Ford Washington Lee

Ford Washington Lee

Born: October 6, 1903
Died: January 31, 1955
in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Ford Washington Lee was born on October 6, 1903 in Louisville, Kentucky. He was an actor, known for Cabin in the Sky (1943), Darktown Follies (1930) and Black Narcissus (1929). He died on January 31, 1955 in New York City, New York, USA.

Movies for Ford Washington Lee...

A Song Is Born
Title: A Song Is Born
Character: Buck
Released: October 19, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want to give her up.
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Mantan Messes Up
Title: Mantan Messes Up
Character: Buck
Released: January 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Mantan takes a job as office boy at a new TV station and gets to watch several pre-recorded musical numbers.
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Atlantic City
Title: Atlantic City
Character: Buck
Released: September 15, 1944
Type: Movie
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it can be "the playground of the world." Brad's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracting big enterprises and big shows, but brings him little success in personal relationships. Full of nostalgic songs and acts, some with the original artists. Reissued in 1950 as "Atlantic City Honeymoon".
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I Dood It
Title: I Dood It
Character: Buck
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry after she breaks up with her fiancé. Connie thinks Joseph owns a gold mine, but he actually works as a presser at a hotel valet shop. When everyone learns what he really is, Joseph is banned from the theater. When he sneaks in again, he learns of a plot to set off a bomb in the adjoining munitions warehouse.
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Cabin in the Sky
Title: Cabin in the Sky
Character: Messenger Boy
Released: April 9, 1943
Type: Movie
When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to do right by his devout wife, Petunia, while an angel known as the General and the devil's son, Lucifer Jr., fight for his soul.
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Varsity Show
Title: Varsity Show
Character: Buck
Released: September 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
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Harlem Bound
Title: Harlem Bound
Released: November 6, 1935
Type: Movie
A supper club in Harlem presents a variety show.
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Honest Crooks
Title: Honest Crooks
Released: March 23, 1930
Type: Movie
A mysterious black bag, buried in a haystack by a couple of crooks, is found by Wildcat (Buck) and his pal Denny (Bubbles). It is full of money and when the guys try to return it, funny things happen.
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High Toned
Title: High Toned
Character: Buck
Released: February 8, 1930
Type: Movie
A Afro-American comedy short about a man who returns to see his old girlfriend only to find out she's engaged to a black snob.