Cast & creator
Sonny Terry
Best known for The Midnight Special, The Color Purple, Crossroads
Sonny Terry was an American Piedmont blues and folk musician, who was known for his energetic blues harmonica style, which frequently included vocal whoops and hollers and occasionally imitations of trains and fox hunts.
Also known as: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Saunders Terrell
19
film credits
1
television credits
14
1947–2004 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (20)
Showing 20 of 20 credits
The Midnight Special
Self
1972
The Color Purple
Jook Joint Musician
1985
Crossroads
Musician
1986
The Jerk
Blues Singer
1979
Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Self
1984
Stroszek
Original Music Composer
1977
Leadbelly
Musician
1976
BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Self (archive footage)
1988
Red, White and Blues
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Blues Under the Skin
Self
1973
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 1
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
Self (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
2004
The End of the Line
Music
1959
To Hear Your Banjo Play
Self
1947
Festival
Self
1967
Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry: Red River Blues 1948-1974
Self
2003
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1966, Vol. 2
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
2003Color Cry
Musician
1952Color Cry
Music
1952