1874 - 1922
Bert Williams American Actor
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Details
| First Name |
Bert
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| Last Name |
Williams
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| Full Name at Birth |
Egbert Austin Williams
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| Birthday |
12th November, 1874
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| Birthplace |
Nassau, Bahamas
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| Died |
4th March, 1922
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| Place of Death |
New York, NY
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| Cause of Death |
Pneumonia
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| Buried |
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Ethnicity |
Black
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Entertainer
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| Occupation |
Actor
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| Music Genre |
Vocal
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| Year(s) Active |
1892 - 1922, 1892–1922
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| Music Style |
Show Tunes, Popular Music Entry, Cast Recordings, Stage & Screen, Tin Pan Alley Pop, Vaudeville, Classical, Ragtime, Jazz
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| Instrument |
Vocals
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Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was a Bahamian-born American entertainer, one of the pre-eminent entertainers of the vaudeville era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. While some sources have credited him as being the first Black man to have a leading role in a film with Darktown Jubilee in 1914, other sources have credited actor Sam Lucas with this same distinction for a different 1914 film, the World Film Company's Uncle Tom's Cabin. Ebony stated that "Darktown Follies was the first attempt of an independent film company to star a black actor in a movie", and credited the work as beginning a period in independent American cinema that explored "black themes" within works made for African-American audiences by independent producers.
