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- Died
- Height1.88 m
- Josh Binney--born Harold Joshua Binney--was the second eldest of five sons. As a young man his interests turned to vaudeville, and he was one of the Keystone Kops. On October 14, 1908, he married Claribel Maude Sprung. They had three children: Robert, Isobel and Barbara (his great-granddaughter is actress Audrey Moore). He continued his film career as a director of many "race movies"--films geared toward African-American audiences with all-black casts--starring actors like Cab Calloway and Stepin Fetchit. He and his son Robert were active in summer stock and after the war he directed training films for the Army. His son, Robert Binney (stage name Conrad Noles), continued with him in show business and went on to star as Huey Long in "The Great Dictator" on Broadway, prior to World War II.- IMDb mini biography by: Audrey Moore (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpouseClaribel Maude Sprung(October 14, 1908 - November 8, 1956) (his death, 3 children)
- He was president of the Florida Film Corp. in Jacksonville, and producer/director of its main arm, the Josh Binney Comedies. These silent two-reelers were built around an overweight clown named Hilliard Karr, also known as "Funny Fatty Filbert". During the sound era he produced and directed "race films", very low-budget all-black comedies and musicals that were made for showings at theaters in the segregated American South that catered to black audiences.
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