Clarence Muse
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1889, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Died
- October 13, 1979
- Movies
- 153
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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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1979 | The Black Stallion | Snoe |
| 1977 | Passing Through | Papa Harris |
| 1976 | Car Wash | Snapper |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | A Dream for Christmas | Donald Freeland |
| 1973 | The World's Greatest Athlete | Gazenga's Assistant |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Cudjo |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Peter |
| 1956 | Jungle Safari | Kyba |
| 1954 | She Couldn't Say No | Diaper Delivery Man |
| 1953 | The Sun Shines Bright | Uncle Zack |
| 1953 | Jamaica Run | Mose |
| 1952 | Caribbean | Quashy |
| 1952 | The Las Vegas Story | Train Porter (uncredited) |
| 1951 | My Forbidden Past | Pompey |
| 1951 | Apache Drums | Jehu |
| 1950 | Katie Did It | Mose |
| 1950 | County Fair | Romulus (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Riding High | Whitey |
| 1949 | The Great Dan Patch | Voodoo |
| 1948 | An Act of Murder | Mr. Pope |
| 1948 | Silver River | Servant (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Unconquered | Jason |
| 1947 | Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Smoky |
| 1947 | Welcome Stranger | Clarence, Train Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Peanut Man | Dr. George Washington Carver |
| 1947 | A Likely Story | Porter (uncredited) |
| 1947 | My Favorite Brunette | Second Man on Death Row (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Two Smart People | Train Porter |
| 1946 | Jungle Terror | Lightin' |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Ben - Bank Janitor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | Porter (uncredited) |
| 1945 | God Is My Co-Pilot | Frank (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Without Love | Train Porter (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Jungle Queen | Kyba |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home | Porter on Train (uncredited) |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You | Porter (uncredited) |
| 1944 | In the Meantime, Darling | Henry |
| 1944 | The Soul of a Monster | Entertainer (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Double Indemnity | Man (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Stars on Parade | Carter (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | Singer (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Jam Session | Henry |
| 1944 | The Racket Man | George the Butler |
| 1943 | Over the Wall | Sam |
| 1943 | Flesh and Fantasy | Jeff (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Johnny Come Lately | Butler |
| 1943 | Watch on the Rhine | Horace |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Jasper (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Honeymoon Lodge | Porter |
| 1943 | The Sky's the Limit | Colonial Club Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | George |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt | Pullman Porter |
| 1942 | The Black Swan | Margaret's Servant (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Strictly in the Groove | Durham's Valet (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Talk of the Town | Supreme Court Doorkeeper (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Tales of Manhattan | Grandpa |
| 1942 | Tough as They Come | Eddie |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | George |
| 1941 | Among the Living | |
| 1941 | Belle Starr | Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Gentleman from Dixie | Jupe |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans | Samuel, Carriage Driver |
| 1941 | Kisses for Breakfast | Old Jeff |
| 1941 | Love Crazy | Robert - Hat Check Man at Party |
| 1941 | Invisible Ghost | Evans the Butler |
| 1941 | Adam Had Four Sons | Sam (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Chad Hanna | Henry Prince |
| 1940 | Murder Over New York | Party Server |
| 1940 | That Gang of Mine | Ben |
| 1940 | Maryland | Reverend Bitters |
| 1940 | Sporting Blood | Jeff |
| 1940 | Broken Strings | Arthur Williams |
| 1940 | Zanzibar | Bino |
| 1940 | Alice in Movieland | Train Porter |
| 1939 | Way Down South | Uncle Caton |
| 1938 | Secrets of a Nurse | 'Tiger', Lee's Handler |
| 1938 | Prison Train | Train Steward / Sam |
| 1938 | The Toy Wife | Brutus |
| 1938 | Spirit of Youth | Frankie Walburn |
| 1937 | Jungle Menace | Lightning |
| 1937 | High Hat | Congo MacRosenbloom |
| 1937 | Deep South | |
| 1936 | Mysterious Crossing | Lincoln |
| 1936 | Daniel Boone | Pompey |
| 1936 | The Green Pastures | Angel (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Spendthrift | Restaurant Table Captain |
| 1936 | Show Boat | Sam |
| 1936 | The Broken Earth | The Farmer |
| 1936 | Laughing Irish Eyes | Deacon |
| 1936 | Muss 'em Up | William |
| 1935 | So Red the Rose | Cato |
| 1935 | Beautiful Dreamer | |
| 1935 | East of Java | First Mate Johnson |
| 1935 | Harmony Lane | Old Joe |
| 1935 | O'Shaughnessy's Boy | Jeff |
| 1935 | After the Dance | Cook |
| 1935 | Alias Mary Dow | 'Rufe' |
| 1935 | Red Hot Tires | Bud's Truck Partner |
| 1934 | Broadway Bill | Whitey |
| 1934 | Kid Millions | Native (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Black Moon | 'Lunch' McClaren |
| 1934 | The Personality Kid | Shamrock |
| 1934 | A Very Honorable Guy | Black Man |
| 1934 | Massacre | Sam |
| 1933 | Flying Down to Rio | Caddy in Haiti (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Fury of the Jungle | Sunrise |
| 1933 | The Wrecker | Chauffeur |
| 1933 | Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | Self |
| 1933 | The Life of Jimmy Dolan | Masseur |
| 1933 | The Mind Reader | Sam |
| 1933 | From Hell to Heaven | Sam |
| 1933 | Frisco Jenny | Voice of Singer (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Laughter in Hell | Abraham Jackson |
| 1932 | The Death Kiss | Shoeshine Man |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Death Row Singing Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Man Against Woman | Smoke Johnson |
| 1932 | Washington Merry-Go-Round | Clarence |
| 1932 | The Cabin in the Cotton | A Blind Negro |
| 1932 | Hell's Highway | Rascal |
| 1932 | Big City Blues | Nightclub Singer (uncredited) |
| 1932 | White Zombie | Coach Driver |
| 1932 | Winner Take All | Rosebud, the Trainer |
| 1932 | Is My Face Red? | Horatio |
| 1932 | Attorney for the Defense | Jefferson Q. Leffingwell |
| 1932 | Night World | Tim Washington, the Doorman |
| 1932 | Lena Rivers | Curfew |
| 1932 | The Wet Parade | Taylor Tibbs |
| 1932 | Prestige | Nham |
| 1932 | The Woman from Monte Carlo | Tombeau |
| 1931 | X Marks the Spot | Eustace Brown |
| 1931 | Safe in Hell | Newcastle |
| 1931 | The Secret Witness | Jeff - Building Janitor |
| 1931 | Secret Service | Jonas Polk |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn | Jim |
| 1931 | The Fighting Sheriff | Curfew |
| 1931 | Dirigible | Clarence |
| 1931 | The Last Parade | Alabam' / Singing Voice of Condemned Man (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Derelict | Driver (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Outside the Law | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Rain or Shine | Nero |
| 1930 | The Thoroughbred | Stablehand |
| 1930 | Swing High | Singer |
| 1930 | Honey | Black Revivalist |
| 1930 | A Royal Romance | Rusty |
| 1930 | Guilty? | Jefferson |
| 1929 | New York Nights | Cabaret Singer (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Hallelujah | Church Member (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Election Day | Farina's father |
| 1929 | Hearts in Dixie | Nappus |
| 1921 | The Custard Nine |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1939 | Way Down South | Writer |
| 1921 | The Custard Nine | Producer |
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