Percy Verwayne

Percy Verwayne (March 10, 1895 – November, 1968), sometimes spelled Percy Verwayen, was an American stage and film actor.^[1] He featured in several films with African American casts including the 1921 REOL Productions film The Simp and Oscar Micheaux films. He played "Sporting Life" in Porgy, when it was first produced in 1927.^[2] He was also in the 1946 Toddy Pictures production Fight That Ghost.

Percy Verwayne
Verwayne as Sporting Life in the original Broadway production of Porgy (1927)
Born	(1895-03-10)March 10, 1895 British Guyana
Died	November 1968(1968-11-00) (aged 73) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1921–1957

He was born in British Guyana.^[3]

Theatre

Verwayne as Mr. Primero in the Federal Theatre Project production of Frank Wilson's Walk Together Chillun (1936)

• Porgy (1927)
• Confidence (1930), by and starring Frank Wilson^[4]

Filmography

Verwayne in Paradise in Harlem (1939)

• The Simp (1921)
• A Daughter of the Congo (1930) as Pidgy Muffy
• Paradise in Harlem (1939) as Spanish
• Fight that Ghost (1946)^[5]
• Sepia Cinderella (1947) as MacMillan