Bill Robinson
American dancer and actor (1877/1878-1949) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 71
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. His long career mirrored changes in American entertainment tastes and technology.
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The Ed Sullivan ShowSeries1943
Stormy WeatherFilm, Bill Williamson1942By an Old Southern RiverFilm1938
Just Around the CornerFilm, Samuel G. Henshaw1937
One Mile from HeavenFilm, Officer Joe Dudley1935
Hooray for LoveFilm, himself1934King for a DayFilm, Bill Green1933
The Big BenefitFilm1932
Harlem Is HeavenFilm, Bill1930
DixianaFilm, Specialty Dancer1929The Delicatessen KidFilm, Bill Robinson1878Born25 May 1878People around Bill
Shirley Temple Also in The Little Colonel (1935)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
David Butler Directed The Little Colonel (1935)
Buddy DeSylva Produced The Little Colonel (1935)
Norman Taurog Directed The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
Irving Cummings Directed Just Around the Corner (1938)
Allan Dwan Directed Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Benjamin Glazer Produced The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
Franklin Pangborn Also in Just Around the Corner (1938)- John Patrick Wrote One Mile from Heaven and Up the River
Fayard Nicholas Also in The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)
Andrew L. Stone Directed Stormy Weather (1943)
Raymond Griffith Produced Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Phyllis Brooks Also in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Luther Reed Directed Dixiana (1930)
Harold Nicholas Also in Stormy Weather (1943)
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About this person
His career began in the age of minstrel shows and moved to vaudeville, Broadway theatre, the recording industry, Hollywood films, radio, and television.
