Pro football player who was one of the first African Americans, along with Woody Strode, to play in the National Football League after World War II. Appeared in TV and Film in the 1940s and 50s

KNOWN FOR

The Little Foxes
1941
Pinky
1949
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
2022
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
Easy Living
1949
Rope of Sand
1949
Sundown
1941
Rogues' Regiment
1948
Marcus
2015
While Thousands Cheer
1940

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
10
2022
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Marcus
as Self
1950
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Tigers Manager
1949
Rope of Sand
as John
1949
Easy Living
as Benny
1949
Pinky
as Dr. Canady
1948
Rogues' Regiment
as Sam Latch
1941
The Little Foxes
as Servant (uncredited)
1941
Sundown
as Sergeant Kumakwa (uncredited)
1940
While Thousands Cheer
as Kenny Harrington