The first black actor to become a millionaire, he owned 12 automobiles
and had 16 servants at the height of his fame. By 1947, he had
squandered his immense fortune and was forced into bankruptcy.
Like [Charles Chaplin], I played the part of a simple, sincere, honest and lovable character who won sympathy from an audience by being tolerant of those who hurt him, so that he could be good to those he loved.
