Sam Lucas Net Worth
Sam Lucas Net Worth is
$19 Million
Sam Lucas Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Sam Lucas (1850 – 5 January 1916) was an African-American actor, comedian, singer, and songwriter. His career began in blackface minstrelsy, but he later became one of the first African Americans to branch into more serious drama, with roles in seminal works such as The Creole Show and A Trip to Coontown. He was also the first black man to portray the role of Uncle Tom on both stage and screen. James Weldon Johnson described him as the "Grand Old Man of the Negro Stage". | Date Of Birth | August 7, 1839 |
| Died | 1916-01-05 |
| Place Of Birth | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| Profession | Actor |
| Star Sign | Leo |
| # | Fact |
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| 1 | A veteran of the American Civil War; he enlisted in the 5th United States Colored Infantry on March 29, 1865 in Cincinnati, Ohio; he was stationed at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, until he was discharged, as a Sergeant in Company H on August 30, 1865 in Columbus, Ohio. |
| 2 | A former slave, Sam Lucas, in addition to being both the stage and screen's first black actor to play Uncle Tom in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," was also one of the first, and possibly the greatest, Afro-American minstrel performers. Leading his own minstrel troupe for many years, his greatest song success, which he also wrote,was "I Never Will Forget the Day I Was Set Free.". |
| 3 | The first African American actor to play Uncle Tom in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in 1878. The story debuted on stage in 1852, but before Lucas the role was played by white actors in blackface. |
Known for movies
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1914
as Uncle Tom
Lime Kiln Club Field Day 1913
as Club Member