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Willie Best. William Best (May 27, 1913 [1] [2] [3] – February 27, 1962), known professionally as Willie Best or Sleep 'n' Eat, [4] was an American television and film actor. [5] [6] Best was one of the first African American film actors and comedians to become well known. In the 21st century, his work, like that of Stepin Fetchit, is ...
After a drug arrest ended his film career, he worked in television. He became known to early TV audiences as Charlie, the elevator operator on CBS's My Little Margie, from 1953 to 1955. He also played Willie, the house servant/handyman and close friend of the title character of ABC’s The Trouble with Father, for
Willie Nelson has been busted for weed 5 times. Hulton Archive/Getty Images. Willie Nelson's first marijuana charge came in Dallas, Texas, in 1974 — five years before he fully swapped his cigarettes for joints, as noted by Wide Open Country. Three years later, in 1977, Nelson traveled to the Bahamas, where he was caught with weed in his jeans ...
After the drug arrest ended his film career, he worked in television for a while before retiring to relative obscurity at the Motion Picture Country Home. Willie Best is buried in North Hollywood, California and until recently his grave was unmarked but a new grave marker was recently purchased and installed by his fans.
Willie Best. Actor: The Hidden Hand. One of the hard-working, unappreciated African-American actors of Hollywood's "Golden Era" who produced good work with what he was given. He starred alongside some of film's great comedians including the Marx Brothers, Bob Hope, Laurel and Hardy and three films with Shirley Temple. Best is sometimes confused with William "Pat" Best, a musician and writer of ...
Best is sometimes confused with William "Pat" Best, a musician and writer of (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons.. After a drug arrest ended his film career, he worked in television for a while before retiring to obscurity. He passed away at the Motion Picture Country Home and is buried in North Hollywood, California.
After a drug arrest ended his film career, he worked in television for a while. He became known to early TV audiences as Charlie, the elevator operator on CBS’s My Little Margie, from 1953 to 1955. Best’s “Sleep n’ Eat” moniker surfaced again in the 2000 motion picture satire Bamboozled, directed by Spike Lee.
