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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clarence Muse (October 14, 1889 – October 13, 1979) was an American actor, screenwriter, director, composer, and lawyer. He was inducted in the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1973. Muse was the first Negro to "star" in a film. He acted for more than sixty years appearing in more than 150 movies. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Alexander and Mary Muse, he studied at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and received an international law degree in 1911. He was acting in New York by the 1920s, during the Harlem Renaissance with two Harlem theatres, Lincoln Players and Lafayette Players. Muse moved to Chicago for a while, and then moved to Hollywood and performed in Hearts in Dixie (1929), the first all-black movie. For the next fifty years, he worked regularly in minor and major roles. While with the Lafayette Players, Muse worked...
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Four Star PlayhouseSeries • 1952
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
Lux Video TheatreSeries • 1950
Double IndemnityMovie • 1944
Shadow of a DoubtMovie • 1943
The Black StallionMovie • 1979
The Black SwanMovie • 1942
UnconqueredMovie • 1947
Flying Down to RioMovie • 1933
Car WashMovie • 1976
Scarlet StreetMovie • 1945
Heaven Can WaitMovie • 1943
The Talk of the TownMovie • 1942
Buck and the PreacherMovie • 1972
My Favorite BrunetteMovie • 1947
The Thin Man Goes HomeMovie • 1944
Flesh and FantasyMovie • 1943
The Sun Shines BrightMovie • 1953
Sherlock Holmes in WashingtonMovie • 1943
White ZombieMovie • 1932
Watch on the RhineMovie • 1943
Love CrazyMovie • 1941
The World's Greatest AthleteMovie • 1973
HallelujahMovie • 1929