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Bert Williams
Acting
🎂 November 12, 1874📍 Nassau, British West Indies [now Bahamas]🕯️ March 4, 1922 · Age 47
Biography
Bert Williams was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the Vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. He is credited as being the first Black man to have the leading role in a film: Darktown Jubilee in 1914.
BODY OF WORK
Bert Williams's Filmography
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Bamboozled
2000⭐ 6.3
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Ethnic Notions
1986⭐ 7.1
as Self (archive footage)
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
1975
as Self (archive footage)
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Fish
1916⭐ 5.3
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A Natural Born Gambler
1916⭐ 5.5
as The Hon. Bert Williams, Walking Delegate
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Darktown Jubilee
1914⭐ 9.0
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Lime Kiln Club Field Day
1913⭐ 5.2
as Bert
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Actors' Fund Field Day
1910⭐ 9.0
as Self - Comedian