Self
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy (1983)
Self (archive footage)
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
Spencer Jordan
Rhapsody of Negro Life (1949)
Bad News Johnson / Vanderbilt Whitney
Juke Joint (1947)
Old Hager
Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (1946)
Joe Phillips
The Girl in Room 20 (1946)
Bad News Johnson
Beale Street Mama (1946)
Frank Roberts - columnist
The Negro Sailor (1945)
Big Jim Bottoms
Go Down Death (1944)
Wesley Hill
Of One Blood (1944)
Brother Martin: Servant of Jesus (1942)
Razz Jackson
The Blood of Jesus (1941)
Detective Nelson
Son of Ingagi (1940)
Terry
Bad Boy (1939)
Watson
Harlem Rides the Range (1939)
Pete
The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
Butch Carter
Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
Doc Clayburn
Harlem on the Prairie (1937)
Hot Biskits (1931)
Ezra
Georgia Rose (1930)
Brown Gravy (1929)
The Lady Fare (1929)
The Widow's Bite (1929)
Lawyer Evans Chew
The Framing of the Shrew (1929)
Webster Dill
Melancholy Dame (1929)
Director
Jivin' in Bebop (1946)
Harlem Hotshots (1945)
Writer
Marching On! (1943)
Producer
Story
Screenplay