🎭 Acting
Bert Williams
Lived · 47
Born · Nov 12, 1874
From · Nassau, British West Indies [now Bahamas]
Films · 5
🎭 Acting
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.
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