Zack Williams (6 October 1884 – 25 May 1958) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous films including leading roles as in '' Son of Ingagi''. His career spanned

silent film A silent film is a film without synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

s from the early 1920s to talkie (sound) films of the late 1940s. He appeared with other black actors in the 1929 film ''

Hearts in Dixie ''Hearts in Dixie'', a 1929 American film starring Stepin Fetchit, was one of the first (sound film, All-Talking) sound films, big-studio productions to boast a predominantly African-American cast. This musical film celebrates African-American ...

''.

Filmography

* '' The Money Changers'' (1920) as Wesley Shiloh Mainwaring * '' The Killer'' (1921) as Aloysius Jackson * '' The Lure of Egypt'' (1921) as Theodore * '' The Gray Dawn'' (1922) as Sam * '' The Yankee Clipper'' (1927) * ''

Court Martial A court-martial (plural ''courts-martial'' or ''courts martial'', as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court. A court-martial is empowered to determine the guilt of members of the mili ...

'' (1928) as Negro * '' The Four Feathers'' (1929) * '' The Lady Fare'' (1929) * ''

'' (1929) as Deacon * '' Madonna of the Streets'' (1930) as Blink * '' Queen of the Jungle'' (1965) as Garu * '' Murder in Swingtime'' (1937) * '' Son of Ingagi'' (1940) as N'Gina * '' Jungle Goddess'' (1948) as Chief M'benga

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* American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors 1884 births 1958 deaths 20th-century African-American male actors {{US-film-actor-stub