Lorenzo Tucker

Lorenzo Tucker
Lorenzo Tucker, star of the early black cinema
Born(1907-06-27)June 27, 1907
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
DiedSeptember 19, 1986(1986-09-19) (aged 79)
Hollywood, California, US
Other namesThe "Black Valentino"
Years active1927–1947
SpousePauline Segura

Lorenzo Tucker (June 27, 1907 – August 19, 1986), known as the "Black Valentino," was an American stage and screen actor who played the romantic lead in the early black films of Oscar Micheaux.

Micheaux not only produced films, but he wrote, directed, edited and promoted them in segregated theaters. His films proved so commercially viable that Micheaux was able to borrow enough money from theater owners who had screened his last offering so that he could finance his next.

Micheaux took on Tucker as a prime love interest opposite several black beauties in such low-budget but popular pictures as “Wages of Sin,” “Daughter of the Congo,” “Harlem Big Show,” “Temptation” and “Veiled Aristocrats”.

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