Carl Mahon

Carl Mahon was an actor in the United States. An African American, he had several film roles including a starring role in the 1932 film The Girl from Chicago

Mahon was born in Trinidad.[1]

He portrayed an Ethiopian in Oscar Micheaux's film The Exile.[2] In Micheaux's film The Girl from Chicago the director's voice is heard telling Mahon the line "Well, you've got to give it to her." which Mahon repeats.[3]

Filmography

The Exile (1931), as Jango[4]
The Girl from Chicago (1932)[4]
Veiled Aristocrats (1932), as Frank Fowler[4]
Ten Minutes to Live (1932), as Anthony[4]

Theater

Porgy (play)

References

History of Blacks in Film. William Grant Still Community Arts Center. 1983.
Green, J. Ronald (March 18, 2004). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253027702 – via Google Books.
Koszarski, Richard (August 27, 2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813545523 – via Google Books.
Pitts, Michael R. (17 September 2015). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. ISBN 9781476610368.

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[1] History of Blacks in Film. William Grant Still Community Arts Center. 1983.

[2] Green, J. Ronald (March 18, 2004). With a Crooked Stick—The Films of Oscar Micheaux. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253027702 – via Google Books.

[3] Koszarski, Richard (August 27, 2008). Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813545523 – via Google Books.

[mah-4] Pitts, Michael R. (17 September 2015). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. ISBN 9781476610368.