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Poster for The Flying Ace
Laurence Criner (19 July 1898 – 8 March 1965) born John Laurence Criner, occasionally credited as J. Lawrence Criner, was an actor in the United States. An African-American, he had numerous film roles including as the male lead and star.
He was a member of the Lafayette Players and worked at Norman Studios in Jacksonville, Florida where he starred in two of their race films. He later worked at African American studio Million Dollar Productions[1]
Poster for Black Gold (1928 film)
The Smithsonian Institution has a lobby card for The Flying Ace.[2] The Library of Congress has a movie poster of Life Goes On that features an insetimage of Criner.[3] The National Museum of African American History has a herald for Flying Ace.[4]
LaurenceCriner (19 July 1898 – 8 March 1965) born John LaurenceCriner, occasionally credited as J. Lawrence Criner, was an actor in the United States...
American football player LaurenceCriner (fl. 1926-1950), American actor Mark Criner (born 1966), American football coach Criner, Oklahoma This page lists...
Jacksonville, Florida, utilized a mix of professionals such as leads LaurenceCriner and Kathryn Boyd, and non-professional actors. Films such as The Flying...
as Buster Barnett Ollie Ann Robinson as Mrs. Emma Wilson LaurenceCriner (billed as John Criner) as Prince Alihabad Pete Webster (actor) as John Mason Ruby...
High Priestess James Davis (credited as Jimmy) as Lazarus, a Zombie LaurenceCriner as Dr. Couillie King of the Zombies was announced in January 1941 as...
producer John LaurenceCriner (1914–1992), and recorded several songs with Johnny Otis for the G&G and Gem labels, both parts of Criner's Royal Records...
nightclub act. Ralph Cooper as Duke Davis Lena Horne as Ethel Andrews LaurenceCriner as Doc Dorando Monte Hawley as George Marshall Neva Peoples as Ella...
Million Dollar Productions were Nina Mae McKinney, Mantan Moreland, LaurenceCriner and Louise Beavers. Production ceased at the start of American involvement...
American in law enforcement signed by Harry M. Popkin. Nina Mae McKinney LaurenceCriner Monte Hawley Mantan Moreland Reginald Fenderson Eddie Thompson Neva...
Conner Arthur Ray as Julip Conner Spencer Williams as Eli Rubb LaurenceCriner as L. J. Criner "Oft in the Stilly Night", a poem by Thomas Moore and folk...
Pierre Touissant Mantan Moreland as Beefus, Touissant's Chauffeur LaurenceCriner as Roger Fielding Dorothy Dandridge as Helen Fielding Vernon McCalla...
Monogram Gang Smashers Leo C. Popkin Nina Mae McKinney, Mantan Moreland, LaurenceCriner Comedy drama Independent Gangs of New York James Cruze Charles Bickford...
Maceo Bruce Sheffield as Bad News Johnson Shelton Brooks as Jefferson LaurenceCriner as Sheriff Myrtle Fortune Patsy Hunter Millie Monroe Suzette Harbin...
aka Jack Leach Max Hoffman Jr. as Hymie John Ince as Hiram Potter LaurenceCriner as Roxbury B. Brown, III Irving Mitchell as Mr. Winslow Gene O'Donnell...
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