Clarence Muse
American actor and director (1889-1979) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 89
Clarence Muse was an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer, and composer. He was the first African American to appear in a starring role in a major studio film, 1929's Hearts in Dixie. He acted for 50 years, and appeared in more than 150 films. He was inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973.
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1979Died13 October 1979
The Black StallionFilm, 1979Snoe1973Black Filmmakers Hall of FameAward
The World's Greatest AthleteFilm, 1973Gazenga's Assistant1972
Buck and the PreacherFilm, Cudjo1955
CasablancaSeries
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries, 19551953
The Sun Shines BrightFilm, Uncle Zack1952
Four Star PlayhouseSeries, Phil
The Las Vegas StoryFilm, 1952Train Porter (uncredited)1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Albert1948
An Act of MurderFilm, Mr. Pope1947
My Favorite BrunetteFilm, Second Man on Death Row (uncredited)1944
Double IndemnityFilm, Man (uncredited)1943
Flesh and FantasyFilm, Jeff (uncredited)1941
Adam Had Four SonsFilm, Sam (uncredited)1936
Show BoatFilm, Sam1933
Flying Down to RioFilm, Caddy in Haiti (uncredited)1932
If I Had a MillionFilm, Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)1929
HallelujahFilm, Church Member (uncredited)1889Born14 October 1889
The Black StallionFilm, 1979Snoe1973Black Filmmakers Hall of FameAwardThe World's Greatest AthleteFilm, 1973Gazenga's Assistant1972Buck and the PreacherFilm, Cudjo1955CasablancaSeriesThe 20th Century Fox HourSeries, 19551953The Sun Shines BrightFilm, Uncle Zack1952Four Star PlayhouseSeries, PhilThe Las Vegas StoryFilm, 1952Train Porter (uncredited)1950Lux Video TheatreSeries, Albert1948An Act of MurderFilm, Mr. Pope1947My Favorite BrunetteFilm, Second Man on Death Row (uncredited)1944Double IndemnityFilm, Man (uncredited)1943Flesh and FantasyFilm, Jeff (uncredited)1941Adam Had Four SonsFilm, Sam (uncredited)1936Show BoatFilm, Sam1933Flying Down to RioFilm, Caddy in Haiti (uncredited)1932If I Had a MillionFilm, Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)1929HallelujahFilm, Church Member (uncredited)1889Born14 October 1889People around Clarence
Close ties
Frank Capra Produced Broadway Bill and Riding High
Harry Cohn Produced Broadway Bill and Dirigible
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Show Boat and Outside the Law
Michael Curtiz Directed Night and Day (1946)
Merian C. Cooper Produced Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Arthur Lubin Directed Mysterious Crossing (1936)
Ernst Lubitsch Produced Heaven Can Wait (1943)
Otto Preminger Directed Porgy and Bess (1959)
Norman Taurog Directed Huckleberry Finn and If I Had a Million
William A. Wellman Directed Safe in Hell and Frisco Jenny
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Julien Duvivier Directed Tales of Manhattan (1942)
Lloyd Bacon Directed A Very Honorable Guy (1934)
Richard Thorpe Directed The Thin Man Goes Home and The Toy Wife
James Cruze Directed If I Had a Million (1932)
Erle C. Kenton Directed From Hell to Heaven (1933)
Bess Flowers Also in Double Indemnity and Heaven Can Wait
Reginald LeBorg Directed San Diego, I Love You (1944)
Walter Wanger Produced Scarlet Street (1945)
Jack Mulhall Also in Show Boat and Broadway Bill
Charles Middleton Also in Show Boat and Broadway Bill
Sidney Poitier Directed Buck and the Preacher (1973)
Charles Boyer Produced Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Irving Bacon Also in Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Known for
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Double Indemnity 1944
Scarlet Street 1945
Shadow of a Doubt 1943
The Talk of the Town 1942
The Black Stallion 1979
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
160 credits on file
Television 4
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About this person
Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1889 to 1979 · aged 89
