Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham

Acting • AGE 77

Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham was an African American entertainer. Though best known as a comedian, Markham was also a singer, dancer, and actor. His nickname came from a stage routine, in which he declared...

Acting

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Self (archive footage)

2021

Black Woodstock

Self

1969

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Regular Performer

1968

ABC Stage 67

Self - Comedian

1966

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

1962

Burlesque in Harlem

Self

1949

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

1948

Pigmeat's Laugh Hepcats

1947

Junction 88

Piggy

1947

Swanee Showboat

1947

House-Rent Party

1946

Fight That Ghost

Pigmeat Markham

1946

That's My Baby!

Pigmeat

1944

Mr. Smith Goes Ghost

Mr. Smith

1940

One Big Mistake

1940