Joel Fluellen

Joel Fluellen

Nascimento : 1907-12-02, Monroe, Louisiana, USA

Morte : 1990-02-02

História

Joel Fluellen was an actor, known for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974), The Great White Hope (1970) and Friendly Persuasion (1956). He died on February 2, 1990 in Los Angeles, California.

Perfil

Joel Fluellen

Filmes

Black Hollywood
Self
Shot entirely on location in Hollywood in 1984, this feature documentary explores the role of black actors, black directors and the black audience in American movies.
Freedom Road
James Allenby
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
A Juventude de Butch Cassidy
Jack the Bartender
O fora da lei Butch Cassidy encontra o caubói Sundance durante os meses nevosos de inverno e o começo de uma bonita amizade logo vira bebedeira de bar com muitas damas enquanto os dois não conseguem ficar fora de perigo. Unindo-se a eles, temos os rivais LeFors, O.C. Hanks, um ladrão querendo vingança, um guarda de cassino caçando-os com seus parceiros, um açougueiro mesquinho e alguns foras da lei. Butch e Sundance devem encontrar uma maneira de ganhar uma fortuna sem serem pegos, e para eles, isso significa roubar trens.
Unidos Por um Ideal
Jimmy Judson
Casey's family raises and trains race horses, and their latest undersized foal named Casey's Shadow does not seem to have a lot going for it, but may turn out to be a champion.
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
Mr. Holland
Tired of the slave-like treatment of his team's owner, charismatic star Negro League pitcher Bingo Long takes to the road with his band of barnstormers through the small towns of the Midwest in the 1930s.
Sexta-Feira
Doctor
Englishman Robinson Crusoe, stranded alone on an island for years, is overjoyed to find a fellow man, a black islander whom he names Friday. But Crusoe cannot overcome the shackles of his own heritage and upbringing and is incapable of seeing Friday as anything other than a savage who needs Crusoe's brand of cultural and religious enlightenment. Friday attempts to share his own more generous and unashamed culture, but ultimately realizes that Crusoe can never see him as anything but an inferior being. With that awareness, Friday sets out to turn the tables on Crusoe.
Thomasine & Bushrod
Nathaniel
A pair of thieves operate in the American South between 1911 and 1915, stealing from rich, white capitalists, and giving to Mexicans, Native Americans and poor whites.
A Autobiografia de Miss Jane Pittman
Unc Isom
In February, 1962, as the civil rights movement reaches Bayonne, Louisiana, a New York journalist arrives to interview Jane Pittman, who has just turned 110. She tells him her story dating back to her earliest memories before slavery ended. In between the chapters of her life, the present-day struggles of Blacks in Bayonne, urged on by Jimmy, are dramatized.
A Dream for Christmas
Arthur Rogers
A Southern minister is assigned to a poor church in California where the congregation is drifting away and the church itself is scheduled for demolition.
Dois Trapaceiros da Pesada
Uncle Abram
Quincy Drew and Jason O’Rourke, a pair of friends and con men—the former white, the latter a Northern-born free Black man— travel from town to town in the pre–Civil War American West. In their scam, Quincy sells Jason into slavery, frees him, and the two move on to the next town of suckers . . . until a con gone wrong leads Jason into real danger.
The Sheriff
Charley Dobey
A rape case opens racial divisions in a small town. A black sheriff and his white deputy investigate allegations that a wealthy white businessman raped a black college student.
The Great White Hope
Tick
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
The Learning Tree
Uncle Rob
The story, set in Kansas during the 1920's, covers less than a year in the life of a black teenager, and documents the veritable deluge of events which force him into sudden manhood. The family relationships and enmities, the fears, frustrations and ambitions of the black teenager in small-town America are explored with a strong statement about human values.
Caçada Humana
Lester Johnson
O xerife Calder (Marlon Brando) tem problemas a resolver numa cidadezinha quando Bubber (Robert Redford) foge da prisão e é acusado de assassinato. O problema é que o filho do magnata de petróleo Val Rogers (E.G. Marshall) está tendo um caso com a esposa de Bubber, que acabou de escapar da prisão, e Rogers quer Bubber fora do caminho para poder encobrir o caso do filho. Só que Calder quer achar o prisioneiro vivo e não quer ceder ao magnata do petróleo.
Carrossel de Emoções
Cody Marsh
Charlie Rogers (Elvis Presley) dirige sua motocicleta e se apresenta em pequenos clubes, pois espera se tornar um cantor famoso. Porém, enquanto sua moto é reparada ele decide trabalhar no parque de diversões de Maggie Morgan (Barbara Stanwyck). Quando canta lá obtém sucesso, sendo que isto pode ser a salvação de Morgan, que tem uma dívida com o banco que pode fechar o parque. Entretanto, logo a moto estará pronta e Charlie vai deixá-los, a menos que a jovem Cathy Lean (Joan Freeman) o convença a ficar.
Um Amor de Vizinho
Judge (uncredited)
O publicitário Sam consegue a conta de um cliente graças a confiança que ele inspirou pela tranquilidade de seu casamento. Mas a chegada de Janet, uma amiga de infância de sua esposa, que precisa dele fazendo o papel de marido e assim conseguir uma herança, vai mergulhar a vida do pobre Sam em uma completa desordem.
He Rides Tall
Dr. Sam
A rancher is pressured by his cheating wife and a gang leader, into trying to cripple a marshal's gun hand, after that marshal killed his murderous son in self defense.
O Sol Tornará a Brilhar
Bobo
A família Younger, frustada com a vida em seu espremido apartamento em Chicago, vê a chegada de um cheque de dez mil dólares de um seguro como a resposta para suas preces. A matriarca Lena Younger imediatamente usa-o como parte do pagamento de uma casa num subúrbio cujos vizinhos são, em sua maioria, brancos. Mas a família se divide quando Lena confia a aplicação do dinheiro ao irrequieto filho Walter Lee, contra os desejos de sua filha e da nora.
Imitação da Vida
Minister
O ano é 1947 e Lora Meredith (Lana Turner) é uma aspirante a atriz, viúva, que mora com sua sua única filha, Susie (Sandra Dee), e vive ignorando-a, enquanto busca construir uma carreira. Quando ela conhece Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), uma afrodescendente também viúva e mãe solteira, convida-a a trabalhar na sua casa e criar as filhas das duas juntas. No momento em que Annie e sua filha Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) se mudam para a casa de Lora, a menina passa a renegar as suas origens: por ter a pele bem mais clara que sua mãe, ela se declara branca para todos. Já Susie se sente rejeitada pela mãe e acaba encontrando conforto nos braços de um homem mais velho (John Gavin).
Terror no Mar
Pete
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
O Mar é Nosso Túmulo
Bragg (uncredited)
Ao capitão de um submarino afundado pelos japoneses durante a WW2 finalmente é dada a chance de ser capitão de outro submarino após um ano de trabalho burocrático. Sua determinação, obcecado por vingança contra o destruidor que afundou seu navio anterior, coloca sua nova tripulação em um perigo desnecessário. E causa atrito com seu primeiro oficial e equipe.
A Casa dos Homens Marcados
Ashlow
O detento da prisão de San Quentin, Arnie Judlow, pede a seu irmão gêmeo, Bill, e sua esposa, Ruth, que o ajudem em um plano de fuga ousado.
Monster from Green Hell
Arobi
A test rocket carrying wasps to outer space, to study the effects on them of weightlessness and radiations, crashes out of control back to Earth, into the jungles of Africa. The two astrobiologists in charge of the test mount an expedition to the Darkest Continent to retrieve their experiment, only to find the wasps have grown to giant size which are panicking all forms of life as they quest for food.
Sublime Tentação
Enoch
Em 1862, no estado de Indiana, Jess Birdwell (Gary Cooper), sua esposa Eliza (Dorothy McGuire), seus filhos adolescentes Josh (Anthony Perkins) e Mattie e o pequeno Jess, uma família de religiosos, vivem pacificamente em sua fazenda. Eliza é ministra em sua igreja e todos seguem os rígidos princípios de sua religião. Porém, quando às tropas rebeldes do sul ameaçam a família Birdweell e seus vizinhos e amigos, Jess decide lutar para defender duas terras e Jess, um homem de poucas palavras e muitos dons, é obrigado a tomar uma grande e difícil decisão de manter sua fé, indo contra os princípios de sua religião, ou lutar por aquilo que ama…
O Belo Sexo
Club Car Bartender (uncredited)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
Lord of the Jungle
Molu
The jungle boy tries to stop a herd of rogue elephants.
Sitting Bull
Sam
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf. Written by Jim Beaver
Jungle Gents
Rangori, witch doctor
When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys are induced by a diamond dealer to accompany him to Darkest Africa in search of a legendary cache of them.
Duffy of San Quentin
Bill Lake
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
Rebelião no Presídio
Al
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Perils of the Jungle
Kenny
On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter but her animals are wiped out by a fire. Despite interference by rival dealer Gorman, who hopes to ruin Jo, Beatty saves her business by helping her to capture an adult gorilla. (2nd story) When Grant is bitten by a tsetse fly and falls ill, Beatty heads for the nearest hospital through the territory of the dangerous Matabeles tribe. They are captured and condemned to death by Grubbs, a white man living with the tribe and stealing their gold. Using the Matabele Boy King as a shield, Beatty and Grant make an escape and Grubbs is forced to accompany them, leaving his loot behind.
Jungle Drums of Africa
Matambo, Native Searcher
In Africa, a deceased medical missionary's daughter in Africa carries on her father's work. Before long, she finds herself in danger from crooks and a local witch doctor.
Agora Estamos na Marinha
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
O Que a Vida Me Negou
Florist (uncredited)
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
The Great Jewel Robber
Train Waiter (uncredited)
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
The Jackie Robinson Story
Mack Robinson
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
Family Honeymoon
Waiter (uncredited)
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on the wedding day, Aunt Jo, who was to babysit, breaks a leg; so the kids come along on the honeymoon.
The Burning Cross
Charlie West
Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.
Romance e Fantasia
Train Waiter (uncredited)
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
The Negro Sailor
Bill Johnson
US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific. Completed after the surrender of Japan, the film celebrates the teamwork, diversity, and the actions of several distinguished African American sailors.
White Pongo
Mumbo Jumbo
Suspecting that a safari guide is a wanted killer, undercover policeman Geoffrey Bishop (Richard Fraser) joins a safari led by the suspect for a scientist that hopes to find and prove that a fabled white gorilla is a missing link.
Pistoleiros Sem Pistola
Club Car Bartender (uncredited)
Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) take pictures of a bank robbery. Lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers and accompanied by Dr. Bill Elliott (Patric Knowles) and Peggy Osborn (Elyse Knox), they also meet old friend Johnny Long (Johnny Long) and his band and singer Marcia Manning (Ginny Simms). Dr. Elliott and Peggy are being held in a remote cabin by the robbers, but Weejie rescues them by turning himself into a human snowball that becomes an avalanche that engulfs the crooks.
Um Lugar No Céu
Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)
Little Joe é um bom malandro, dividido entre o amor da sua esposa Petúnia e o fascínio de Georgia Brown, uma bonita rapariga de má vida... preso num duelo entre os enviados do Senhor e do Diabo. Como pode a virtude triunfar sobre o Mal? Segundo Petúnia: «Ás vezes, quando se enfrenta o Diabo, temos que o espetar com a sua própria forquilha»
Heart of the Golden West
Member, Hall Johnson Choir
Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert and his men are unable to stop the boat, they rustle the cattle.
Congo Maisie
Native (Uncredited)
Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.