Rufus Thomas
Birthday
1917/03/26
Day of death
2001/12/15 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cayce, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rufus Thomas, Jr. (March 27, 1917 – December 15, 2001) was an American rhythm and blues, funk and soul singer and comedian from Memphis, Tennessee, who recorded on Sun Records in the 1950s and on Stax Records in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of soul singer Carla Thomas and keyboard player Marvell Thomas. A third child, Vaneese, a former French teacher, has a recording studio in upstate New York and sings for television commercials. Description ...Read more
Acting
(1973) Wattstax
as Self
(1990) All Day and All Night: Memories from Beale Street Musicians
as Self
(2002) Only the Strong Survive
as Self
(1994) The Soul of Stax
as Self
(2002) Sounds of Memphis
as Self
(1989) Mystery Train
as Man in Station
(1999) Cookie's Fortune
as Theo Johnson
(1989) Great Balls of Fire!
as Haney's Big House Dancer
(1996) A Family Thing
as Tommy
(2019) Memphis '69
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---