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He was the first African-American male. He won Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). Hattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress 24 years before him, for Gone with the Wind (1939).
The actor Jack o'Donell who plays James Cook in skins, was born on the 1st of August 1989 :)
.Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American win an Oscar. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).James Baskett was the first African-American man to receive an academy award. He was given an Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of Uncle Remus in Song of the South(1946)
I have read that singer/entertainer John Davidson (b. 1941) was attacked by a buffalo on Catalina Island (when he had a singer's summer camp there), but that is a different person than the actor John Davidson (b. 1886).
AnswerHattie McDaniel won Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as Mammy in 'Gone With the Wind' (1939) Sidney Poitier was first to win a Best Actor Oscar for the movie 'Lilies of the Field' (1963)
James Hardy is an American football player. He was born in 1985 and used to play for the Buffalo Bills before his retirement in 2012. He is now working in Hollywood as a model and actor.
James Bell - actor - died in 1973.
James Bell - actor - was born in 1891.
James Lindsay - actor - died in 1928.
James Douglas - actor - was born in 1933.
James Jordan - actor - was born in 1979.
James Ellison - actor - died in 1993.
James Ellison - actor - was born in 1910.
James Harder - actor - died in 2009.
James Knight - actor - was born in 1891.
James Lindsay - actor - was born in 1869.
Simon James - actor - was born in 1972.