Screen Actors You've Known and Loved

It seems to me that lots of folks are wearing blackface: teachers, judges, firefighters, college students, and the like. Here is a list of folks who have, or have had, thriving careers in the entertainment industry - all of whom have performed onscreen in blackface.

Blackface Performers and Cross-Racial Actors

A list of entertainers and others who have graced the silver screen in either blackface minstrel, or cross-racial roles. The list includes some bigtime Hollywood Movie Actors who performed in Blackface.

  1. Al Herman
  2. Al Jolson
  3. Amos 'n' Andy
  4. Ava Gardner
  5. Bert Williams
  6. Billy Crystal
  7. Billy Gilbert
  8. Bing Crosby
  9. Bob Hope
  10. Brian Sparks
  11. Bruno Wurgel / Bruno Wurgel-Marcotulli
  12. Cameron Mitchell
  13. Carmen Wurgel / Carmen Wurgel-Marcotulli
  14. Cotton Watts
  15. Donald Kerr
  16. Douglas Croft
  17. Eddie Cantor
  18. Eddie Murphy
  19. Edward Dillon
  20. Flora Robson
  21. Fred Astaire
  22. Gene Wilder
  23. George Formby
  24. George Gebhardt
  25. Gertrude Bambrick
  26. Grace Slick
  27. Hal LeRoy
  28. Helen Morgan
  29. Ingrid Bergman
  30. James Barton
  31. James Whitmore
  32. Jamie Dodd
  33. Jeanne Crain
  34. Jimmy Durante
  35. Joan Crawford
  36. Johnny Carson
  37. Judy Garland
  38. Larry Parks
  39. Laurel And Hardy
  40. Lenny Henry
  41. Marion Davies
  42. Marx Brothers
  43. Mickey Rooney
  44. Moran And Mack
  45. Nick Sparks
  46. Otis Harlan
  47. Paul Edgerton
  48. Pick And Pat
  49. Porter Strong
  50. Renee Sparks
  51. Robert Blake
  52. Rose Wurgel / Rose Wurgel-Marcotulli
  53. Rosetta Duncan
  54. Rowdy Roddy Piper
  55. Shirley Temple
  56. Susan Kohner
  57. Tommy Chong
  58. William Frawley
  59. Wini Shaw