Stepin Fetchit
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Lincoln Theodore Monroe Andrew Perry, better known by his stage name Stepin Fetchit, was an American vaudevillian, comedian, and film actor of Jamaican and Bahamian descent, considered to be the first
Fetchit in 1959
Perry and Chubby Johnson in Bend of the River (1952)
Perry and Ali in 1964
Willie Best
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William Best, known professionally as Willie Best or Sleep 'n' Eat, was an American television and film actor.
Stepin Fetchit
…failure, at the age of 83. He was buried at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles following a Catholic funeral Mass. Perry spawned imitators, such as Willie Best ("Sleep 'n Eat") and Mantan Moreland, the scared, wide-eyed manservant of Charlie Chan. Perry had actually played a manservant in the Charlie Chan…
Best in Dangerous Money (1946)
Best in a photo from Film Star Who's Who (1938)
Dudley Dickerson (left) and Best in Dangerous Money (1946)