Spencer Bell (actor)
Spencer Bell | |
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Lobby card for Blue Blood (1925) | |
| Born | September 25, 1887 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | August 18, 1935 (aged 47) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Sawtelle Military Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1919–1934 |
Spencer Bell (September 25, 1887 – August 18, 1935) was an American stage and film actor, best known for playing opposite Larry Semon in many of his silent comedy shorts from the late 1910s to 1928. Bell was one of the first African American comedic actors of the silent film era, and was the first to be signed to film contract. Over the course of his fifteen-year film career, Bell appeared in more than seventy comedy shorts.