Acting

Stanley Greene

Born 1915-02-22

Acting credits

The Wiz poster
6.2

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

The Wiz

1978

Odds Against Tomorrow poster
6.9

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

Odds Against Tomorrow

1959

Just Tell Me What You Want poster
4.6

A television producer woman tries to let down her overbearing boyfriend who is her boss. She wants to marry with a young writer.

Just Tell Me What You Want

1980

The Landlord poster
6.0

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, his intention is to evict the black tenants and convert the building into a posh flat. But Elgar is not one to be bound by yesterday's urges, and soon he has other thoughts on his mind.

The Landlord

1970

Nothing But a Man poster
7.4

Railroad laborer Duff Anderson struggles to maintain his dignity and marriage to a preacher's daughter in the racially segregated South.

Nothing But a Man

1964

Man in the Mirror poster
6.0

A group of people living on the edge of society try to survive on the streets of New York City in the shadow of the World Trade Center in the early seventies. The film was shot between 1970-72 but went unreleased until 2008.

Man in the Mirror

2008

For Love of Ivy poster
6.2

A white family has had the same Black maid for many years. When she tells them she wants to go back to school and will be leaving soon, the 20ish year old son decides what she needs is a change and begins searching for a man to wine and dine her, but who won't marry her, thinking that this will distract her from her plans. The man he finds doesn't entirely cooperate.

For Love of Ivy

1968

The Playground poster
7.0

A religious prostitute who sees an atheist client die after blaspheming believes the next man she runs into is Jesus.

The Playground

1965

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings poster
6.0

W.W. Bright is a robber with a heart of gold who travels the South knocking off banks and gas stations owned by a corrupt businessman. When he hijacks a car, he meets an aspiring country band, the Dixie Dancekings, led by Dixie. The two sides eventually take a liking to one another, especially after the Dancekings realize the size of Bright's thefts. Trailed by religious zealot cop Deacon Gore, Bright helps the band make it big while on the run.

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings

1975

Lord Shango poster
6.8

A tribal priest returns from the dead to take his revenge on non-believers.

Lord Shango

1975

Amazing Grace poster
6.8

A widow tries to influence the local mayoral election in Baltimore, Maryland, after she discovers that a black candidate is being used by the incumbent mayor to further his own reelection efforts.

Amazing Grace

1974