Willie Best
| Sign | Gemini |
| Born | May 27, 1913 Sunflower, MS |
| Died | Feb 27, 1962 Hollywood, CA |
| Age | Died at 48 |
Willie Best | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1930-1955 |
| Top Roles | Second Idea Man, Alex, Waiter, Train Porter, James Henry |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance, Mystery, Musical, Crime |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Romance (Comic), Book-Based |
| Top Collaborators | Hal Roach (Producer), George Stevens (Director), Frank Mayo, Jack Mower |
| Shares birthday with | Vincent Price, Lucile Watson, Portia Nelson see more.. |
Willie Best Overview:
Character actor, Willie Best, was born on May 27, 1913 in Sunflower, MS. Best died at the age of 48 on Feb 27, 1962 in Hollywood, CA .
MINI BIO:
American performer who became the epitome of the black servant who panicked at the slightest provocation. The image was much castigated in later years but Best, who was initially billed as "Sleep 'n' Eat," after a character he played, milked it to great effect, especially in comic chillers. Busy in television after his film career until he became terminally ill with the cancer that killed him at 48.
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Willie Best Quotes:
Newton:
What kind of snuff you want? The left-handed or the right-handed kind?
Sleepy: I want the sniffin' kind.
Chattanooga Brown: I'm tellin' yuh, he's as guilty as a weasel in a hen house.
Jimmy Chan: Well, Pop'll grab him if he is.
Chattanooga Brown: Well, he's gotta bankroll that would choke a water buffalo.
Jimmy Chan: [Chuckles] Why not a mule?
Chattanooga Brown: Ain't no mules where he come from.
Jimmy Chan: He come from...?
Chattanooga Brown: He one of them shoemaker men.
Jimmy Chan: A what?
Chattanooga Brown: On the islans, you know!
Chattanooga Brown: Oh, you mean Jamaica.
[upon being informed that he'll sleep in the basement next to the ape's cage]
Exodus: Get me an umbrella and I'll sleep on the roof!
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Sleepy: I want the sniffin' kind.
Chattanooga Brown: I'm tellin' yuh, he's as guilty as a weasel in a hen house.
Jimmy Chan: Well, Pop'll grab him if he is.
Chattanooga Brown: Well, he's gotta bankroll that would choke a water buffalo.
Jimmy Chan: [Chuckles] Why not a mule?
Chattanooga Brown: Ain't no mules where he come from.
Jimmy Chan: He come from...?
Chattanooga Brown: He one of them shoemaker men.
Jimmy Chan: A what?
Chattanooga Brown: On the islans, you know!
Chattanooga Brown: Oh, you mean Jamaica.
[upon being informed that he'll sleep in the basement next to the ape's cage]
Exodus: Get me an umbrella and I'll sleep on the roof!
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