A. B. DeComathiere

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A. B. DeComathiere (19 November 1877 - 18 May 1940) was an actor in the United States. He had a leading role in The Brute (1920). He also starred in the race film The Black King (1932), a satire of Marcus Garvey and his followers.{{cite web | url=http://nortonherrickcenter.org/black-king-the/ | title=Black King, the | date=15 July 2013 }}

He was born in New York. He was Connie in the Vaudeville team Sloe and Connie.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=94Vkm-y_3CEC&q=Abe+Comathiere&pg=PA59|title=Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960|first=Bernard L.|last=Peterson|date=July 10, 2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313295348|via=Google Books}}

Filmography

  • The Brute (1920) as "Bull" Magee{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/553708/the-brute|title=The Brute (1920) - Overview - TCM.com|website=Turner Classic Movies}}
  • The Hypocrite (1922)
  • Deceit (1923 film) (1923) as Reverend Bently
  • The Midnight Ace (1928){{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25924905/midnight-ace-the-1928/|title=Midnight Ace, the (1928)|newspaper=The Pittsburgh Courier|date=24 March 1928|page=15}}
  • The Exile (1931)
  • The Black King (1932)
  • Ten Minutes to Live (1932) as Anthony{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/50c30c80b5711|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922060224/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/50c30c80b5711|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2021|title=A.B. DeComathiere | BFI|website=www.bfi.org.uk}}

Theater

  • An African Prince (1920)
  • Dumb Luck (1922)
  • Goat Alley (1927)
  • Porgy (play) as Simon Frazier, a lawyer
  • The Second Coming (1931)
  • Ol' Man Satan (1932) as Satan
  • Ragtime (1933)

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Category:1877 births

Category:1940 deaths

Category:American male film actors