Lady Sings the Blues | 1972 | The Butler | Movie |
Nichols | 1971 | Melville | TV Show |
Finian's Rainbow | 1968 | Passion Pilgrim Gospeleer (uncredited) | Movie |
The Outcasts | 1968 | Daniel | TV Show |
In the Heat of the Night | 1967 | Endicott's Butler | Movie |
To Kill a Mockingbird | 1962 | Spence Robinson (uncredited) | Movie |
The Virginian | 1962 | John Douglas | TV Show |
Summer and Smoke | 1961 | Thomas (uncredited) | Movie |
Hazel | 1961 | Marvin | TV Show |
Raymie | 1960 | Ransom | Movie |
The Alamo | 1960 | Jethro | Movie |
Thriller | 1960 | Papa Benjamin | TV Show |
The Man in the Moon | 1960 | | TV Movie |
Rawhide | 1959 | Zachariah | TV Show |
St. Louis Blues | 1958 | Choir Member (uncredited) | Movie |
Lux Playhouse | 1958 | | TV Show |
Band of Angels | 1957 | Plantation Slave (uncredited) | Movie |
Have Gun - Will Travel | 1957 | Euclid - Servant / Moses - Old Man | TV Show |
The Court of Last Resort | 1957 | Seth | TV Show |
The Thin Man | 1957 | Murphy | TV Show |
Full of Life | 1956 | Train Porter (uncredited) | Movie |
Tension at Table Rock | 1956 | Black Janitor (uncredited) | Movie |
Pete Kelly's Blues | 1955 | Mourner, Pre-Credit Sequence (uncredited) | Movie |
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle | 1955 | Witch Doctor (uncredited) | Movie |
Gunsmoke | 1955 | Wellington | TV Show |
Screen Directors Playhouse | 1955 | Train Cook | TV Show |
The 20th Century-Fox Hour | 1955 | Jacob | TV Show |
Studio 57 | 1954 | Thomas | TV Show |
Gypsy Colt | 1954 | Carl | Movie |
Tanganyika | 1954 | Singer (uncredited) | Movie |
You Are There | 1953 | Thornton | TV Show |
So This Is Love | 1953 | Preacher (uncredited) | Movie |
Your Favorite Story | 1953 | | TV Show |
We're Not Married! | 1952 | Lead Christmas Caroler (uncredited) | Movie |
The Amos 'n Andy Show | 1951 | Henry Van Porter / Leroy Smith / Mr. Johnson / ... | TV Show |
Yes Sir, Mr. Bones | 1951 | Jester Hairston | Movie |
Long Remembrances | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
The Tradition | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Highlights of Long Ago | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
The Moods | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Tunes That Live | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Folk Lore | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Glory Filled Spirituals | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Memorable Gems | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Southern A Capella | 1950 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Melodius Sketches | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Cherished Melodies | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Melodies Reborn | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Symphonic Shades | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Visions and Voices | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Melodic Spirituals | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jester J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Treasured Ballads | 1949 | Choir Director (as Jasper J. Hairston) | Short Film |
Across the Pacific | 1942 | Passerby (uncredited) | Movie |
In This Our Life | 1942 | Black Man in Jail (uncredited) | Movie |
Tales of Manhattan | 1942 | Shantytown Man (Robeson sequence) (uncredited) | Movie |
The Vanishing Virginian | 1942 | Mover (uncredited) | Movie |
Sullivan's Travels | 1941 | Charlie - Church Projectionist (uncredited) | Movie |
Sundown | 1941 | Native Boy (uncredited) | Movie |
The Green Pastures | 1936 | Member of Hall Johnson Choir (uncredited) | Movie |
Deep South | 1930 | | Short Film |