamily

Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady makes it possible for the girl to go legit.

Cicero

Helldorado

Helldorado · 1935

Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to replace the top of their convertible when it begins to rain. As they approach a bridge, Art notices a few stalled cars, and when the storm worsens, the bridge washes away, leaving Art, Glenda, Van and several others stranded in a canyon.

Ulysses

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 · 1929

Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marry.

Swifty

On the Avenue

On the Avenue · 1937

MovieMusicComedy

A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, but the courtship is soon for real, to the annoyance of his co-star, hoofing chanteuese Mona Merrick.

Herman

The Big Fight

The Big Fight · 1930

MovieActionDrama

Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.

Spot

Thru Different Eyes

Thru Different Eyes · 1929

Thru Different Eyes

Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the prosecuting and the defense attorneys put forward sharply different versions of the character of Manning and his wife, Viola, and of the events leading up to the murder. The jury returns a verdict of guilty, but a young girl then comes forward and confesses that she killed Winfield for having wronged her.

Janitor

Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace · 1974

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.

Cousin Lincoln

Big Timers

Big Timers · 1945

MovieComedyMusic

A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his "class" because of her beautiful, classically trained singing voice. In actuality, she is the daughter of a poor hotel maid, and in order to keep the boyfriend from finding out just how poor the family is, the mother manages to get a fancy room in the hotel to try to convince him that her daughter is "good enough" for him.