Willie Bryant(1908-1964)

Willie Bryant was born on 30 August 1908 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Keep Punching (1939), Basin Street Revue (1956) and Show Time at the Apollo (1955). He was married to Pat. He died on 9 February 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known for

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TV Movie

Born
- August 30, 1908
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died
- February 9, 1964
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Spouse
- Pat(divorced)
Other works
He acted in Dorothy and Dubose Heyward's play, "Mamba's Daughters," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Ethel Waters (Hagar); Georgia Burke; Fredi Washington; Maude Russell; Robert Thomsen; J. Rosamond Johnson; Vincent Copeland; John Kerr; John O'Connor; Barry Kelley; Al Stokes; Bradley Wilson; Louis Sharp; Canada Lee; Ethel Purnello; Edna Waters; Laura Vaughns; Alberta Hunter; Joyce Miller; Rena Mitchell; and Jimmy Wright in the cast. Jerome Kern was composer. Perry Watkins was set designer. Guthrie McClintic was producer and director.

Trivia
Composer, conductor and singer who led his own dance band from 1933 to 1939, and again from 1946 to 1948. He also worked as a disc jockey and as a master of ceremonies. Joining ASCAP in 1960, he composed the popular song "It's Over Because We're Through".

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