Ernest Anderson (actor) explained
| Ernest Anderson |
| Birth Date: | 25 August 1915 |
| Birth Place: | Lynn, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | DeLand, Florida |
| Occupation: | Actor |
Ernest Anderson was an American actor. He became known for his role as an African American paralegal and law student who is falsely accused of manslaughter by a white woman in the Warner Bros. film In This Our Life in 1942.[1] [2] [3] For his performance, he received a National Board of Review Award for Best Actor in 1942.[4]
Biography
Anderson attended Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.[5] and later earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.[6]
Anderson moved to Hollywood and took a job with Warner Brothers. His first acting role was in In This Our Life (1942). Bette Davis had arranged Anderson's interview for the part of Parry Clay in that film.[7]
He served briefly in the Army at the end of World War II. He returned to Warner Bros. after serving in World War II.[8]
Selected filmography
Notes and References
- Web site: Wartts. Adrienne. 2008-12-25. Ernest Anderson (1916-2011) •. 2020-07-26. en-US.
- Book: Michaels, Camille R. . African Americans in Film: Issues of Race in Hollywood . 2017-07-15 . Greenhaven Publishing LLC . 978-1-5345-6082-6 . en.
- Book: Tracy . Tony . John Huston: Essays on a Restless Director . Flynn . Roddy . 2014-01-10 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-5993-3 . en.
- [National Board of Review Awards 1942]
- Book: Cripps, Thomas . Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era . 1993-05-20 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-536034-9 . en.
- Book: Cripps, Thomas . Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942 . 1993 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-502130-1 . en.
- Book: Stern, Julia A. . Bette Davis Black and White . 2022-01-19 . University of Chicago Press . 978-0-226-81386-8 . en.
- Book: Six New Films Sprinkled with Negro Stars . 1952-10-02 . . en.
