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Jimmy Wright was an American stage and film actor. A member of the all-black cast of the Voodoo Macbeth production directed by Orson Welles in 1936,^[1]^[2] Wright went on to star as 'Dollar Bill' Burton in Souls of Sin, a 1949 feature directed by Powell Lindsay and produced by William D. Alexander that has been described as the last race film from a black producer.^[3] In 1980, credited as "Jim Wright," he played Father Brown in Personal Problems, a "meta soap opera" directed by Bill Gunn and written by Ishmael Reed, but died between production of the first and second episodes.^[4]

References

^ Reed, Ishmael (27 August 2020). "The Black Artist Hollywood Couldn't Buy". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ Pinkerton, Nick (30 March 2018). "Between You and Me". Art Forum. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
^ Kisch, John; Mapp, Edward (1992). A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black Cast Posters. New York: Noonday Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-374-52360-6.
^ Lucca, Violet (30 March 2018). "Interview: Ishmael Reed". Film Comment. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

External links

Jimmy Wright at IMDb Listing for "Souls of Sin"
Jim Wright at IMDb Listing for "Personal Problems"

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[1] Reed, Ishmael (27 August 2020). "The Black Artist Hollywood Couldn't Buy". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[2] Pinkerton, Nick (30 March 2018). "Between You and Me". Art Forum. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

[3] Kisch, John; Mapp, Edward (1992). A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black Cast Posters. New York: Noonday Press. p. 145. ISBN 0-374-52360-6.

[4] Lucca, Violet (30 March 2018). "Interview: Ishmael Reed". Film Comment. Retrieved 31 August 2020.

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-Jimmy Wright was an American stage and film actor. A member of the all-black cast of the [[Voodoo Macbeth|"Voodoo" ''Macbeth'']] production directed by [[Orson Welles]] in 1936,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Ishmael |title=The Black Artist Hollywood Couldn’t Buy |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7073-the-black-artist-hollywood-couldn-t-buy |website=The Criterion Collection |accessdate=31 August 2020 |date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pinkerton |first1=Nick |title=Between You and Me |url=https://www.artforum.com/film/nick-pinkerton-on-the-restoration-of-bill-gunn-s-personal-problems-1980-74848 |website=Art Forum |accessdate=31 August 2020 |date=30 March 2018}}</ref> Wright went on to star as 'Dollar Bill' Burton in ''[[Souls of Sin]]'', a 1949 feature directed by [[Powell Lindsay]] and produced by [[William D. Alexander]] that has been described as the last [[race film]] from a black producer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kisch |first1=John |last2=Mapp |first2=Edward |title=A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black Cast Posters |year=1992 |publisher=Noonday Press |location=New York |isbn=0-374-52360-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/separatecinemafi00kisc/page/145 145] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/separatecinemafi00kisc/page/145 }}</ref> In 1980, credited as "Jim Wright," he played Father Brown in ''[[Personal Problems]]'', a "meta soap opera" directed by [[Bill Gunn]] and written by [[Ishmael Reed]], but died during between production of the first and second episodes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lucca |first1=Violet |title=Interview: Ishmael Reed |url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-ishmael-reed/ |website=Film Comment |accessdate=31 August 2020 |date=30 March 2018}}</ref>
+'''Jimmy Wright''' was an American stage and film actor. A member of the all-black cast of the [[Voodoo Macbeth|Voodoo ''Macbeth'']] production directed by [[Orson Welles]] in 1936,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Reed |first1=Ishmael |title=The Black Artist Hollywood Couldn't Buy |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/7073-the-black-artist-hollywood-couldn-t-buy |website=The Criterion Collection |accessdate=31 August 2020 |date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pinkerton |first1=Nick |title=Between You and Me |url=https://www.artforum.com/film/nick-pinkerton-on-the-restoration-of-bill-gunn-s-personal-problems-1980-74848 |website=Art Forum |accessdate=31 August 2020 |date=30 March 2018}}</ref> Wright went on to star as 'Dollar Bill' Burton in ''[[Souls of Sin]]'', a 1949 feature directed by [[Powell Lindsay]] and produced by [[William D. Alexander]] that has been described as the last [[race film]] from a black producer.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kisch |first1=John |last2=Mapp |first2=Edward |title=A Separate Cinema: Fifty Years of Black Cast Posters |year=1992 |publisher=Noonday Press |location=New York |isbn=0-374-52360-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/separatecinemafi00kisc/page/145 145] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/separatecinemafi00kisc/page/145 }}</ref> In 1980, credited as "Jim Wright," he played Father Brown in ''[[Personal Problems]]'', a "meta soap opera" directed by [[Bill Gunn (writer)|Bill Gunn]] and written by [[Ishmael Reed]], but died between production of the first and second episodes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lucca |first1=Violet |title=Interview: Ishmael Reed |url=https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/interview-ishmael-reed/ |website=Film Comment |accessdate=31 August 2020 |date=30 March 2018}}</ref>
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+==External links==
-[[Category:American film actors]]
+*{{imdb name|0942497}} ''Listing for "Souls of Sin"''
-[[Category:American stage actors]]
+*{{imdb name|10544269|Jim Wright}} ''Listing for "Personal Problems"''
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Jimmy}}
+[[Category:American male film actors]]
+[[Category:American male stage actors]]
+[[Category:Federal Theatre Project people]]
+{{US-film-actor-stub}}
+{{US-theat-actor-stub}}