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Kenneth Spencer
Deceased

How Did Kenneth Spencer Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 50
GenderMaleNationalityGermanyBorn25/04/1913Died26/02/1964 (aged 50)Died inNew OrleansCauseaviation accidentWikidataQ97291 ↗TMDb#50136 ↗

Kenneth Spencer, was an American operatic singer and actor. Spencer starred in a few Broadway musicals and musical films in the United States during the 1940s. Frustrated with the racial prejudice he experienced in the United States as a black man, Spencer moved to West Germany in 1950, where he had a successful singing career. He also appeared in a number of German films. His career was cut short when he died in the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 304.

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Filmography8 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1961Treffpunkt TelebarSeriesSelf48
1958My Beautiful MomMovieJimmy45
1958Emperor JonesMovieBrutus Jones45
1957Gruß und Kuss vom TegernseeMovieJimmy44
1956Armchair TheatreSeriesBrutus Jones43
1956The Farmer from BrucknerhofMovieJosua Washington Stone43
1943BataanMovieWesley Eeps30
1943Cabin in the SkyMovieThe General / Rev. Greene30