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Herb Jeffries (born Umberto Alexander Valentino; September 24, 1913 – May 25, 2014) was an American actor of film and television and popular music and jazz singer-songwriter, known for his baritone voice.
Herb Jeffries (* 24. September 1913 in Detroit als Umberto Alexander Valentino; † 25. Mai 2014 in Los Angeles) war ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Musiker und Schauspieler. Mitte der 1930er Jahre ging er als erster und bislang einziger afroamerikanischer Singender Cowboy mit einer Serie musikalischer Western in die Geschichte ein.
26. Mai 2014 · By William Yardley. May 26, 2014. Herb Jeffries, who sang with Duke Ellington and starred in early black westerns as a singing cowboy known as “the Bronze Buckaroo” — a nickname that evoked his...
26. Mai 2014 · Herb Jeffries, who sang with the Duke Ellington Orchestra during the Swing Era and made movie history in the 1930s as “The Bronze Buckaroo,” the silver screen’s first black singing cowboy, has...
- Dennis Mclellan
Herb Jeffries was a jazz singer and actor who starred in black-cast films as the Bronze Buckaroo. He also worked with Duke Ellington, recorded hit songs and lived to 100.
- September 24, 1913
- May 25, 2014
27. Mai 2014 · Herb Jeffries, the jazz singer and actor who performed in a series of all-black Western movies in the 1930s, has died at the age of 100. Known to cinema audiences as the Bronze Buckaroo, he...
26. Mai 2014 · Herb Jeffries erlag am Sonntag in einem Krankenhaus in Los Angeles einem Herzleiden, wie die "Los Angeles Times" unter Berufung auf den Biografen des Schauspielers und Musikers berichtete....
