The Gun

Credits include: In a Lonely Place, X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes, Vera Cruz, Invaders from Mars and Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

1930s and 1940s film actress Louise Beavers was merely one of a dominant gallery of plus-sized and plus-talented African-American character actresses forced to endure blatant, discouraging and demeaning stereotypes during Depression-era and WWII Hollywood. It wasn't until Louise's triumphant role in Imitation of Life (1934) that a film of major significance offered a black role of meaning, substance and humanity.

Credits include: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Written on the Wind, Song of the South and A Raisin in the Sun

Stocky, balding American character actor with a rich, deep voice, equally adept at Western bad guys and Shakespeare. He began his career in films in minor roles, primarily as gangland henchmen, and progressed to become widely familiar as a figure in a variety of dramas and occasional comedies. Although a stalwart and reliable supporting player, he was not of a type to essay leading roles in films, but remained a well-respected actor whose face, if not name, is familiar to a generation of film an

She was an actress, known for The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951), Make Room for Daddy (1953) and Amanda (1948). She was married to Harry Hansberry. She died on August 24, 1967 in Duarte, California, USA. The sister of Lilian Randolph.

Credits include: King Kong, African Treasure, The Ballet Tickets, Jungle Siren and The Engagement Ring

Credits include: The Spirit of St. Louis, The Rat Race, My Forbidden Past, High Time and The First Traveling Saleslady

Credits include: The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Darktown Revue, Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy, The Turkey Dinner and The Uranium Mine

Credits include: The Day of the Locust, Cheech & Chong's Next Movie, The Main Event, Anna Lucasta and High Time

Credits include: Three Violent People, High Time, The Amos 'n Andy Show, The Guns of Fort Petticoat and Bernardine

American actor, writer, director, and producer whose early pioneering work in African-American or "race" films was eclipsed in fame by his role as one of the title characters in the equally pioneering and also controversial 1950s sitcom The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951).