Edward Thompson (actor)
Notable because he had substatial roles in numerous notable films including some of the earlies talkies with African American casts. The film articles also need to be accepted from draftspace where they languish.
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Edward Thompson (1898 - 1960) was an actor in the United States. He appeared in several films with African American casts. He worked on films with his wife Evelyn Preer, Spencer Williams, and other prominent African American actors inckudong in Al Christie productions.[1] He played in various theater productions as an actor, including in a musical dancing role in Darktown Follies.[2]
He was born James Edward Thompson. He married fellow actor Evelyn Preer. Her second husband, they were both awith the Lafayette Players in Chicago. They married February 4, 1924, in Williamson County, Tennessee, Tennessee (while in Nashville).[3] The couple had a daughter in 1932.[4]
Thompson starred in the 1929 Al Christie film Oft in the Silly Night.[5]
Filmography[edit]
- The Melancholy Dame (1929)[6] as Permanent Williams
- Brown Gravy (1929)
- Oft in the Silly Night (1929)
- Georgia Rose (1930)[7] as Bob
- Gangsters on the Loose (1937)
- The Duke is Tops (1938) as Ferdie Fenton
- Life Goes On (1938) as Bob Weston
- While Thousands Cheer (1940) as Ransom
- Mystery in Swing (1940)
- Broken Strings (1940) as Sam Stilton
References[edit]
- ↑ Richards, Larry (September 17, 2015). African American Films Through 1959: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610528 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ "Edward Thompson: The Lafayette "Raymond Hitchcock"". The Chicago Defender (Big Weekend Edition). 20 November 1920. p. 3. ProQuest 493443882. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ "Silent Era : People". www.silentera.com.
- ↑ "Pneumonia Case Fatal to Star". he New York Amsterdam News. 23 November 1932. p. 2. ProQuest 226256766. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ↑ http://www.20sjazz.com/videos/film-archive/oft-in-the-silly-night.html
- ↑ Adell, Sandra (October 27, 1996). African American Culture. Gale. ISBN 9780810384859 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (October 27, 1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520209695 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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