
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
ActingSeptember 8, 1897— August 20, 1959 (age 61)
Biography
Maceo Bruce Sheffield (September 8, 1897 – August 20, 1959) was a police detective and an actor in American films. He worked in Los Angeles as a policeman before acting and assisting in the production of films with African American casts. He was also a stuntman and pilot. He portrayed a swindler in Lucky Ghost as Dr. Brutus Blake in the sequel to Mr. Washington Goes to Town. He was the associate producer of both Lucky Ghost and Mr. Washington Goes to Town.
Movies
(7 total)
Lucky Ghost
19425.4
as Blake

Gang War
19405.8
as Bull Brown

Double Deal
19395.0
as Murray Howard

Mr. Washington Goes to Town
19423.0
as Brutus Blake

Harlem on the Prairie
19375.0
as Wolf Cain

Up Jumped the Devil
1941
as Bad News Johnson

Professor Creeps
1942
as Shylock the Landlord