Acting

2008

as Djinn (archival footage)

1973

as Self (archive footage)

1969

(1 episode) as George

1968

as Jacob

1967		Cowboy in Africa (1 episode) as Dr. Tom Merar (1 episode) as Nhinga
1967		Hurry Sundown as Prof. Thurlow

1966

(1 episode) as Chief Makubu (1 episode) as Natoma

1965

(1 episode) as Hannibal - Valet

1964

as Teetot

1962

(1 episode)

1961

as Self (archive footage)

1960		Desire in the Dust as Burt Crane
1960		Elmer Gantry as Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)

1959		Watusi as Umbopa
1959		Escort West as Nelson Walker
1959		Black Saddle (1 episode) as Alex Booth

1958		Anna Lucasta as Joe Lucasta
1958		The Rifleman (1 episode) as Thaddeus
1958		God's Little Acre as Uncle Felix

1956		The Ten Commandments as Bit Part (uncredited)
1956		Congo Crossing as Dr. Leopold Gorman

1955		Gunsmoke (1 episode) as Juba
1955		Tarzan's Hidden Jungle as Sukulu Chieftain

1954

(1 episode) as Petraca

1948

as Mose

1947		Kraft Television Theatre (1 episode) as Lem
1947		Shoe Shine Jasper as (voice)

1946

as Narrator / John Henry (voice)

1945		Adventure as Preacher (unconfirmed)
1945		A Thousand and One Nights as Giant

1944		Dark Waters as Pearson Jackson
1944		Jasper's Paradise as (voice)

1943		Sahara as Sgt. Major Tambul
1943		Fired Wife as Charles
1943		Cabin in the Sky as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

1942

as Tilney

1941		The Gay Knighties as Narrator (voice)
1941		Hoola Boola as Narrator (voice)

1940

as Djinn

1939		Let My People Live as Dr. Gordon
1939		The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Jim

1936

as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

1934

1933

as Court Crier

1929

as Fuzzy Wuzzy Native

1927

as (uncredited)

1923

as Israelite Slave (uncredited)

1918

as (uncredited)