- Films
- 28
- Avg rating
- 6.54
- Peak run
- 1935’43
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Willie by the numbers
Average
6.54
10 rated films
Vote weighted
6.56
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.89
rating spread
Career
17y
1930 to 1946
Total votes
31.1K
across every film
Best
7.1
Cabin in the Sky
Worst
4.1
The Monster Walks
Newest first
Filmography
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | Joe | · | 593 |
| 1946 | Dangerous Money | Chattanooga Brown | 6.3 | 1,426 |
| 1946 | The Face of Marble | Shadrach | · | 462 |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | Lucille | · | 793 |
| 1945 | The Red Dragon | Chattanooga Brown | · | 823 |
| 1944 | The Girl Who Dared | Woodrow | · | 283 |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | Men's Room Attendant | · | 600 |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | Second Idea Man | 7.1 | 3,898 |
| 1942 | The Hidden Hand | Eustis the Chauffeur | · | 845 |
| 1942 | Whispering Ghosts | Euclid Brown | · | 294 |
| 1941 | The Body Disappears | Willie | · | 635 |
| 1941 | Nothing But the Truth | Samuel | 7.1 | 1,201 |
| 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | Clarence | · | 958 |
| 1940 | The Ghost Breakers | Alex | 7.0 | 4,615 |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | Apollo Johnson | · | 964 |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out | Smokie | · | 798 |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys | Catfish | · | 346 |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path | 'High-Pockets' | · | 670 |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | Drowsy | · | 347 |
| 1935 | The Littlest Rebel | James Henry | 6.7 | 1,846 |
Takes
On Willie Best
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