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Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor. His nickname came from a stage routine,…
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Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor. His nickname came from a stage routine, in which he declared himself to be "Sweet Poppa Pigmeat". He was sometimes credited in films as Pigmeat "Alamo" Markham. He is also known for his 1968 single "Here Comes the Judge", which is often considered to be the earliest hip hop record.
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2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1969
Black Woodstock
Movie Self
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1968
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV show Regular Performer
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1966
ABC Stage 67
TV show Self - Comedian
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1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV show Self
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1949
Burlesque in Harlem
Movie Self
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1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV show Self
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1947
Pigmeat's Laugh Hepcats
Movie
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1947
Junction 88
Movie Piggy
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1947
Swanee Showboat
Movie
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1946
House-Rent Party
Movie
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1946
Fight That Ghost
Movie Pigmeat Markham
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1945
Pigmeat Throws the Bull
Movie
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1944
That's My Baby!
Movie Pigmeat
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1940
Mr. Smith Goes Ghost
Movie Mr. Smith
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1940
One Big Mistake
Movie
