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برت ویلیامز
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بازیگر آمریکایی
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Food for the eagle
- Master of Ravenspur
- The record of the Labour government
- Rocky Mountain Monster
- Sword of Egypt
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Film & TV
Nassau, British West Indies [now Bahamas]
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.
Known for
- Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
- Bamboozled — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)2000
- Ethnic Notions — Self (archive footage)1986
- The Amazing Howard Hughes — Mr. Hardesty1977
- Black Shadows on a Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)1975
- A Natural Born Gambler — The Hon. Bert Williams, Walking Delegate1916
- Fish1916
- Darktown Jubilee1914
- Lime Kiln Club Field Day — Bert1913
- Actors' Fund Field Day — Self - Comedian1910
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Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was the pre-eminent African American entertainer of his era. Williams was born Egbert Austin Williams on the island of The Bahamas, then part of the British West Indies. In 1888 his family moved to Los Angeles, California. He began his entertainment career in 1892 in San Francisco. Bert Williams became one of Vaudeville's top artists, both as a solo performer and as part of the successful double-act "Williams & Walker" with partner George Walke
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Williams
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Nassau
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- captain
- Image
- 1916 United States Army Captain Bert Williams, portrait, facing right, singing a psalm at the first regimental open air service for the 15th Regiment of the New York National Guard - LCCN96521643 (cropped).jpg
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- place of burial
- Woodlawn Cemetery
- Commons category
- Bert Williams
- date of birth
- 1874-11-12
- date of death
- 1922-03-04
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- different from
- Bert Williams
- start of work period
- 1892-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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