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Name
  
Jess Brooks


Role
  
Actor

Jess Lee Brooks Jess Lee Brooks A Black Western Actor in the Narrative of the

Died
  
December 13, 1944, Hollywood, California, United States

Movies
  
Two-Gun Man from Harlem, Four Shall Die, Midnight Shadow

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Go Down Moses


Jess Lee Brooks (June 10, 1894 – December 13, 1944), also known as Jesse Brooks, was an American actor. He is perhaps most famous for playing the African-American church preacher in the critically acclaimed motion picture Sullivan's Travels, where he leads his congregation in singing "Go Down Moses".

Contents

Partial filmography

  • Spirit of Youth (1938)
  • Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938)
  • The Sun Never Sets (1939)
  • Four Shall Die (1940)
  • Sullivan's Travels (1941) (uncredited)
  • Lucky Ghost (1942)
  • Jungle Siren (1942)
  • Broken Strings (1942)
  • References

    Jess Lee Brooks Wikipedia