Percy Verwayne

Percy Verwayne
Verwayne as Sporting Life in the original Broadway production of Porgy (1927)
Born(1895-03-10)March 10, 1895
Georgetown, British Guyana
DiedNovember 1968(1968-11-00) (aged 73)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1921–1957

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

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