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Lorenzo Tucker is a Actor American born on 27 june 1907 at Philadelphia (USA)
Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an African-American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux.
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Birth name Lorenzo Tucker
Nationality USA
Birth 27 june 1907 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 19 september 1986 (at 79 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 27 june 1907 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 19 september 1986 (at 79 years) at Hollywood (USA)
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Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
, 1h7Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Lorenzo Tucker
Roles Henry Talbot
Rating58%
Louis Jarvis Jr is called away from his band's radio show to visit his terminally ill father before he dies. Also summoned by Louis Jarvis Sr is Honey Carter the daughter of the only woman he ever loved. Jarvis Senior's dying wish is that Honey and Louis get together with the elder Jarvis planning his will so that Junior will not inherit his estate until he marries Honey, or a woman like him to bring him happiness and stability. Sadly the elder Jarvis dies before meeting his son and Honey.
Underworld (1937)
, 1h35Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Oscar Polk, Lorenzo Tucker
Rating51%
Temptation (1935)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux, László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Lorenzo Tucker
Roles Robert Fletcher
Rating55%
Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
, 58minutesDirected by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors Lawrence Chenault, Lorenzo Tucker
Roles The Godfather
Rating41%
A movie producer offers a nightclub singer a role in his latest film, but all he really wants to do is bed her. She knows, but accepts anyway. Meanwhile, a patron at the club gets a note saying that she'll soon get another note, and that she will be killed ten minutes after that.
Veiled Aristocrats (1932)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Lorenzo Tucker, Lawrence Chenault
Roles John Warwick
Rating49%
John Walden, a light-skinned African American lawyer, returns to his family in North Carolina after being away for 20 years. Walden has passed as white and been successful. He discovers domestic turmoil: his mother is trying to dissuade his sister Rena, who is also light skinned, from being romantically involved with Frank Fowler (Carl Mahon), a dark-skinned African-American businessman. With his mother’s blessing, Walden suggest that Rena abandon Fowler and move with him to another part of the city, where she could pass for white.
A Daughter of the Congo (1930)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Actors Lorenzo Tucker, Alice Burton Russell, Charles R. Moore
Rating17%
Lupelta (Katherine Noisette) is a mixed-race Congolese girl who was stolen at birth and raised by a hostile tribe. She is designated to marry a tribal chief, but on her way to the wedding she is abducted by Arab slave traders. Before she is sold into slavery, she is rescued by an African-American military battalion under the command of Captain Paul Dale (Lorenzo Tucker). Dale brings Lupelta to a mission school, where she is successfully acquainted with Western-style civilization. However, she never completely loses touch with the tribal customs and influences that shaped her formative years.
Wages of Sin (1929)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alice Burton Russell, Lorenzo Tucker
Roles Winston Le Jeune
Rating72%
When Men Betray (1929)
Directed by Oscar Micheaux
Genres Drama
Actors Lorenzo Tucker, Alice Burton Russell