AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

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Ernest Whitman

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Abdi

1936

THE PRISONER OF SHARK ISLAND

Buck

1936

THE GREEN PASTURES

Pharaoh

1936

Policeman

1937

THEY GAVE HIM A GUN

Roustabout

1937

DAUGHTER OF SHANGHAI

Sam Blike

1938

Pinkie

1939

Willie Johnson

1939

Slab Griffin

1939

GONE WITH THE WIND

The carpetbagger's friend

1939

CASTLE ON THE HUDSON

Negro

1940

BUCK BENNY RIDES AGAIN

1940

Black man

1940

THIRD FINGER, LEFT HAND

Sam

1940

Dogface

1940

THE RETURN OF FRANK JAMES

Pinky

1940

Varnai

1940

MYSTERY SEA RAIDER

First fisherman

1940

Medicine man

1940

BIRTH OF THE BLUES

Fancy-pants

1941

BLUES IN THE NIGHT

1941

MR. DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN THE CARTER CASE

Sam

1941

ROAD TO ZANZIBAR

Whiteface

1941

"Moose"

1941

AMONG THE LIVING

Pompey

1941

THE PITTSBURGH KID

Feets Johnson

1941

Porter

1941

MARRIED BACHELOR

Black attendant

1941

Nubian slave

1942

THE BUGLE SOUNDS

Cartaret

1942

DRUMS OF THE CONGO

King Malaba

1942

Jim Europe

1943

CABIN IN THE SKY

Jim Henry

1943

THE HUMAN COMEDY

Black man on train

1943

THE ADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN

Stoker

1944

Ekoua

1944

THE LOST WEEKEND

Black man talking to himself

1945

SHE WOULDN'T SAY YES

Bartender

1945

Jasper

1947

MY BROTHER TALKS TO HORSES

Mr. Mordecai

1947

Tonga

1947

1949

THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT

Uncle Pleasant "Pleas" Woodford

1953

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