Stepin Fetchit (1902–1985) was an American comedian and actor.
His Fetchit persona parlayed into a successful film career, eventually becoming the first black actor to become a millionaire. He was also the first black actor to receive screen credit.
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Stepin Fetchit typical film persona and stage name have long been controversial, and seen as illustrative of negative stereotypes of Negroes. However, a newer interpretation of his film persona contends he was ultimately subversive of the status quo.
Stepin Fetchit Biography / Wiki
| Name | Stepin Fetchit |
| Also Know | Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Key West, Florida, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1902-05-30 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 83 |
| Deathday | 1985-11-19 |
Stepin Fetchit Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Big Timers | 1945-01-02 | A wealthy young society man is dating a beautiful young woman who he believes is also in his “class” because of her beautiful, classically trained sin… | |
| Hearts in Dixie | Gummy | 1929-01-02 | Nappus sends his grandson north for schooling to shelter him from their community…. |
| Slow Poke | Stepin | 1933-09-22 | Stepin Fetchit in the Educational Pictures short “Slow Poke,” doing the shtick that made him a millionaire in the 1930s…. |
| Miracle in Harlem | ‘Swifty’, the Handyman | 1948-11-29 | A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime…. |
| Amazing Grace | Cousin Lincoln | 1974-08-30 | Amazing Grace is a 1974 light comedy featuring black comedienne Moms Mabley as a widow who tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore,… |
| Wild Horse | Stepin | 1931-08-02 | Ben Hall offers $1000 for the wild Devil Horse which Jim Wright and Skeeter capture. While Jim is away, Gil Davis kills Skeeter and takes the horse. T… |
| Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed | 1968-08-31 | Did you know that the first open-heart surgery was performed by a Black doctor, Daniel Hale Williams? Not many people did in 1968, the year this eye-o… | |
| The Virginia Judge | Spasm Johnson | 1935-09-17 | Walter C. Kelly, Marsha Hunt, Stepin Fetchit… |
| Big Time | Eli | 1929-09-07 | The relationship between a male dancer and his actress girlfriend is threatened by a scheming chorister…. |
| The Sun Shines Bright | Jeff Poindexter | 1953-05-02 | John Ford weaves three “Judge Priest” stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the t… |
| Salute | Smoke Screen | 1929-09-01 | A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy…. |
| The Big Fight | Spot | 1930-05-11 | Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: T… |
| The Ghost Talks | Christopher Lee | 1929-02-24 | Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, thou… |
| Dimples | Cicero | 1936-10-09 | Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She entertains the crowds while he works his racket. A rich lady… |
| Charlie Chan in Egypt | Snowshoes | 1935-06-04 | While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition’s leader concealed in… |
| 36 Hours to Kill | Flash – Pullman Porter | 1936-07-24 | Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he has a winning sweepstake ticket and will win $150,000 i… |
| David Harum | Sylvester Swifty | 1934-03-02 | Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller… |
| His Exciting Night | Casper | 1938-11-11 | A milquetoast clerk is betrothed to the socialite whose aunt holds a big account with his company…. |
| Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 | Swifty | 1929-05-25 | Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in New York hoping to take Lila back home with him to marr… |
| Neck and Neck | The Hustler | 1931-11-04 | Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actually doing anything. He has a small run of good luck… |
| a.k.a. Cassius Clay | Himself | 1970-11-03 | The study of crazy brilliance and flamboyant sincerity. a.k.a. Cassius Clay presents a fascinating look at the incredible life and achievements of one… |
| The World Moves On | Dixie | 1934-06-27 | Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great busin… |
| Cameo Kirby | Croup | 1930-01-12 | Remake of Cameo Kirby (1923)… |
| In Old Kentucky | Highpockets | 1927-11-20 | Young Brierly struggles to save his father, Major Brierly, from the clutches of alcohol after the Great War. At the same time, he prepares Major Brier… |
| Bend of the River | Adam | 1952-01-23 | Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory…… |
| The Prodigal | Hokey | 1931-02-21 | An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy southern family…. |
| The Tragedy of Youth | Porter | 1928-03-01 | Neglected by shallow husband Dick, young bride Paula Wayne seeks male companionship outside the marital nest. She soon finds it in the form of mature … |
| Cutter | Shoeshine Man | 1972-01-26 | Private eye searches for a missing football quarterback in Chicago…. |
| Marie Galante | Waiter in Pacific Gardens | 1934-10-25 | On the French coast, unlucky Marie Galante is abducted and forced to board an American cargo ship bound for the Panama Canal. When an escape attempt l… |
| Fifty Roads to Town | Percy | 1937-06-03 | A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run…. |
| Show Boat | Joe | 1929-07-27 | This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber’s boo… |
| The Devil’s Skipper | Slave’s Husband | 1928-02-01 | The Devil’s Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman… |
| Love Is News | Penrod | 1937-02-26 | When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are e… |
| Steamboat Round the Bend | Jonah | 1935-09-06 | A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hange… |
| Thru Different Eyes | Janitor | 1929-04-13 | Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the… |
| Swing High | Sam | 1930-05-18 | To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circus owner, to join forces with her guardian. Doc Ma… |
| Zenobia | Zero | 1939-04-21 | A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter’s upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant…. |
| One More Spring | Zoo Attendant | 1935-02-15 | Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets…. |
| The Galloping Ghost | Baxter College Locker Room Attendant | 1931-09-01 | A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold “Red” Grange is a target for the ga… |
| Hot Tip | Cook | 1935-08-20 | An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the ponies…. |
| Judge Priest | Jeff Poindexter | 1934-09-15 | Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, restores the justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky using his common sense and his great sense… |
| On the Avenue | Herman | 1937-02-12 | A new Broadway show starring Gary Blake shamelessly lampoons the rich Carraway family. To get her own back, daughter Mimi sets out to ensnare Blake, b… |
| Stand Up and Cheer! | Stepin Fetchit | 1934-05-04 | President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering … |
| Thru Different Eyes | Janitor | 1942-06-19 | A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case…. |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 | Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression…. |
| Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood | Dancing Butler | 1976-07-26 | A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s…. |
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