Herb Jeffries
ActorComposerDirector
- Born
- September 24, 1913
- Died
- May 25, 2014
This velvet-toned jazz baritone and sometime actor was (and perhaps still is) virtually unknown to white audiences. Yet, back in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Herb Jeffries was very big...in black-cast films. Today he is respected and remembered as a pioneer who broke down rusted-shut racial doors…
Director
| Mundo depravados(1967) |
Writer
| Mundo depravados(1967) |
Actor
| The Cherokee Kid(1996)as Herb Jeffries |
| Portrait of a Hitman(1979)as Charlie Blue |
| Twice in a Lifetime(1974)as Hank Davis |
| Jarrett(1973)as Karoufi |
| Hawaii Five-O(1968)as Jardine, Klosmosky, Professor, Professor Kung |
Composer
| Mundo depravados(1967) |
| Calypso Joe(1957) |
| Two-Gun Man from Harlem(1938) |
Music Department
| Wicked Woman(1953) |
Soundtrack
Self
| Tempest Storm(2016)as Self |
| Awake: The Life of Yogananda(2014)as Self |
| Buzz Cafe's All Star Poetry with Chip Miller, Madd KD, Bill Marx, Eric Frankson & Janaki Jennings(2012)as Self |
| A Colored Life: The Herb Jeffries Story(2008)as Self |
| Black, White and All That Jazz(2007)as Self |
Archive Footage
| The Oscars(2015)as Self - Actor (In Memoriam) |
| Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014(2014)as Self - Actor |
| Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs(2000) |
| America's Music: The Roots of Country(1996)as Self (1996) |
Credit Score: Herb Jeffries
| # | Name | Score | Year | Win | Nom | Known | ★ | Wins | Noms | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harlem on the Prairie | 3.25 | 1937 | • | 6.5 | 0 | 0 | 114 | ||
| 2 | Calypso Joe | 3.09 | 1957 | • | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| 3 | Harlem Rides the Range | 3.09 | 1939 | • | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 180 | ||
| 4 | Two-Gun Man from Harlem | 3.09 | 1938 | • | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 171 | ||
| 5 | The Bronze Buckaroo | 2.60 | 1939 | • | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 282 | ||
| 6 | Chrome and Hot Leather | 2.38 | 1972 | • | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 672 | ||
| 7 | Portrait of a Hitman | 2.00 | 1979 | • | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 239 | ||
| 8 | Mundo depravados | 2.00 | 1967 | • | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 103 |