Willie Best
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William Best, known professionally as Willie Best or Sleep 'n' Eat, was an American television and film actor.
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)
The Ghost Breakers
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The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film
Willie Best
…natural actor I've ever seen." Comedian Bob Hope similarly acclaimed him as "the best actor I know", while the two were working together in 1940 on The Ghost Breakers. As a supporting actor, Best, like many black actors of his era, was regularly cast in domestic worker or service-oriented roles (though a few times…
The ghost breakers
Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard