Percy Verwayne (March 10, 1895 – November, 1968), sometimes spelled Percy Verwayen, was an American stage and film actor. He featured in several films with African American casts including the 1921 REOL Productions film '' The Simp'' and

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an author, film director and independent producer of more than 44 films. Although the short-lived Lincoln Motion Picture Company was the first movie company owned and controlled ...

films. He played "Sporting Life" in Porgy, when it was first produced in 1927. He was also in the 1946

Toddy Pictures Toddy Pictures Company was a film distribution and production company. It was founded by in 1941 by Ted Toddy (1900-1983) in a consolidation of his film businesses under the new name. The film company specialized in African-American films. Toddy ...

production '' Fight That Ghost''. He was born in

British Guyana British Guiana was a British colony, part of the mainland British West Indies, which resides on the northern coast of South America. Since 1966 it has been known as the independent nation of Guyana. The first European to encounter Guiana was ...

Theatre

*'' Porgy'' (1927) *''Confidence'' (1930), by and starring Frank Wilson

Filmography

*''The Simp'' (1921) *''

A Daughter of the Congo ''A Daughter of the Congo'' is a 1930 race film directed, written and produced by Oscar Micheaux. The film is loosely based on the novel ''The American Cavalryman'' (1917), by African-American novelist and playwright Henry Francis Downing. It i ...

'' (1930) as Pidgy Muffy *''

Paradise in Harlem ''Paradise in Harlem'' is a 1939 American musical comedy-drama film written by Frank H. Wilson and directed by Joseph Seiden. It was first shown in 1939 starring Frank H. Wilson. It was released by Jubilee Production Co. Premise An actor sees a ...

'' (1939) as Spanish *'' Fight that Ghost'' (1946) *''

Sepia Cinderella ''Sepia Cinderella'' is a 1947 American musical race film directed by Arthur H. Leonard. The film is notable for musical numbers by vocalists Billy Daniels and Sheila Guyse, and for a brief guest appearance by former child star Freddie Bartholo ...

'' (1947) as MacMillan

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* 1895 births 1968 deaths Guyanese emigrants to the United States Federal Theatre Project people {{US-screen-actor-1890s-stub