Clarence Muse
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-13 (90 years old)
Deathday
1979-10-13
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known As
Clarence Muese
Clarence Muse
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 theatres, Lincoln Players and Lafayette Players. Mus...
Acting
1941
as Robert - Hat Check Man at Party
1941
as Evans the Butler
1943
as Pullman Porter
1942
as Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited)
1938
as 'Tiger', Lee's Handler
1972
as Cudjo
1933
as Chauffeur
1932
as Smoke Johnson
1933
as Caddy in Haiti (uncredited)
1934
as 'Lunch' McClaren
1942
as Margaret's Servant (uncredited)
1941
as Samuel, Carriage Driver
1976
as Snapper
1940
as Party Server
1979
as Snoe
1932
as Rosebud, the Trainer
1933
as Self
1951
as Jehu
1936
as Deacon
1934
as Whitey
1946
as Train Porter
1933
as Abraham Jackson
1945
as Porter (uncredited)
1945
as Frank (uncredited)
1950
as Whitey
1939
as Uncle Caton
1931
as Eustace Brown
1932
as Curfew
1941
1933
as Sam
1952
as Quashy
1941
as Old Jeff
1934
as Sam
1931
as Jonas Polk
1929
as Farina's father
1935
as Jeff
1937
as Congo MacRosenbloom
1936
as Pompey
1937
as Lightning
1947
as Clarence, Train Waiter (uncredited)
1935
as Cato
1945
as Kyba
1933
as Sam
1938
as Frankie Walburn
1938
as Brutus
1943
as Colonial Club Doorman (uncredited)
1932
as Horatio
1932
as Tombeau
1932
as Tim Washington, the Doorman
1932
as Clarence
1932
as Nham
1933
as Sunrise
1929
as Nappus
1940
as Arthur Williams
1937
1931
as Alabam' / Singing Voice of Condemned Man (uncredited)
1932
as Rascal
1930
as Jefferson
1929
as Church Member (uncredited)
1929
as Cabaret Singer (uncredited)
1921
1932
as Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited)
1930
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1930
as Driver (uncredited)
1933
as Voice of Singer (uncredited)
1973
as Gazenga's Assistant
1936
as Lincoln
1940
as Train Porter
1959
as Peter
1931
as Jim
1933
as Masseur
1935
as Bud's Truck Partner
1930
as Stablehand
1944
as Man (uncredited)
1949
as Voodoo
1934
as Black Man
1935
as Cook
1936
as Restaurant Table Captain
1934
as Shamrock
1935
as 'Rufe'
1931
as Newcastle
1931
as Jeff - Building Janitor
1940
as Jeff
1930
as Nero
1931
as Clarence
1930
as Singer
1953
as Mose
1956
as Kyba
1934
as Native (uncredited)
1953
as Uncle Zack
1947
as Porter (uncredited)
1945
as Ben - Bank Janitor (uncredited)
1944
as Carter (uncredited)
1946
as Lightin'
1940
as Ben
1944
as Henry
1936
as Angel (uncredited)
1935
as Old Joe
1952
as Train Porter (uncredited)
1947
as Second Man on Death Row (uncredited)
1932
as Jefferson Q. Leffingwell
1947
as Dr. George Washington Carver
1943
as Horace
1944
as Porter (uncredited)
1940
as Henry Prince
1940
as Reverend Bitters
1930
as Black Revivalist
1948
as Mr. Pope
1941
as Sam (uncredited)
1932
as Nightclub Singer (uncredited)
1944
as Entertainer (uncredited)
1932
as Taylor Tibbs
1932
as A Blind Negro
1977
as Papa Harris
1950
as Mose
1942
as Eddie
1944
as George the Butler
1931
as Curfew
1941
as Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited)
1943
as Jeff (uncredited)
1943
as Jasper (uncredited)
1941
as Jupe
1973
as Donald Freeland
1945
as Train Porter
1942
as George
1936
as William
1930
as Rusty
1954
as Diaper Delivery Man
1932
as Shoeshine Man
1943
as George
1943
as Porter
1943
as Sam
1935
as First Mate Johnson
1936
as The Farmer
1951
as Pompey
1947
as Jason
1975
as Self (archive footage)
1936
as Sam
1940
as Bino
1944
as Henry
1947
as Smoky
1938
as Train Steward / Sam
1943
as Butler
1942
as Durham's Valet (uncredited)
1942
as Grandpa (Robeson sequence)
1932
as Coach driver
1944
as Porter on Train (uncredited)
Production
1939
as Writer
1940
as Additional Dialogue
1921
as Producer
1938
as Original Music Composer
1932
as Original Music Composer
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