Nathan Curry

Nathan Curry (January 2, 1897 – December 14, 1964) was an American actor. He was a supporting actor in several films featuring African American casts.[1] Curry had prominent parts in silent films but was not given screen credit.[2] He was one of the featured players of Black Hollywood.[3][4]

Before Los Angeles, he lived in Houston, Texas.[2] He began acting in movies in 1919[5] awith a small part in The Leopard Woman.[2] He was cast in the film South Sea Love in 1927.[6] Curry was in charge of 27 actors during the filming of The Notorious Lady (1927) at the First National Productions' studio.[7] For the 1929 film, Four Feathers, Curry helped cast and was in charge of the 600 Black actors that took part in the film's battle scenes.[2] In Al Christie's talkie, Music Hath Harms, Curry had a prominent role as Champagne, the bandmaster.[2] In Ernest B. Shoedsack's film, King Kong, Curry managed 150 actors, including adults and children.[8]

In 1948, he was an employee of the Los Angeles Housing Authority.[5]

He was part of the African American community of actors in Hollywood along with Maceo Bruce Sheffield and others.[9]

Filmography

References
  1. Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (October 27, 1985). "The Motion Picture Guide". Cinebooks – via page 651.
  2. "Nathan Curry One of Busiest Film Actors". The Pittsburgh Courier. 29 March 1930. p. 16. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. Low, W. Augustus; Clift, Virgil A. (1981-01-01). Encyclopedia of Black America. McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-038834-5 – via page 573.
  4. Film History. Taylor & Francis. 1997.
  5. "Nathan Curry to Undergo Surgery". Los Angeles Sentinel. 9 December 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  6. "Colored Stars Selected For Ince Production". The Pittsburgh Courier. 16 July 1927. p. A2. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  7. "Lewis Stone Gets Excellent Support From Colored Movie Actors". The New York Amsterdam News. 29 December 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  8. Levette, Harry (27 May 1933). "In Hollywood". Afro-American. p. 11. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  9. Govenar, Alan (2008-12-10). Untold Glory: African Americans in Pursuit of Freedom, Opportunity, and Achievement. Crown. ISBN 978-0-307-49241-8.
  10. Nesteby, James R. (1982). Black Images in American Films, 1896-1954. University Press of America. pp. 52, 127. ISBN 0-8191-2167-3. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  11. O'Brien, Daniel (September 6, 2017). "Black Masculinity on Film: Native Sons and White Lies". Springer – via Google Books.
  12. "Nathan Curry". Video Detective. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  13. Bradley, Edwin M. (2020-06-08). Hollywood Musicals You Missed: Seventy Noteworthy Films from the 1930s. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7358-5.
  14. Institute, American Film; Hanson, Patricia King (1999). AFI Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21521-4.
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