Carl Mahon was an actor in the United States. An African American, he had several film roles including a starring role in the 1932 film '' The Girl from Chicago'' Mahon was born in Trinidad. He portrayed an Ethiopian in

Oscar Micheaux Oscar Devereaux Micheaux (; January 2, 1884 – March 25, 1951) was an American 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 c ...

's film ''

The Exile ''The eXile'' was a Moscow-based English-language biweekly free tabloid newspaper, aimed at the city's expatriate community, which combined outrageous, sometimes satirical, content with investigative reporting. In October 2006, co-editor Jake ...

''. In Micheaux's film '' The Girl from Chicago'' the director's voice is heard telling Mahon the line "Well, you've got to give it to her." which Mahon repeats.

Filmography

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'' (1931), as Jango *'' The Girl from Chicago'' (1932) *'' Veiled Aristocrats'' (1932), as Frank Fowler *''

Ten Minutes to Live ''Ten Minutes to Live'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Oscar Micheaux. It starred Lawrence Chenault, A. B. DeComathiere, Laura Bowman, and Willor Lee Guilford. One of the characters is deaf and much of the dialogue was dubbed offs ...

'' (1932), as Anthony

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Porgy (play) ''Porgy: A Play in Four Acts'' is a play by Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward, adapted from the short novel Porgy (novel), by DuBose Heyward. It was first produced by the Theatre Guild and presented October 10, 1927 – August 1928 at the Augu ...

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