Known For
Running Scared
(1986)
Ray Hughes
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(1984)
Rollerskater
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
(2000)
Robert (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
History of the World: Part I
(1981)
Josephus
White Nights
(1985)
Raymond Greenwood
The Preacher's Wife
(1996)
Joe Hamilton
The Cotton Club
(1984)
Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
Waiting to Exhale
(1995)
Marvin
Wolfen
(1981)
Whittington
Renaissance Man
(1994)
Sergeant Cass
Mad Dog Time
(1996)
Jules Flamingo
Off Limits
(1988)
Albaby Perkins
Full Filmography
Acting
Eubie!
(1980)
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
(1981)
Self / Lionel Foot
History of the World: Part I
(1981)
Josephus
Wolfen
(1981)
Whittington
Shirley MacLaine... Illusions
(1982)
Self
I Love Liberty
(1982)
Self
Deal of the Century
(1983)
Ray Kasternak
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(1984)
Rollerskater
The Cotton Club
(1984)
Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
Puss in Boots
(1985)
Edgar - Miller's Son
About Tap
(1985)
Self
White Nights
(1985)
Raymond Greenwood
Night of 100 Stars II
(1985)
Self
Running Scared
(1986)
Ray Hughes
Off Limits
(1988)
Albaby Perkins
Tap
(1989)
Max Washington
Sammy Davis, Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration
(1990)
Self
Eve of Destruction
(1991)
Colonel Jim McQuade
A Rage in Harlem
(1991)
Goldy
White Lie
(1991)
Len Madison Jr.
T Bone N Weasel
(1992)
T Bone
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway
(1992)
Himself
Dead Air
(1994)
Mark Jannek / Jim Sheppard
Kangaroo Court
(1994)
Renaissance Man
(1994)
Sergeant Cass
Waiting to Exhale
(1995)
Marvin
A Stranger in Town
(1995)
Barnes
Mad Dog Time
(1996)
Jules Flamingo
The Cherokee Kid
(1996)
The Undertaker / Jedediah Turner
The Preacher's Wife
(1996)
Joe Hamilton
Good Luck
(1997)
Bernard 'Bern' Lemley
Subway Stories
(1997)
Jack (segment "Manhattan Miracle")
Color of Justice
(1997)
Reverend Walton
Who Killed Atlanta's Children?
(2000)
Ron Larson
The Tic Code
(2000)
Tyrone Pike
Once in the Life
(2000)
Ruffhouse
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
(2000)
Robert (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")
Bojangles
(2001)
Bojangles
Santa, Baby!
(2001)
Noel (voice)
It's Black Entertainment
(2002)
Self
The Red Sneakers
(2002)
Zeke
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
(2002)
Self (uncredited)
Friendly Fire: Making of an Urban Legend
(2003)
Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures II
(2004)
Jelly Roll Morton (segment "Jelly's Last Jam")
Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World
(2009)
Self (archive footage)
American Tap
(2018)
(archive footage)
Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
(2019)
Self (archive footage)
Directing