Tony Lawrence

Acting St. Kitts, British West Indies 2 credits

Biography

Tony Lawrence is an American singer and actor. Originally from St. Kitts, he moved as a child with his family to Virginia, and later New York City. He became known as "The Continental Dreamboat". Lawrence appeared in Paris in 1964. In 1965, he had a successful nationwide tour on behalf of the "Teen 'N Tea Caravan", sponsored by the Tea Council of the U.S.A. In 1968 Lawrence was director of the Harlem Cultural Festival.

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Frequent co-stars

Mahalia Jackson 1 shared title

Stevie Wonder 1 shared title

Nina Simone 1 shared title

B.B. King 1 shared title

Gladys Knight 1 shared title

Dewey 'Pigmeat' Markham 1 shared title

Career timeline

2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

1969

Black Woodstock

Full filmography

Black Woodstock (1969) as Self - Presenter
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) as Self - Harlem Cultural Festival Producer & Host (archive footage)