TV in Black: The First Fifty Years - Production & Contact Info

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119 cast members

Name	Known for
Muhammad Ali Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Jonelle Allen Self Self See fewer	Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
John Amos Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Desi Arnaz Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Obba Babatundé Self Self See fewer	Life (I) (1999)
Pearl Bailey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Lucille Ball Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Harry Belafonte Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bobby (I) (2006)
Patricia Belcher Self Self See fewer	Jeepers Creepers (2001)
Willie Best Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hidden Hand (1942)
Cindy Birdsong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tarzan (1966)
Yvette Lee Bowser Self Self See fewer	Living Single (1993)
Todd Boyd Self Self See fewer	The Wood (1999)
Georg Stanford Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stir Crazy (1980)
H. Rap Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fall (1969)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Roger Aaron Brown Self Self See fewer	RoboCop 2 (1990)
Wren T. Brown Self (as Wren Brown) Self (as Wren Brown) See fewer	Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Cab Calloway Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Virginia Capers Self Self See fewer	Howard the Duck (1986)
Diahann Carroll Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Julia (1968)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Nat 'King' Cole Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nat King Cole Show (1956)
Gary Coleman Arnold Jackson / Self (archive footage) Arnold Jackson / Self (archive footage) See fewer	Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Michael Constantine Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)
Bill Cosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Heshimu Cumbuka Actor (archive footage) (as Heshimu) Actor (archive footage) (as Heshimu) See fewer	Sunnyside (1979)
Billy Daniels Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dirty Grandpa (2016)
Tommy Davidson Self Self See fewer	In Living Color (1990)
Sammy Davis Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cannonball Run (1981)
Ossie Davis Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Suzanne De Passe Self Self See fewer	Lonesome Dove (1989)
Ruby Dee Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	American Gangster (2007)
James Edwards Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Killing (1956)
Stepin Fetchit Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Judge Priest (1934)
Laurence Fishburne Self Self See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Redd Foxx Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Joe Frazier Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Rocky (1976)
Alan Gansberg Self Self See fewer	Darkness at High Noon: The Carl Foreman Documents (2002)
Marvin Gaye Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Fidelity (2000)
Marla Gibbs Self Self See fewer	The Jeffersons (1975)
Whoopi Goldberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghost (1990)
Cornelius Grant Self Self See fewer	The Brothers Bloom (2008)
Teresa Graves Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Get Christie Love! (1974)
Anne Green Self Self See fewer	Orient Express (1952)
David Alan Grier Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Joe Pickett (2021)
Robert Guillaume Self Self See fewer	Benson (1979)
Moses Gunn Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Shaft (1971)
Jasmine Guy Self Self See fewer	Harlem Nights (1989)
Arsenio Hall Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Lloyd Haynes Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Room 222 (1969)
Winifred Hervey Self Self See fewer	The Golden Girls (1985)
Robert Hooks Self Self See fewer	Trouble Man (1972)
Lena Horne Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Warren Hutcherson Self Self See fewer	The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Jermaine Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fighting (2009)
Marlon Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nell (1994)
Michael Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983)
Tito Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)
Belma Johnson Self Self See fewer	Unsung (2008)
Jill Jones Self Self See fewer	Purple Rain (1984)
Eddie Kendricks Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Downsizing (2017)
B.B. King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Eriq La Salle Self Self See fewer	ER (1994)
Martin Lawrence Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Martin (1992)
Sugar Ray Leonard Self Self See fewer	The Fighter (I) (2010)
Alec Lovejoy Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Swing! (1938)
The Marvelettes Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Goodfellas (1990)
Michael McCary Self (as Mike McCary) Self (as Mike McCary) See fewer	Hoodlum (1997)
Terri McCoy Self Self See fewer	Damon Wayans: Still Standing (1997)
Hattie McDaniel Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Mo'Nique Self Self See fewer	Precious (II) (2009)
Paul Mooney Self Self See fewer	Bamboozled (2000)
Tim Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951)
Mantan Moreland Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Nathan Morris Self (as Nate Morris) Self (as Nate Morris) See fewer	Tag (I) (2018)
Tia Mowry Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sister, Sister (1994)
Tamera Mowry-Housley Self (archive footage) (as Tamera Mowry) Self (archive footage) (as Tamera Mowry) See fewer	Sister, Sister (1994)
Eddie Murphy Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1996)
Rome Neal Self Self See fewer	Summer of Sam (1999)
Denise Nicholas Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Let's Do It Again (1975)
Brian O'Neal Self Self See fewer	48 Hrs. (1982)
Sidney Poitier Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Howard K. Smith (1962)
Richard Pryor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Superman III (1983)
Daphne Reid Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Tim Reid Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Reynaldo Rey Self Self See fewer	Friday (1995)
Howard Rice Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Room 222 (1969)
Paul Robeson Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Show Boat (1936)
Smokey Robinson Self Self See fewer	Big Time (1977)
Esther Rolle Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
Diana Ross Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wiz (1978)
David Ruffin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Want You Back (2022)
Patrice Rushen Self Self See fewer	Men in Black (1997)
BernNadette Stanis Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Good Times (1974)
The Temptations Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Ready Player One (2018)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pay As You Exit (1936)
Robert Townsend Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Hollywood Shuffle (1987)
Chris Tucker Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Rush Hour 2 (2001)
Glynn Turman Self Self See fewer	Super 8 (2011)
Ike Turner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Tina Turner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Cicely Tyson Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Help (2011)
Blair Underwood Self Self See fewer	Deep Impact (1998)
Karen Valentine Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Room 222 (1969)
Jimmie 'JJ' Walker Actor (archive footage) (as Jimmie Walker) Actor (archive footage) (as Jimmie Walker) See fewer	Good Times (1974)
Fredi Washington Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Imitation of Life (1934)
Rolonda Watts Self Self See fewer	The Stupids (1996)
Charles Malik Whitfield Self Self See fewer	Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
Clarence Williams III Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The General's Daughter (1999)
Gary Anthony Williams Self Self See fewer	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
Spencer Williams Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Juke Joint (1947)
Steven Williams Self Self See fewer	Jason Goes to Hell (1993)
Dorien Wilson Self Self See fewer	The Parkers (1999)
Mary Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Golden Shoes (2015)
Paul Winfield Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)