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Jester Hairston

Born: 1901, Belews Creek, N.C.
Died: 18 January 2000, Los Angeles, Calif.

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Highlighted works

To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck is at his noble, Oscar-winning best as a Depression-era lawyer in small-town Alabama who defends a black man falsely accused of raping a white woman.

Filmography

1988

Glen Garry, Glen Thelma

cast member
1988

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

Pop
1986

Amen

cast member
1976

The Bingo Long Traveling all-stars & Motor Kings

Furry Taylor
1968

Finian's Rainbow

[Passion Pilgrim gospeleer]
1967

In the Heat of the Night

Henry, Endicott's butler
1963

Lilies of the Field

Vocal Arrangements
1962

To Kill a Mockingbird

[Spence Robinson]
1961

Papa Benjamin

Papa Benjamin
1961

Ada

[William, governor's butler]
1961

Summer and Smoke

[Thomas]
1960

Raymie

Ransom
1960

The Alamo

Jethro
1959

Incident on the Edge of Madness
1957

Band of Angels

[Vocal Arranger]
1955

The Adoption

cast member
1942

In This Our Life

[black man]
1941

The Vanishing Virginian

Spirituals Arranger
[Sam, mover]
1941

Sullivan's Travels

[churchgoer]
1937

Lost Horizon

[Choral Director]

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