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 race film or race movie was a genre of film produced in the United
States between about 1915 and the early 1950s, consisting of films produced for black audiences, and featuring black casts. Approximately five hundred race films were produce ...
''
The Black King'' (1932), a satire of
Marcus Garvey and his followers.
He was born in New York. He was Connie in the Vaudeville team Sloe and Connie.
Filmography
*''
The Brute'' (1920) as "Bull" Magee
*''
The Hypocrite
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The original play had derived much of its humour f ...
'' (1922)
[
*'']Deceit (1923 film)
''Deceit'' (sometimes referred to as ''The Deceit'') is a 1923 American silent black-and-white film. It is a conventional melodrama directed by Oscar Micheaux. Like many of Micheaux's films, ''Deceit'' casts clerics in a negative light. Although ...
'' (1923) as Reverend Bently
*'' The Midnight Ace'' (1928)
*''The Exile
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'' (1931)
*'' The Black King (1932)
*''Ten Minutes to Live
''Ten Minutes to Live'' is a 1932 American film directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Lawrence Chenault, A. B. DeComathiere, Laura Bowman, Willor Lee Guilford, and Tressie Mitchell. One of the characters is deaf and much of the dialogue was ...
'' (1932) as Anthony
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)][
]
References
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1877 births
1940 deaths
American male film actors