Doe Doe Green (1889 - 1944) was a

comic actor A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the olde ...

. A review of a 1922 performance of his with the Jack "Ginger" Wiggins company described him as a "popular neat dancing comedian". He portrayed Booker T in the 1931 film '' Enemies of the Law''. In the 1937 production ''Big Blow'' he was the only African American in the cast playing a role described as "a Negro lost in a white man's world" as he seeks to protect an orphaned white girl. D. D. Green's 2-act play ''Back to Africa'' was published in 1923.

Theater

*''Jake's Family'' (1915) *''Swanee River Home'' (1922) *'' Liza (1922)'' (1922) by

Maceo Pinkard Maceo Pinkard (June 27, 1897 – July 21, 1962) was an American composer, lyricist, and music publisher. Among his compositions is "Sweet Georgia Brown", a popular standard for decades after its composition and famous as the theme of the Harlem ...

*'' Appearances (Broadway show)'' (1925) as Rufus *''

The Green Pastures ''The Green Pastures'' is a play written in 1930 by Marc Connelly adapted from ''Ol' Man Adam an' His Chillun'' (1928), a collection of stories written by Roark Bradford. The play was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930. It had th ...

'' (1930) as Gabriel *''Big Blow'' (1937) *''

The Patriots (play) ''The Patriots'' is a play written in a prologue and three acts by Sidney Kingsley in 1943. It won the New York Drama Critics' Circle award for Best Play, and ran for 173 performances. Synopsis Thomas Jefferson has just returned from France, hopin ...

'' (1943)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Doe Doe 1889 births 1944 deaths