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| Born | Robert Jordan Whitfield August 3, 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | November 11, 1967 (aged 49) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Education | University of Oregon |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Eileen Jackson |
| Children | 2 |
Smoki Whitfield (born Robert Whitfield, and sometimes credited as Jordan Whitfield; August 3, 1918 - November 11, 1967) was an African American actor, comedian, and musician. [1] [2] [3]
Smoki was born in Pittsburgh to John and Effie (Walker) Whitfield. He attended the University of Oregon, where he was a star athlete and made appearances in school plays. [4] [5] [6] [7]
In the 1940s, he began a career as a character actor in Hollywood. He appeared in a third of the dozen Bomba, the Jungle Boy films. Over the next few decades, he amassed more than 50 on-screen credits. In the 1950s, he worked as a manager and MC at a number of Hawaiian nightclubs. [8] [9] He later worked at the Top Banana Club in North Hollywood. [10]
Whitfield died in 1967 of a heart attack in North Hollywood after a lengthy illness. He was survived by his wife, Eileen Jackson, and two sons. [11]
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