Willie Best
1913-05-27THE BIOGRAPHY
William “Willie” Best (May 27, 1916 - February 27, 1962), sometimes known as “Sleep n' Eat,” was an American television and film actor. Best was one of the first African-American film actors and comedians to become well known. In the 21st century, his work, like that of Stepin Fetchit, is sometimes reviled because he was often called upon to play stereotypically lazy, illiterate, and/or simple-minded characters in films. Of the
ALSO APPEARS IN MOVIES
Ellis in Freedomland
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Blondie
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Blondie Brings Up Baby
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Scattergood Survives a Murder
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Cinderella Swings It
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The Covered Trailer
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High Sierra
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Feet First
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The Ghost Breakers
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Hit and Rum
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A-Haunting We Will Go
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The Littlest Rebel
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The Red Dragon
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Dangerous Money
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
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Murder on a Bridle Path
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Highway West
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The Smiling Ghost
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The Hidden Hand
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Little Miss Marker
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Murder on a Honeymoon
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Cabin in the Sky
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The Face of Marble
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Nothing But the Truth
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Whispering Ghosts
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Juke Girl
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Maisie Gets Her Man
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Busses Roar
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She Wouldn't Say Yes
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Pillow to Post
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The Girl Who Dared
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Road Show
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The Lady from Cheyenne
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Super-Sleuth
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Down the Stretch
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Kisses for Breakfast
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The Bride Wore Boots
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The Monster and the Ape
⭐ 6.3Raised and Called
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Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
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Home in Indiana
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Goodbye Broadway
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Money and the Woman
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Muss 'em Up
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Merrily We Live
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Gold Is Where You Find It
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Meet the Missus
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Saturday's Heroes
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The Red Stallion
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Deep South
⭐ 6The Lady Fights Back
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The Powers Girl
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Youth Takes a Fling
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We Who Are About to Die
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Dixie
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Hold That Blonde!
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To Beat the Band
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Up Pops the Devil
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Everybody's Doing It
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At the Circus
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Two in Revolt
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Mummy's Boys
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Spring Madness
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The Nitwits
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Kentucky Kernels
⭐ 6.1Horse Heir
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The Saint Strikes Back
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island
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Way Down South
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
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South of Caliente
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Slightly Honorable
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The Bride Walks Out
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Blackmail
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Jalna
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Racing Lady
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You Can't Buy Luck
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Night Waitress
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Crashing Hollywood
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Music for Millions
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Ladies of Leisure
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Blondie on a Budget
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I Take This Woman
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Suddenly It's Spring
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The Green Pastures
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West of the Pecos
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Thank You, Jeeves!
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The Mark of the Whistler
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Breakdowns of 1941
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Hot Tip
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I'm from the City
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The Arizonian
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General Spanky
⭐ 5.3Mississippi Moods
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
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Vivacious Lady
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Silly Billies
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The Monster Walks
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The Kansan
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Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
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TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
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Straight, Place and Show
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
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The Shanghai Chest
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Breezing Home
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Half Past Midnight
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Flight from Destiny
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
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Scattergood Baines
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Private Detective
⭐ 6Minstrel Days
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Virtuous Husband
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The Guilty Generation
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The Body Disappears
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