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Easy to Get (1947)
Character: Brain Damaged Vet
U.S. Army training film about avoiding venereal disease, intended primarily for Black servicemen.
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Lydia Bailey (1952)
Character: President Toussaint L'Overture (uncredited)
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L'Overture, the black president, and the French who are trying to retake possession of the country. Hamlin finds Lydia and, against the background of war and rebellion, they fall in love while helping the Haitians against the French.
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The Farmer (1977)
Character: Gumshoe
Decorated soldier Kyle Martin returns home after WW2 to discover his family farm is in foreclosure. With only a silver star to his name, Kyle is in dire straits until gambler Johnny O' offers to give him money in exchange for killing a gangster.
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Killer Diller (1948)
Character: The Great Voodoo
An all-Black comedy and dance revue with stars of stage and screen.
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Something of Value (1957)
Character: Karanja - Father of Kimani
As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.
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Home from the Hill (1960)
Character: Chauncey
The wealthiest man in a Texas town decides to teach his teenage son how to hunt to make a man out of him.
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True Grit (1969)
Character: Yarnell
The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.
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Angel City (1980)
Character: The Cook
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
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Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Character: Walter
A jolly, family-oriented railroad superintendent tries to get his act together when his love for the bottle starts to alienate him from his wife and oldest daughter. His younger daughter, however, still remains unflinchingly loyal to him, and they share many fun misadventures over the course of the movie.
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The Greatest Gift (1974)
Character: Abraham Morrison
Reverend Holvak, a weak rural preacher from the 1940s, fights stiff-necked church deacons along with a violent, bullying sheriff whilst protecting his loved ones.
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Sparkle (1976)
Character: Shimmy Dodson
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
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Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)
Character: Customer
In post-Civil War Kentucky, young David Burnic becomes the unexpected heir to the family secret, a map leading to buried treasure on the Florida isle of Matecumbe.
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The Chase (1966)
Character: Sam
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Character: Abbot
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?
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