An Afro-Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry.

KNOWN FOR

Studio One
1957
Naked City
1963
The Defenders
1962
Route 66
1961
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1959
Adventures in Paradise
1960
MGM Parade
1955
You Are There
1953
Play of the Week
1961
Alcoa Premiere
1962
Johnny Staccato
1959
Kiss Me Deadly
1955

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
41
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Mealie Williamson
1969
The Reivers
as Uncle Possum
1969
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Ali Shar
1965
The Pawnbroker
as Mr. Smith
1963
Naked City
as Oscar Loon
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Bugs
1962
The Defenders
as Juan Tomasso
1962
Alcoa Premiere
as Chief Mamora
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Kalanumu
1961
Two Loves
as Chief Rauhuia
1961
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Chief Standing Bear
1961
Route 66
as King Loomis
1961
Adventures in Paradise
as Manu
1961
Play of the Week
as James
1960
Sergeant Rutledge
as Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
1960
Adventures in Paradise
as Yosef
1960
Adventures in Paradise
as Tefatou
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Josh
1959
Johnny Staccato
as Romeo Jefferson
1958
Machete
as Bernardo
1958
St. Louis Blues
as Rev. Charles Handy
1957
Something of Value
as Njogu - Oath Giver
1957
The Mark of the Hawk
as Amugu
1957
Studio One
as Dr. Ramirez
1957
Studio One
as Ricardo Calader
1956
Ransom!
as Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse
1955
Kiss Me Deadly
as Eddie Yeager
1955
Trial
as Judge Theodore Motley
1955
MGM Parade
1953
Medallion Theatre
1953
You Are There
as Montezuma
1950
Young Man with a Horn
as Art Hazzard
1950
The Breaking Point
as Wesley Park
1950
Stars in My Crown
as Uncle Famous Prill
1949
Intruder in the Dust
as Lucas Beauchamp
1943
Cabin in the Sky
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1940
The Notorious Elinor Lee
as John Arthur
1939
Lying Lips
as Rev. Bryson
1932
The Girl from Chicago
as Gomez
1932
Harlem Is Heaven
as Cop
1914
The Life of General Villa
as Revolutionary Soldier (uncredited)