
🎭 Actor
Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham
🎂 Born 18 April 1904 (age 77)✝ 13 December 1981📍 Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Popularity Score
11
Acting Credits
1
Directed
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.
Known For
Directed Films(1)
Full Filmography(11 films)
YearTitleRating
2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)★ 7.61969Black Woodstock★ 8.01944That's My Baby!★ 5.61946House-Rent Party★ 8.01946Fight That Ghost★ 8.01949Burlesque in Harlem★ 4.01940One Big Mistake★ 8.01947Swanee Showboat★ 7.01940Mr. Smith Goes Ghost★ 7.01947Pigmeat's Laugh Hepcats—1947Junction 88★ 7.0




