Laurence Criner
Birthday
N/A
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Also know as
J. Lawrence Criner
Biography
In his time was considered one of the most popular Black actors of stage and screen from the 1920s to the early 1950s starring in close to 30 films. He started his career as one of the members of the famed acting group The Lafayette Players. In 1926, he first starred in independently produced silent productions "The Flying Ace" and "Black Gold." In 1927, he starred in legendary Black film-maker Oscar Micheaux's "The Millionaire" and then in 1928 co-starred on Broadway in the hit "Meek Mose." In ...Read more
Acting
(1934) Black Moon
as Kala, the priest
(1940) While Thousands Cheer
as Green
(1927) The Millionaire
as ---
(1937) Bargain with Bullets
as ---
(1938) The Duke Is Tops
as Doc Dorando (as Lawrence Criner)
(1948) Miracle in Harlem
as Albert Marshall
(1941) The Gang's All Here
as Ham Shanks
(1941) Up Jumped the Devil
as Sheriff
(1939) Midnight Shadow
as Prince Alihabad
(1926) The Flying Ace
as Capt. Billy Stokes
(1950) The Jackie Robinson Story
as Minister - Reverend Carter (uncredited)
(1940) Gang War
as Lew Baron (as Lawrence Criner)
(1940) Four Shall Die
as Roger Fielding
(1947) Pigmeat's Laugh Hepcats
as ---
(1940) Mr. Smith Goes Ghost
as ---
(1938) Life Goes On
as Bull Connors
(1948) What a Guy
as ---
(1938) Gang Smashers
as Gat Dalton
(1940) Am I Guilty?
as Trigger Bennett
(1941) King of the Zombies
as Dr. Couillie
(1942) Freckles Comes Home
as Roxbury B. Brown, III
(1928) Black Gold
as ---