Laurence Criner
Laurence Criner occasionally credited as Lawrence Criner, was an actor in the United States. An African-American, he had numerous film roles including as the male lead and star.
He was a member of the Lafayette Players and worked at Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida where he starred in two of their race films. He later worked at African American studio Million Dollar Productions[1]
The Smithsonian Institution has a lobby card for The Flying Ace.[2] The Library of Congress has a movie poster of Life Goes On that features an insetimage of Crier.[3] The National Museum of African American History has a herald for Flying Ace.[4]
Filmography
- The Flying Ace (1926) as Capt. Blly Stokes
- The Millionaire (1927 film)[1]
- Black Gold (1928 film)
- Black Moon (1934), as high priest Kala[5]
- The Duke Is Tops (1938) as Doc Dorando
- Gang Smashers[6]
- Life Goes On (1938 film)
- Midnight Shadow (1939) Prince Alihabad
- Four Shall Die (1940) as Roger Fielding
- Gang War (1940 film)[7]
- The Gang's All Here (1941 film) as Ham Shanks
- Up Jumped the Devil (1941) as Sheriff
- King of the Zombies (1941) as Dr. Couillie
- Freckles Comes Home (1942) as Roxbury B. Brown, III
- Law of the Jungle (film) (1942) as Chief Mojobo an Oxford graduate
- Miracle in Harlem (1948), as Albert Marshall
- What a Guy[1]
- The Jackie Robinson Story[1]
References
- ^ a b c d http://normanstudios.org/films-stars/norman-players/laurence-criner/
- ^ https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/collection/search?edan_q=*:*&edan_fq[]=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name:%22Colvin,+George%22&edan_local=1&op=Search
- ^ "Life goes on". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ^ https://nmaahc.si.edu/object/nmaahc_2013.118.245?destination=explore/collection/search%3Fedan_q%3D%252A%253A%252A%26edan_fq%255B0%255D%3Dtopic%253A%2522Race%2520films%2522%26edan_fq%255B1%255D%3Dobject_type%253A%2522Posters%2522
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (January 10, 2014). "Columbia Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1928-1982". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ^ T, Ian (April 28, 2017). "Forgotten Actors: Laurence Criner".
- ^ "Gang War (1940) | UC Berkeley Library". www.lib.berkeley.edu.