Biography
Spencer Bell (September 25, 1887 β August 18, 1935) was an American stage and film actor, best known for playing opposite Larry Semon in many of his silent comedy shorts from the late 1910s to 1928. Bell was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era, and was the first to be signed to film contract. Over the course of his fifteen-year film career, Bell appeared in more than seventy comedy shorts.
Filmography
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Frightened man
Mickey's Minstrels (1934)
Movie
Sam
Mickey's Covered Wagon (1933)
Movie
Colonel Buford
Mickey's Race (1933)
Movie
Porter (uncredited)
You Said a Mouthful (1932)
Movie
Hambone's father
Mickey's Thrill Hunters (1931)
Movie
Porter
Blue of the Night (1931)
Movie
Meadows
Mickey's Wildcats (1931)
Movie
Man with car
Mickey's Rebellion (1931)
Movie
Porter
Be Big! (1931)
Movie
Actor rehearsing
Mickey's Luck (1930)
Movie
Arthur
The Peacock Fan (1929)
Movie
Magnolia's Husband
The Rodeo (1929)
Movie
Rastus
The Midnight Taxi (1928)
Movie
Actor
Deaf, Dumb and Blonde (1928)
Movie
Stable Boy
Nifty Nags (1927)
Movie
Waiter
Oh, What a Man! (1927)
Movie
'Snowball' Black
The Outlaw Dog (1927)
Movie
Black Preacher
Should Sleepwalkers Marry? (1927)
Movie
Preacher
Ice Cold Cocos (1926)
Movie
Their Black Companion
Creeps (1926)
Movie
Actor
Matrimony Blues (1926)
Movie
Actor
The Tin Ghost (1926)
Movie
Actor
Cheap Skates (1925)
Movie
Snowball (as G. Howe Black)
The Perfect Clown (1925)
Movie
Amos Jenkins
Blue Blood (1925)
Movie
The Mountie's Valet
Below Zero (1925)
Movie
The Cloudhopper (1925)
Movie
The Dome Doctor (1925)
Movie
Cowardly Lion / Rastus / Snowball
The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Movie
Up on the Farm (1925)
Movie
The Butler
What a Night! (1924)
Movie
The Speed Kid's Co-Driver (uncredited)
Kid Speed (1924)
Movie
Actor
Fast and Furious (1924)
Movie
Dock worker
Her Boy Friend (1924)
Movie
Actor
That's the Spirit (1924)
Movie
Actor
Air Pockets (1924)
Movie
The Janitor (uncredited)
Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924)
Movie
Actor
Horseshoes (1923)
Movie
Butler
Lightning Love (1923)
Movie
Janitor
The Gown Shop (1923)
Movie
Helper
The Barnyard (1923)
Movie
The Butler
No Wedding Bells (1923)
Movie
A Clerk
The Counter Jumper (1922)
Movie
Actor
The Steeplechase (1922)
Movie
Actor
Passing the Buck (1919)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1887-09-25
Deathday1935-08-18 (47 years old)
Birth PlaceLexington, Kentucky, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsG. Howe Black
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