Lionel Monagas

Monagas in the film Paradise in Harlem (1939)

Monagas and Canada Lee in Eugene O'Neill's One-Act Plays of the Sea (1937), for the Federal Theatre Project

Monagas (left) in the Federal Theatre Project production of The Show-Off (1937), starring Dooley Wilson (center)

Lionel John Monagas (June 26, 1889 – September 3, 1945)[1][2] was an American actor originally from Caracas, Venezuela. A member of the original Lafayette Players company of Harlem, he appeared in theatrical and film productions.[3][4][5][6]

Theatre credits

Monagas' stage credits are listed at the Internet Broadway Database.[6]

• Confidence (1920)[4]
• The Heartbreaker (1920)[4]
• An African Prince (1920)[3]
• Salome (1923)
• The Comedy of Errors (1923)
• Runnin' Wild (1924)
• Appearances (1925)
• My Magnolia (1926)
• Miss Calico (1926)[3]
• Slim Slivers (1927)[3]
• Ol' Man Satan (1932)
• Louisiana (1933)
• Hummin' Sam (1933)
• Blackbirds of 1933 (1933)
• Roll, Sweet Chariot (1934)
• The Man from Baltimore (1920)[3]
• Walk Together Chillun (1936)
• Conjur' Man Dies (1936)
• The Show-Off (1937)[7]
• One-Act Plays of the Sea (1937)
• Big White Fog (1940)
• The Eternal Magdalene (1943)[8]
• Peepshow (1944)
• Anna Lucasta (1944)[9]

Filmography

• The Millionaire (1927)[10]
• Drums O' Voodoo (1934) as Ebenezer
• Lem Hawkins' Confession (1935)[11]
• Murder in Harlem (1935)
• Keep Punching (1939)[12]

Personal life

Monagas served in the United States Army in World War I, in the 92nd Division. He was buried on September 6, 1945, at Long Island National Cemetery.[13]

References

1. Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
2. Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936–2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936–2007.
3. Peterson, Bernard L. (2001). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313295348 – via Google Books.
4. Peterson, Bernard L. (1990). Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers: A Biographical Directory and Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts. Greenwood Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780313266218.
5. "Lionel Monagas". Playbill.
6. "Lionel Monagas". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
7. "The Show-Off playbill". Library of Congress. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
8. "Miscellaneous". Negro Actors Guild of America Newsletter. New York, New York. January 1, 1943. p. 2 – via NewsBank.
9. Nichols, Lewis (June 17, 1944). "The Play: Tryout in Harlem". The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
10. Patterson, Lindsay (May 25, 1975). Black Films and Film-makers: A Comprehensive Anthology from Stereotype to Superhero. Dodd, Mead. ISBN 9780396068433 – via Google Books.
11. "Lem Hawkins' Confession (1935) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.
12. "Keep Punching, lobbycard, Henry Armstrong, Lionel Monagas, Canada..." Getty Images.
13. Ancestry.com. U.S., National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

External links

• Lionel Monagas at the Internet Broadway Database