Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (movie, 1995)
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This film relates the story of a tightly connected Afro-American community informally called Colored Town where the inhabitants live and depend on each other in a world where racist oppression is everywhere, as told by a boy called Cliff who spent his childhood there.
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995) - Full Cast & Crew
Actors and roles, crew of Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995). Who was filming and what role he played.
Actors
lead role
Actor, Writer. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Ma Ponk
lead role
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Cosby Show (1984), Black Box (2020), A Fall from Grace (2020)
Uncle Melvin
lead role
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Cool Runnings (1993), Above the Rim (1994), Little Richard (2000)
Actor. Popular movies: Soylent Green (1973), The Andromeda Strain (1971), Night Court (1984)
Miss Alice
Actor, Director, Producer. Popular movies: Gargoyles (1994), I Will Follow (2010)
Mr. Walter
Actor, Director, Producer. Popular movies: I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), Cleopatra Jones (1973), The Martian Chronicles (1980)
Cliff (12 Yrs.)
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: Mars Attacks! (1996), Steel (1997), Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Actor. Popular movies: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022), Mom (2013)
Cliff at 16
Actor. Popular movies: Lethal Weapon (1987), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Nila Fontaine
Actor. Popular movies: X-Men (1992), Spider-Man (1994), The Wild Thornberrys (1998)
Actor, Director, Producer. Popular movies: Friends (1994), Scrubs (2001), American Dad! (2005)
Mr. Will
Actor, Composer. Popular movies: Six Days Seven Nights (1998), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991), Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
Actor, Producer, Writer. Popular movies: Cape Fear (1962), Move Over, Darling (1963), The Caretakers (1963)
Sammy (7 Yrs.)
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Straw Boss
Actor. Popular movies: Big Fish (2003), Walk the Line (2005), Hidden Figures (2016)
Moss Jones
Actor. Popular movies: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Swimfan (2002), New Best Friend (2002)
Willie Jones
Actor. Popular movies: American Gothic (1995), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995), Hit a Lick (2017)
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Moses Taulbert
Actor. Popular movies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), King Kong Lives (1986), The Bedroom Window (1986)
Mr. Bob
Actor, Producer, Writer. Popular movies: Room (2015), The Woman (2011), Get Shorty (2017)
Colored Man in KKK Crowd
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Klansman #1
Actor. Popular movies: The Last of the Mohicans (1992), October Sky (1999), An Occasional Hell (1996)
Clarence / School Bully
Actor, Producer, Editor. Popular movies: Bosch (2014), According to Jim (2001), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
Henry / School Bully
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Sammy (12 Yrs.)
Actor. Popular movies: Empire Records (1995), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Miss Maxey
Actor, Producer. Popular movies: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), The A-Team (1983), Harriet (2019)
Cooter Man
Actor, Director, Producer. Popular movies: Atlanta (2016), Black Lightning (2018), From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
Lurlean
Actor. Popular movies: The Patriot (2000), Cherry Falls (2000), The Good Lord Bird (2020)
Juke Joint Patron #1
Actor. Popular movies: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), Dogfight (1991)
Juke Joint Patron #2
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Juke Joint Fighter
Actor. Popular movies: Fargo (1995), Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015), Marvel's Iron Fist (2017)
Cousin Bobby (12 Yrs.)
Actor. Popular movies: Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Road Manager
Actor. Popular movies: The Contender (2000), Toy Soldiers (1991), Sommersby (1993)
Louise
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Hoochie-coochie show barker
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Dr. Duke
Actor. Popular movies: Twelve Monkeys (1995), The Next Three Days (2010), Evan Almighty (2007)
Stanley / Field Worker
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Mr. Barnes
Actor. Popular movies: Empire Records (1995), Muppets from Space (1999), The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999)
A & D Business Man
Actor. Popular movies: Raw Deal (1986), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Miss Doll
Actor. Popular movies: A Fall from Grace (2020), Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2013), V.C. Andrews' Ruby (2021)
Mr. Stein
Actor. Popular movies: Lincoln (2012), 42 (2013), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Bill Crocket
Actor. Popular movies: Iron Man 3 (2013), The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996), Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005)
Lillie Short
Actor. Popular movies: Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Designs
Design, Producer. Popular movies: Timeless (2016), The Opposite of Sex (1998), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Design. Popular movies: The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Army of the Dead (2021)
Design, Producer, Director. Popular movies: Manhunt: Unabomber (2017), Cell (2016), Mean Girls 2 (2011)
Composers
Composer, Actor. Popular movies: Twelve Monkeys (1995), Most Wanted (1997), Eerie Indiana (1991)
Composer, Actor. Popular movies: The Brady Bunch Movie (1995), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995), Asunder (1999)
Composer, Actor. Popular movies: Father of the Bride (1991), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995), Spiral Zone (1987)
Producers
Producer, Editor, Design. Popular movies: Menace II Society (1993), Dead Presidents (1995), Gridlock'd (1997)
Producer, Actor. Popular movies: Amen (1986), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Editor
Writers
Writer, Producer. Popular movies: Hatching Pete (2009), The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1974), Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995)
Director
Operator
Operator, Director. Popular movies: The Ranch (2016), Good Luck Charlie (2010), Jessie (2011)
