List of entertainers who performed in blackface

Lew Dockstader

Bert Williams, shown here in blackface, was the highest-paid African-American entertainer of his day.

This is a list of entertainers known to have performed in blackface makeup, whether in a minstrel show, as satire or historical depiction of such roles, or in a portrayal of a character using makeup as a racial disguise, for whatever reason.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

A–C

• Roy Acuff, country music singer, performed in blackface in 1930s-40s traveling medicine shows[1]
• Scarlet Adams[2]
• Anne of Denmark, Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, in The Masque of Blackness[3]
• Fred Armisen, impersonating U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday Night Live in 2008 and 2009[4]
• Louis Armstrong, as Zulu King during 1949's Mardi Gras in New Orleans[5]
• Clarence Ashley, 1910s-1940s singer and blackface comedian in traveling medicine shows[6]
• Ant and Dec, in old Saturday Night Takeaway sketches[7]
• Fred Astaire, in Swing Time (1936)[8] and in Easter Parade (1948)
• Gene Autry[6]
• Dan Aykroyd, in Trading Places (1983)[9]
• David Baddiel, while portraying Jason Lee on a 1995 episode of Fantasy Football League[10]
• Rita Baga[11]
• Marcus "Buff" Bagwell, while performing for World Championship Wrestling[12]
• Fay Bainter, as Topsy in a 1933 production of Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Milt G. Barlow, 19th-century American minstrel[13]
• Ethel Barrymore, in the 1930 play Scarlet Sister Mary[14]
• Billy Barty, in Roman Scandals (1933)[15] and Rabbit Test (1978)
• Jack Black, in Be Kind Rewind (2008)[16]
• Sergei Bondarchuk, in Othello (1956)
• John Boulter, lead singer of the long-running Black and White Minstrel Show on the BBC[17]: 248 
• Zach Braff, in the Scrubs episodes "My Friend the Doctor" and "My Chopped Liver"[18]
• Frank Brower, 1840s-1860s minstrel performer[19]
• David Byrne, in a promotional video for Stop Making Sense (1984)[20]
• George Burns[6]
• Butterbeans and Susie[21]
• John Byner, in season 3, episode 1 of Soap[22][23]
• Eddie Cantor, 1912-1927 performances in vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies[24]
• Luke Carroll, an Aboriginal Australian actor, wore blackface in a dream sequence featured in the movie Stone Bros.
• Judy Carne, in a 1969 episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In[25][26]
• Graham Chapman[27]
• Dave Chappelle, in a 2006 episode of Chappelle's Show[28]
• George Christy, born George Harrington but became a star with Christy's Minstrels in the 1840s[17]: 8 
• Charles Correll[21]
• Bing Crosby,[29] in Dream House (1932), Mississippi (1935), Road to Singapore (1940), Holiday Inn (1942), Dixie (1943), and Here Come the Waves (1944)
• Billy Crystal, in the "Negro Leagues" skit on Saturday Night Live in 1984 and whenever impersonating Sammy Davis Jr., including at the 84th Academy Awards.[30]
• CatboyKami, Online alias of Tor Gustafsson Brookes. Far-right troll who performs in blackface and an afro wig while brandishing a gun[31]

D–G

• Roger Daltrey in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "Living Legend".[32]
• Ted Danson, at a 1993 Friars Club roast of his then-girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg[33]
• Tommy Davidson in the 2000 film Bamboozled[34]
• Marion Davies in Going Hollywood (1933)[35][36]
• Sammy Davis, Jr.[29] in Ocean's Eleven (1960)[37]
• Shane Dawson, YouTuber, actor, and comedian[38]
• Neil Diamond in The Jazz Singer[39]
• Thomas Dilward, 1850s-1870s dwarf minstrel performer[40]
• George Washington Dixon, 1820s-1830s stage performer[41]
• Lew Dockstader, 1870s-1900s minstrel performer[42]
• Roma Downey in an episode of the television series Touched By An Angel entitled “Black Like Monica”, the character is turned black to better empathize with a community dealing with racial tensions.[43]
• Robert Downey Jr. in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder[44]
• Drake, on the cover of Pusha-T's single "The Story of Adidon"[45]
• Jimmy Durante[29]
• Issi Dye, singer and Al Jolson impersonator[46][47]
• Harry Enfield, impersonating Nelson Mandela in the television show Harry & Paul.[48]
• The Ethiopian Serenaders were a Boston troupe which performed at the White House in 1844 and then toured Britain.[49]
• Jimmy Fallon, impersonating Chris Rock on Saturday Night Live[50]
• Edwin Forrest[51]
• Dai Francis, lead singer of the long-running Black and White Minstrel Show on the BBC[52]
• Leigh Francis[53]
• The Frogs in the artwork for their album Racially Yours and in their stage attire for the accompanying tour.[54]
• Judy Garland in Babes in Arms[55]
• George Givot, in the play The Constant Sinner (1931)[56]
• Freeman Gosden[21]
• Billy Gould (1869-1950)[57]
• Savion Glover in the 2000 film Bamboozled[34]

H–L

• Sam Hague[58]
• Masatoshi Hamada, dressed in blackface as Eddie Murphy from the film Beverly Hills Cop for the 2017 New Year's Eve special of Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!![59]
• Jon Hamm on an episode of 30 Rock[60]
• Goldie Hawn, in a 1969 episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In[25][26]
• Bob Height[58]
• Al Herman[61]
• Charles Hicks[58]
• Ernest Hogan[21]
• C. Thomas Howell in the 1986 movie Soul Man[62]
• William A. Huntley[63] Starting 1860. Moved to whiteface in mid-1880s.
• Dick Powell performed in blackface while singing Al Jolson's "Sonny Boy" in Hard to Get (1938)[64][65]
• George Jessel[6]
• Al Jolson[29]
• Louis Jordan[29]
• Buster Keaton, in vaudeville[21] in the short film Neighbors (1920), possibly with satiric intent: he alternates in and out of blackface, receiving a very different reaction from a policeman;[66] also in The Playhouse (1921) and College (1927)
• Billy Kersands, 1880s-1900s minstrel performer[67]
• Jimmy Kimmel, impersonating Karl Malone and Oprah Winfrey on The Man Show[68][69]
• Jane Krakowski twice on 30 Rock[60]
• Wallace King, 1880s minstrel performer[70]
• Joey Lawrence, in season 4, episode 11 of Gimme a Break!,[71] an episode criticizing blackface
• Jennie Lee, in the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation[72]
• Francis Leon, 1870s-80s minstrel performer[73]
• Eddie Leonard, 1890s-1930s minstrel performer, "last of the great minstrels"[21]
• Paul Levesque[74]
• Chris Lilley as Jonah Takalua and S.mouse[75][76]
• Walter Long, in the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation[77][78]
• Sophia Loren in Aida (1953)[79]
• Peter Lorre, in the play Weisse Fracht[80]
• Matt Lucas, multiple characters in Little Britain, Precious Little in Come Fly with Me[81]
• Sam Lucas, 1870s minstrel performer[82]

M–R

• Robert Mandan, in season 3, episode 1 of Soap[22]
• Jenna Marbles, impersonating Nicki Minaj in a later removed 2011 Youtube video[83]
• Pigmeat Markham, performer in 1920s-1950s traveling shows, as well as The Ed Sullivan Show and Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In[84]
• Rob McElhenney on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, portraying the character of Mac, a white man portraying the character Roger Murtaugh from the Lethal Weapon franchise in a fanmade home movie
• Joni Mitchell appeared as black dandy "Art Nouveau" at a party, then on the cover of Don Juan's Reckless Daughter in 1977 and on numerous occasions throughout the 1980s[85] (see Joni Mitchell blackface controversy)
• Emmett Miller,[58] an important influence on early country stars like Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills
• Flournoy E. Miller[21]
• Irvin C. Miller[21]
• David Mitchell, in season 1, episode 1 of That Mitchell and Webb Look[86]
• Clayton McMichen[1]
• Bill Monroe[1]
• Moran and Mack[21]
• Herbert Wassell Nadal (1873-1957)[87]
• Cornelius J. O'Brien (1869-1954)[88]
• Laurence Olivier in Othello (1965)[89]
• Kaitlin Olson on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, portraying the character of Deandra Reynolds, a white woman portraying a black character in a fanmade home movie based on the Lethal Weapon franchise
• Richard Pelham[58]
• Arthur Petersen, in season 3, episode 1 of Soap[22]
• Larry Parks, in the 1946 film The Jolson Story[90]
• Robert Webb[91]
• Thomas D. Rice[58]
• Jimmie Rodgers[1]
• Mickey Rooney in Babes in Arms (1939)[92]
• Benny Rubin[58]

S–Z

• Harry Scott of the comedy duo Scott and Whaley, an African American act working in Britain.[93]
• Ramblin' Tommy Scott[94]
• Sarah Silverman, in episode "Face Wars" (2007) of The Sarah Silverman Program[95]
• Frank Sinatra, in the Major Bowes short The Big Minstrel (1935) and Ocean's Eleven (1960)[37]
• Grace Slick, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1968) and Teen Set magazine (1969)[96][97][98]
• Bessie Smith[29]
• Hobart Smith[6]
• Mel Smith in season 2, episode 4, of Not the Nine O'Clock News (sketch "Gone With The Wind", April 1980)
• Howard Stern in a series of 1991 skits as Clarence Thomas and in a 1993 New Year's Eve special[99]
• Bert Swor (1878-1943)[100]
• Shirley Temple in The Littlest Rebel[17]
• George Siegmann in character as Silas Lynch in The Birth of a Nation (1915)[101]
• Frank Tinney, in vaudeville and Broadway musical comedies[102]
• The Three Stooges[103]
• Sophie Tucker[104]
• Tracey Ullman, in a 1989 episode of The Tracey Ullman Show[105]
• Ben Vereen, as a part of the 1981 inaugural celebrations for US President Ronald Reagan[106]
• Vladimir Vysotsky, as Abram Gannibal in How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor
• Glen Vernon Actor who performed in blackface in Hollywood Varieties (1950) with fellow actor Edward Ryan[107]
• Ted Waldman, comedy harmonica player[108]
• David Walliams, as a minstrel, and as character Desiree Devere in Little Britain[81]
• George Walker[21]
• Sean Waltman[109]
• Betty White, in The Golden Girls[110][111]
• Billy Whitlock[58]
• Gene Wilder in Silver Streak[112]
• Barney Williams[113]
• Bert Williams[58]
• Hank Williams[29]
• Slim Williams[114]
• Bob Wills[1]
• Tom Wilson[58]
• Jane Withers in Can This Be Dixie?
• Jo Anne Worley, in a 1969 episode of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In[25][26]
• Magda Szubanski, in various sketches for the Australian TV series, Fast Forward, most notably as the housemaid in a parody of Gone With the Wind.[115]

Fictional characters who were depicted in blackface

• Bugs Bunny, in the 1942 cartoon Fresh Hare[116]
• Mickey Mouse, in the 1933 cartoon Mickey's Mellerdrammer[117]
• Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren), Not to be confused with the cat and mouse duo. appeared in blackface in 'Plane Dumb' (1932)[118]
• Smith Family Stan, Steve, Hayley and Francine Smith appeared in blackface in 2007 American Dad! episode 'An Apocalypse to Remember'[119]
• Eric Cartman, Depicted in blackface in 1999 movie South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut[120] and in episodes of South Park[121]
• Tom and Jerry, appeared in blackface in 'The Yankee Doodle Mouse' (1943)[122] 'The Milky Waif' (1946)[123] 'Mouse Cleaning' (1948) and 'Casanova Cat' (1951)[124]
• Dirty Dick, Used blackface in a recreation of The Black and White Minstrel Show in the 1972 Dandy Annual
• Sylvester the Cat, appeared in blackface in 'I Taw a Putty Tat' (1948)[125]
• Lyons Tea Minstrels mascots of Lyons Tea. Discontinued sometime in the 1990s[126]
• Ling-Ling, In Foxxy Vs. The Board Of Education (2005)[127][128]

See also

• Examples of yellowface

External links

• Kake Walk at UVM digital collection, Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries

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