Willie Best
William “Willie” Best (May 27, 1916 - February 27, 1962), sometimes known as “Sleep n' Eat,” was an American television and film actor. Best was one of the first African-American film actors and comedians to become well known. In the 21st century, hi...
117
Total Movies
1
Languages
6.5
Avg Rating (TMDB)
N/A
Highest Grossing
Essential Watchlist
The Red Stallion
1947
🇺🇸 English
Goodbye Broadway
1938
🇺🇸 English
Mississippi Moods
1937
🇺🇸 English
To Beat the Band
1935
🇺🇸 English
South of Caliente
1951
🇺🇸 English
Cinderella Swings It
1943
🇺🇸 English
Silly Billies
1936
🇺🇸 English
Saturday's Heroes
1937
🇺🇸 English
The Arizonian
1935
🇺🇸 English
Virtuous Husband
1931
🇺🇸 English
Hot Tip
1935
🇺🇸 English
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
1962
🇺🇸 English
Complete Filmography
| Year ↓ | Movie | IMDb | Box Office | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | ⭐ 5.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | ⭐ 6.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1962 | Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy | ⭐ 7.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1954 | Meet the O'Briens | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1952 | Ellis in Freedomland | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1951 | South of Caliente | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1948 | The Shanghai Chest | ⭐ 6.583 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1947 | The Red Stallion | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1947 | Suddenly It's Spring | ⭐ 4.25 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1946 | Dangerous Money | ⭐ 5.885 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1946 | The Bride Wore Boots | ⭐ 6.111 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1946 | The Face of Marble | ⭐ 4.636 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes | ⭐ 6.417 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1945 | Hold That Blonde! | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1945 | The Red Dragon | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1945 | Pillow to Post | ⭐ 5.464 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1945 | The Monster and the Ape | ⭐ 6.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1944 | Music for Millions | ⭐ 6.667 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1944 | The Mark of the Whistler | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1944 | The Girl Who Dared | ⭐ 6.083 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | ⭐ 6.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1944 | Home in Indiana | ⭐ 5.9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | ⭐ 6.225 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1943 | The Kansan | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1943 | Dixie | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1943 | Cabin in the Sky | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1943 | Cinderella Swings It | ⭐ 9 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1943 | The Powers Girl | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | The Hidden Hand | ⭐ 6.773 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder | ⭐ 5.875 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | Busses Roar | ⭐ 6.75 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | ⭐ 6.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | ⭐ 6.667 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | Juke Girl | ⭐ 7.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1942 | Whispering Ghosts | ⭐ 6.786 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | The Body Disappears | ⭐ 6.143 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Breakdowns of 1941 | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Nothing but the Truth | ⭐ 7.281 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | The Smiling Ghost | ⭐ 6.813 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Minstrel Days | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B" | ⭐ 6.643 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Highway West | ⭐ 6.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Kisses for Breakfast | ⭐ 6.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | The Lady from Cheyenne | ⭐ 5.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Scattergood Baines | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Road Show | ⭐ 5.591 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | ⭐ 5.778 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1941 | High Sierra | ⭐ 7.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1940 | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | ⭐ 5.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1940 | Money and the Woman | ⭐ 4.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1940 | The Ghost Breakers | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1940 | Blondie on a Budget | ⭐ 6.222 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | ⭐ 5.85 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | ⭐ 5.1 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Private Detective | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | The Covered Trailer | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Blondie Brings Up Baby | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | At the Circus | ⭐ 6.392 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Blackmail | ⭐ 6.778 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Way Down South | ⭐ 6.357 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation | ⭐ 6.632 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | ⭐ 6.208 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | ⭐ 6.717 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1939 | The Saint Strikes Back | ⭐ 5.737 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Blondie | ⭐ 7.15 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | ⭐ 4.917 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Youth Takes a Fling | ⭐ 5.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | I'm from the City | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Goodbye Broadway | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Merrily We Live | ⭐ 6.897 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | ⭐ 6.95 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Everybody's Doing It | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1938 | Crashing Hollywood | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Saturday's Heroes | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | The Lady Fights Back | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Mississippi Moods | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth | ⭐ 5.6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Meet the Missus | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | You Can't Buy Luck | ⭐ 4.833 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Breezing Home | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Racing Lady | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | We Who Are About to Die | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1937 | Deep South | ⭐ 7.333 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Night Waitress | ⭐ 6.375 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | General Spanky | ⭐ 5.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Thank You, Jeeves! | ⭐ 6.375 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Down the Stretch | ⭐ 6 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | The Green Pastures | ⭐ 6.313 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out | ⭐ 5.367 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path | ⭐ 5.364 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Two in Revolt | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Silly Billies | ⭐ 8.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1936 | Muss 'em Up | ⭐ 6.167 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | The Littlest Rebel | ⭐ 6.397 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | To Beat the Band | ⭐ 10 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | Hot Tip | ⭐ 7.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | Jalna | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | The Arizonian | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | The Nitwits | ⭐ 6.7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | Hit and Rum | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | Raised and Called | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon | ⭐ 6.458 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1935 | Horse Heir | N/A | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1934 | West of the Pecos | ⭐ 7 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels | ⭐ 6.4 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1934 | Little Miss Marker | ⭐ 6.5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1932 | The Monster Walks | ⭐ 4.208 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1931 | The Guilty Generation | ⭐ 6.222 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1931 | Up Pops the Devil | ⭐ 5 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1931 | Virtuous Husband | ⭐ 8 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1930 | Feet First | ⭐ 6.72 | - | Theaters/TBA |
| 1930 | Ladies of Leisure | ⭐ 6.2 | - | Theaters/TBA |
Willie Best Career & Box Office Summary
Willie Best is one of the most prominent figures in Indian cinema, having acted in over 117 movies across 1 languages. With a stellar average TMDB rating of 6.5/10, Willie Best has consistently delivered critically acclaimed performances and massive box office blockbusters.
Fans eagerly anticipating new releases can look forward to 0 upcoming movies scheduled for 2026 and beyond. Additionally, 0 of their films are currently available to stream on major OTT platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, and Disney+ Hotstar. Bookmark this profile page for real-time updates on Willie Best's latest theatrical releases, OTT digital streaming dates, and box office collection reports.
Career Highlights
Awards & All-Time Records
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Biographical details are curated from authoritative sources including Wikipedia, TMDB, and official actor press releases. Filmography list aggregates global releases with Indian box office estimates and official OTT calendars.