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Stars of Vaudeville #399: Tim Moore by Trav S.D.

Tim (Harry Roscoe) Moore (born today in 1887) is best known to posterity) for playing the Kingfish in the television version of Amos and Andy (1951-53). (The characters had been played by white actors on radio, but blackface wouldn’t fly in the 1950s, so African Americans were hired when the popular show moved to tv). [...]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:28AM on December 9, 2011

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