Clarence Muse
Acting
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Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. He was inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973. Muse was the first Negro to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years appearing in more than 150 movies.
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Alexander and Mary Muse, he studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and received an international law degree in 1911. He was acting in New York by the 1920s, during the Harlem Renaissance with two Harlem…
Filmography
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The Black Stallion
1979
Passing Through
1977
Car Wash
1976
A Dream for Christmas
1973
The World's Greatest Athlete
1973
Buck and the Preacher
1972
Porgy and Bess
1959
Jungle Safari
1956
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Casablanca
1955
She Couldn't Say No
1954
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
Jamaica Run
1953
Four Star Playhouse
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Caribbean
1952
The Las Vegas Story
1952
My Forbidden Past
1951
Apache Drums
1951
Katie Did It
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Riding High
1950
The Great Dan Patch
1949
An Act of Murder
1948
Silver River
1948
Unconquered
1947
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
1947
Welcome Stranger
1947
The Peanut Man
1947
A Likely Story
1947
My Favorite Brunette
1947
Two Smart People
1946
Jungle Terror
1946
Scarlet Street
1945
She Wouldn't Say Yes
1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945
Without Love
1945
Jungle Queen
1945
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
San Diego I Love You
1944
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
The Soul of a Monster
1944
Double Indemnity
1944
Stars on Parade
1944
Follow the Boys
1944
Jam Session
1944
The Racket Man
1944
Over the Wall
1943
Flesh and Fantasy
1943
Johnny Come Lately
1943
Watch on the Rhine
1943
Heaven Can Wait
1943
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
The Sky's the Limit
1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Black Swan
1942
Strictly in the Groove
1942
The Talk of the Town
1942
Tales of Manhattan
1942
Tough as They Come
1942
Twin Beds
1942
Among the Living
1941
Belle Starr
1941
Gentleman from Dixie
1941
The Flame of New Orleans
1941
Kisses for Breakfast
1941
Love Crazy
1941
Invisible Ghost
1941
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
Chad Hanna
1940
Murder Over New York
1940
That Gang of Mine
1940
Maryland
1940
Sporting Blood
1940
Broken Strings
1940
Zanzibar
1940
Alice in Movieland
1940
Way Down South
1939
Secrets of a Nurse
1938
Prison Train
1938