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Dooley Wilson

Highest Rated:
100% My Favorite Blonde (1942)
Lowest Rated:
67% Knock on Any Door (1949)
Birthday:
Apr 3, 1894
Birthplace:
Not Available
Bio:
African-American actor/musician Dooley Wilson led a very popular band from 1919 through 1930, in which he soloed on the drums. He shied away from film work until 1942, when he was signed for a contract at Paramount Pictures. At the same time, Warner Bros. was looking for a black actor to play Sam,…

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Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 67% - 100%
Number of Movies: 11
Box Office Since 2001: --
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
1951 Passage West
  • Rainbow
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1950 No Man of Her Own
  • Dining Car Waiter
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1949 67% Knock on Any Door
  • Piano Player
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1949 Come to the Stable
  • Anthony James
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1944 Higher and Higher
  • Oscar
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1943 Stormy Weather
  • Gabe Tucker
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1942 97% Casablanca
  • Sam
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1942 100% My Favorite Blonde
  • Porter
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1942 Cairo
  • Hector
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1942 Take a Letter, Darling (Green-Eyed Woman)
  • Moses
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1939 Keep Punching
  • Actor
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