Mo' Funny: Black Comedy in America - Production & Contact Info

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69 cast members

Name	Known for
Steve Allen Self Self See fewer	The Benny Goodman Story (1956)
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Rochester (archive footage) Rochester (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Pearl Bailey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Louise Beavers Beulah (archive footage) Beulah (archive footage) See fewer	Imitation of Life (1934)
Bill Bellamy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bill Bellamy: I Want My Life Back (2022)
Jack Benny Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jack Benny Program (1950)
Sandra Bernhard Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The King of Comedy (1982)
Willie Best Willie (archive footage) Willie (archive footage) See fewer	The Hidden Hand (1942)
Donald Bogle Self Self See fewer	Brown Sugar (1986)
Charlie Callas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pete's Dragon (1977)
Godfrey Cambridge Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)
Jim Carrey Captain Kirk (archive footage) Captain Kirk (archive footage) See fewer	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
Dick Cavett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Beetlejuice (1988)
Charles J. Correll Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Check and Double Check (1930)
Bill Cosby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cosby Show (1984)
Tommy Davidson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	In Living Color (1990)
Charles S. Dutton Self - Narrator (as Charles Dutton) Self - Narrator (as Charles Dutton) See fewer	Alien³ (1992)
Stepin Fetchit Jeff Poindexter (archive footage) Jeff Poindexter (archive footage) See fewer	Judge Priest (1934)
Dusty Fletcher Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Lolita (1997)
Redd Foxx Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sanford and Son (1972)
Adele Givens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Players Club (1998)
Whoopi Goldberg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghost (1990)
Freeman F. Gosden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Check and Double Check (1930)
Dick Gregory Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Hot Chick (2002)
David Alan Grier Vulcan (archive footage) Vulcan (archive footage) See fewer	Joe Pickett (2021)
Eddie Griffin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
Robin Harris Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh Actress (archive footage) Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Cool Crystal Show (2020)
George Kirby Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Trouble in Mind (1985)
T.K. Kirkland Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Strays (1997)
Martin Lawrence Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Martin (1992)
Vivien Leigh Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage) Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage) See fewer	A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
Joe Louis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
Moms Mabley Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Boarding House Blues (1948)
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage) See fewer	Junction 88 (1947)
Hattie McDaniel Mammy / Aunt Dilsy / Hilda (archive footage) Mammy / Aunt Dilsy / Hilda (archive footage) See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Adolphe Menjou Col. Carleton Carroway (archive footage) Col. Carleton Carroway (archive footage) See fewer	Paths of Glory (1957)
F.E. Miller Actor (archive footage) (as Flournoy Miller) Actor (archive footage) (as Flournoy Miller) See fewer	Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)
Norma Miller Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Olivette Miller Self - Interviewee (as Olivette Miller-Briggs) Self - Interviewee (as Olivette Miller-Briggs) See fewer	A Rage in Harlem (1991)
Paul Mooney Self Self See fewer	Bamboozled (2000)
Rudy Ray Moore Dolemite (archive footage) Dolemite (archive footage) See fewer	Dolemite (1975)
Tim Moore Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	The Amos 'n Andy Show (1951)
Mantan Moreland Birmingham Brown / Self (archive footage) Birmingham Brown / Self (archive footage) See fewer	Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Eddie Murphy Self / Stevie Wonder / Jesse Jackson / Velvet Jones (archive footage) Self / Stevie Wonder / Jesse Jackson / Velvet Jones (archive footage) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1996)
Joe Namath Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	C.C. & Company (1970)
Jesse Owens Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kings of the Olympics (1948)
Jack Paar Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
Kelly Coffield Park Actress (archive footage) (as Kelly Coffield) Actress (archive footage) (as Kelly Coffield) See fewer	Scary Movie (2000)
Joe Piscopo Frank Sinatra (archive footage) Frank Sinatra (archive footage) See fewer	Saturday Night Live (1975)
Richard Pryor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Superman III (1983)
Tamara Rawitt Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	In Living Color (1990)
Della Reese Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee See fewer	Touched by an Angel (1994)
Tim Reid Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	WKRP in Cincinnati (1978)
Jackie Robinson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Timmie Rogers Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage) See fewer	Sparkle (1976)
Will Rogers Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer	Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Nipsey Russell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wiz (1978)
Sinbad Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jingle All the Way (1996)
Barbara Stanwyck Melsa Manton (archive footage) Melsa Manton (archive footage) See fewer	Double Indemnity (1944)
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
Alan Thicke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Growing Pains (1985)
Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas Buckwheat (archive footage) Buckwheat (archive footage) See fewer	Pay As You Exit (1936)
Lily Tomlin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nashville (1975)
Marsha Warfield Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	9-1-1 (2018)
Damon Wayans Self / Minister Louis Farrakan (archive footage) Self / Minister Louis Farrakan (archive footage) See fewer	My Wife and Kids (2000)
Keenen Ivory Wayans Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	White Chicks (2004)
Bert Williams Self - Comedian (archive footage) Self - Comedian (archive footage) See fewer	A Natural Born Gambler (1916)
Flip Wilson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Flip (1970)