•
Election Day (1929, short) as Farina's father •
Hearts in Dixie (1929) as Nappus •
Hallelujah (1929) as Church Member (uncredited) •
Guilty? (1930) as Jefferson •
A Royal Romance (1930) as Rusty •
Honey (1930) as Black Revivalist (uncredited) •
Swing High (1930) as Singer (uncredited) •
Rain or Shine (1930) as Nero •
The Thoroughbred (1930) as Stablehand (uncredited) •
Outside the Law (1930) as Party Guest (uncredited) •
Derelict (1930) as Driver (uncredited) •
Deep South (1930) •
The Last Parade (1931) as Alabam' / Singing Voice of Condemned Man (uncredited) •
Dirigible (1931) as Clarence •
The Fighting Sheriff (1931) as Curfew •
Huckleberry Finn (1931) as Jim •
Secret Service (1931) as Jonas Polk •
Safe in Hell (1931) as Newcastle – the Porter •
The Secret Witness (1931) as Jeff – Building Janitor •
X Marks the Spot (1931) as Eustace Brown •
The Woman from Monte Carlo (1932) as Tombeau •
Prestige (1932) as Nham •
The Wet Parade (1932) as Taylor Tibbs •
Lena Rivers (1932) as Curfew •
Night World (1932) as Tim Washington, the Doorman •
Attorney for the Defense (1932) as Jeff •
Is My Face Red? (1932) as Horatio •
Winner Take All (1932) as Rosebud, the Trainer •
White Zombie (1932) as Coach Driver (uncredited) •
Big City Blues (1932) as Nightclub Singer (uncredited) •
Blonde Venus (1932) as Charlie, the Bartender • ''
Hell's Highway'' (1932) as Rascal •
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932) as A Blind Negro •
Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) as Clarence •
Man Against Woman (1932) as Smoke Johnson •
If I Had a Million (1932) as Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited) •
The Death Kiss (1932) as Shoeshine Man (uncredited) •
Frisco Jenny (1932) as Singer (voice, uncredited) •
Laughter in Hell (1933) as Abraham Jackson •
From Hell to Heaven (1933) as Sam – Bellhop •
The Mind Reader (1933) as Sam •
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) as Masseur (uncredited) •
Melody Cruise (1933) as Dock Worker (uncredited) •
The Wrecker (1933) as Chauffeur •
Fury of the Jungle (1933) as Sunrise •
Flying Down to Rio (1933) as Caddy in Haiti (uncredited) •
Massacre (1934) as Sam •
A Very Honorable Guy (1934) as Black Man (uncredited) •
The Personality Kid (1934) as Shamrock •
Operator 13 (1934) as Slave at Medicine Show (uncredited) •
Black Moon (1934) as 'Lunch' McClaren •
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) as Ali •
Kid Millions (1934) as Native (uncredited) •
Broadway Bill (1934) as Whitey •
Red Hot Tires (1935) as Bud's Truck Partner •
Alias Mary Dow (1935) as 'Rufe' •
So Red the Rose (1935) as Cato •
After the Dance (1935) as Cook (uncredited) •
Harmony Lane (1935) as Old Joe •
The Public Menace (1935) as Janitor (uncredited) • ''
O'Shaughnessy's Boy'' (1935) as Jeff •
East of Java (1935) as First Mate Johnson • ''
Muss 'em Up'' (1936) as William •
Laughing Irish Eyes (1936) as Deacon •
Show Boat (1936) as Janitor •
The Green Pastures (1936) as Angel (uncredited) •
Spendthrift (1936) as Restaurant Table Captain (uncredited) •
Follow Your Heart (1936) as Choir Leader (uncredited) •
Daniel Boone (1936) as Pompey •
The Broken Earth (1936), a short, extant •
Mysterious Crossing (1936) as Lincoln •
High Hat (1937) as Congo MacRosenbloom •
Jungle Menace (1937) as Lightning – Street Singer •
Deep South (1937, Short) •
Spirit of Youth (1938, also music) as Frankie Walburn •
The Toy Wife (1938) as Brutus •
Prison Train (1938) as Train Steward / Sam •
Secrets of a Nurse (1938) as Tiger •
Way Down South (1939, also writer) as Uncle Caton •
Zanzibar (1940) as Bino •
Sporting Blood (1940) as Jeff •
Maryland (1940) as Rev. Bitters (uncredited) •
That Gang of Mine (1940) as Ben •
Murder Over New York (1940) as Butler •
Chad Hanna (1940) as Henry Prince (uncredited) •
Adam Had Four Sons (1941) as Sam •
The Flame of New Orleans (1941) as Samuel •
Invisible Ghost (1941) as Evans •
Love Crazy (1941) as Robert •
Kisses for Breakfast (1941) as Old Jeff •
Gentleman from Dixie (1941) as Jupe •
Belle Starr (1941) as Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited) •
Among the Living (1941) as Riverbottom Cafe Waiter (uncredited) •
Twin Beds (1942) as George (uncredited) •
Tough As They Come (1942) as Eddie •
Tales of Manhattan (1942) as Grandpa (Robeson sequence) •
The Talk of the Town (1942) as Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited) •
Sin Town (1942) as Train Porter (uncredited) •
Broken Strings (1942) as Arthur Williams •
Strictly in the Groove (1942) as Durham's Valet (uncredited) •
The Black Swan (1942) as Margaret's Servant (uncredited) •
Shadow of a Doubt (1943) as Pullman Porter •
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) as George – Porter (uncredited) • ''
The Sky's the Limit'' (1943) as Colonial Club Doorman (uncredited) •
Honeymoon Lodge (1943) as Porter (uncredited) •
Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Jasper, Strabel's Butler (uncredited) •
Watch on the Rhine (1943) as Horace •
Johnny Come Lately (1943) as Butler •
Flesh and Fantasy (1943) as Jeff (uncredited) •
The Racket Man (1944) as George (uncredited) •
Jam Session (1944) as Henry •
Follow the Boys (1944) as Singer (uncredited) •
Stars on Parade (1944) as Carter (uncredited) •
Double Indemnity (1944) as Man (uncredited) •
The Soul of a Monster (1944) as Entertainer (uncredited) •
In the Meantime, Darling (1944) as Henry – Hotel Porter (uncredited) •
San Diego, I Love You (1944) as Porter (uncredited) •
Jungle Queen (1945) as Kyba •
God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) as Frank (uncredited) •
Without Love (1945) as Porter (uncredited) • ''
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous'' (1945) as Hotel Porter (uncredited) • ''
She Wouldn't Say Yes'' (1945) as Porter (uncredited) •
Scarlet Street (1945) as Ben – Bank Janitor (uncredited) •
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945) as Porter on Train (uncredited) •
Two Smart People (1946) as Porter •
Night and Day (1946) as Porter (uncredited) •
Affairs of Geraldine (1946) as Porter (uncredited) •
My Favorite Brunette (1947) as Second Man on Death Row (uncredited) •
A Likely Story (1947) as Porter (uncredited) •
Welcome Stranger (1947) as Clarence, Train Waiter (uncredited) •
Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947) – Smoky •
Unconquered (1947) – Jason •
The Peanut Man (1947) as
Dr. George Washington Carver •
King of the Gamblers (1948) as Tom the Porter (uncredited) •
Silver River (1948) as Servant (uncredited) •
An Act of Murder (1948) as Mr. Pope •
The Great Dan Patch (1949) as Voodoo •
Riding High (1950) as Whitey •
County Fair (1950) as Romulus (uncredited) •
Apache Drums (1951) as Jehu •
My Forbidden Past (1951) as Pompey • ''She Couldn't Say No'' (1952) as Diaper Delivery Man (uncredited) •
The Las Vegas Story (1952) as Pullman Porter (uncredited) •
Caribbean Gold (1952) as Quashy •
The Sun Shines Bright (1953) as Uncle Zack •
Jamaica Run (1953) as Mose •
Porgy and Bess (1959) as Peter •
Buck and the Preacher (1972) as Cudjo • ''
The World's Greatest Athlete'' (1973) as Gazenga's Assistant •
Car Wash (1976) as Snapper •
Passing Through (1977) as Poppa Harris •
The Black Stallion (1979) as Snoe ==References==