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Frank Henry Wilson (May 4, 1886 – February 16, 1956) [1] was an American stage, radio, and film actor and writer. Career. His father was Thomas M. Wilson. Frank started out in show business in vaudeville and minstrelsy. [2] . He appeared in many plays, including the original 1927 version of Porgy with Rose McClendon and Evelyn Ellis.
Feb 17, 2017 · Frank H. Wilson, the actor who created here in 1927 the little role in the play "Porgy," died yesterday in Queens General Hospital, Jamaica, after a short illness. His age was 70.
Sep 21, 2020 · Watch the 1939 Hollywood classic movie, Paradise in Harlem.Between swing and blues musical numbers, the story of comedian Lem Anderson, whose long-awaited ch...
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Frank H. Wilson was born on 4 May 1885 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Paradise in Harlem (1939), The Green Pastures (1936) and The Emperor Jones (1933). He was married to Annie F. Green. He died on 16 February 1956 in Queens, New York, USA.
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Wilson was also the first performer of color credited in a Metropolitan Opera program (Skyscrapers, 1926), but it was his unexpected breakout performance in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play In Abraham's Bosom (1926) that led to the starring role in Porgy.
Frank Henry Wilson (May 4, 1886 – February 16, 1956) was an American stage, radio, and film actor and writer. Career. His father was Thomas M. Wilson. Frank started out in show business in vaudeville and minstrelsy. He appeared in many plays, including the original 1927 version of Porgy with Rose McClendon and Evelyn Ellis.
Corporal Frank H. Wilson, who joined the U.S. Army from Minnesota, served in Battery E, 59th Coast Artillery Regiment in the Philippines during World War II. He was taken as a POW following the Japanese invasion and interned in the islands until December 1944, when he was put aboard the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan.
