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Overview
Mini Biography:
This velvet-toned jazz baritone and sometime actor was (and perhaps still... moreTrivia:
He is of Ethiopian-French Canadian-Italian & Irish descent. moreAwards:
2 wins moreAlternate Names:
Herb Jefferies | Herbert Jeffrey | Herbert JeffriesFilmography
Actor:
- The Cherokee Kid (1996) (TV) .... Herb Jeffries
- "The American Experience" .... Commentator (actor) (1 episode, 1994)
- Midnight Ramble (1994) TV episode (as Herb Jefferies) .... Commentator (actor) - Portrait of a Hitman (1977) .... Charlie Blue
... aka Jim Buck
... aka The Last Contract - Twice in a Lifetime (1974) (TV) .... Hank Davis
- Jarrett (1973) (TV) .... Karoufi
- "Hawaii Five-O" .... Edgar Klosmosky / ... (4 episodes, 1969-1973)
... aka "McGarrett" (USA: rerun title)
- The Diamond That Nobody Stole (1973) TV episode .... Professor Kung
- Is This Any Way to Run a Paradise (1971) TV episode .... Edgar Klosmosky
- Highest Castle, Deepest Grave (1971) TV episode .... Professor
- Face of the Dragon (1969) TV episode .... Jardine - Chrome and Hot Leather (1971) .... Ned
- "Where's Huddles?" (1970) TV series (voice) .... Freight Train
- "The Virginian" .... Frank Hammel (1 episode, 1969)
... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
- Stopover (1969) TV episode .... Frank Hammel - "The Name of the Game" .... Coroner / ... (2 episodes, 1968)
- The Black Answer (1968) TV episode .... W.B. Keys
- Fear of High Places (1968) TV episode .... Coroner - "I Dream of Jeannie" .... Copter Pilot (1 episode, 1967)
- The Second Greatest Con Artist in the World (1967) TV episode .... Copter Pilot - Calypso Joe (1957) .... Calypso Joe
- Harlem Rides the Range (1939) (as Herbert Jeffrey) .... Bob Blake
- The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) (as Herbert Jeffrey) .... Bob Blake
- Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938) (as Herbert Jeffrey) .... Bob Blake/The Deacon
- Rhythm Rodeo (1938) .... Singing Cowboy
- Harlem on the Prairie (1937) (as Herbert Jeffries) .... Jeff Kincaid
... aka Bad Man of Harlem
Soundtrack:
- Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) (performer: "In My Heart (There's a Song)")
- Wicked Woman (1953) (performer: "Wicked Woman")
- Varieties (1952) (performer: "Bayou")
... aka Jimmy Dorsey's Varieties (USA: complete title) - Manhattan Angel (1949) (writer: "Candy Store Blues")
- Flamingo (1942) (performer: "Flamingo")
- Harlem Rides the Range (1939) (performer: "Prairie Flower") ("I'm a Happy Cowboy")
- The Bronze Buckaroo (1939) (performer: "I'm a Happy Cowboy", "Got the Payday Blues")
- Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938) (performer: "I'm a Happy Cowboy")
Director:
- Mundo depravados (1967)
... aka World of the Depraved (USA: informal title)
... aka Mondo depravados (USA: bowdlerized title)
Writer:
- Mundo depravados (1967) (writer)
... aka World of the Depraved (USA: informal title)
... aka Mondo depravados (USA: bowdlerized title)
Self:
- A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story (2008) .... Himself
- In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007) (V) .... Himself
- "Independent Lens" .... Himself (1 episode, 2007)
- Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Frankie Laine: An American Dreamer (2006) (V) .... Himself
- Rough Riders & Black Cowboy Legends (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- That's Black Entertainment: Westerns (2002) (TV) (also archive footage) (as Herbert Jeffries) .... Interviewee
- Keepers of the Frame (1999) .... Himself
- Spencer Williams: Remembrances of an Early Black Film Pioneer (1996) (V) .... Himself
- Lionel Hampton and Herb Jeffries (1956) .... Himself
... aka Musical Featurettes: Lionel Hampton and Herb Jeffries (USA: series title) - Basin Street Revue (1956) .... Himself
... aka Basin Street Review (USA: TV title) - Rhythm and Blues Revue (1955) .... Himself
- Varieties (1952) .... Himself
... aka Jimmy Dorsey's Varieties (USA: complete title) - "Songs for Sale" .... Himself (1 episode, 1952)
- Episode dated 15 March 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Himself - Disc Jockey (1951) .... Himself
- Flamingo (1942) .... Himself/Singer
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CD: "The Bronze Buckaroo Rides Again", 1996. morePublicity Listings:
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