Carlton Moss

Carlton Moss (February 14, 1909 – August 10, 1997) was an African-American screenwriter, actor and film director.

He attended Morgan State University, where he formed an acting troupe called "Toward a Black Theater".

Houseman recommended Moss for the position, later describing him as "skillful, progressive, educated and sensitive to every changing breeze of Harlem opinion."

[3] In 1944 Moss went to Europe and made the film Teamwork, a documentary about the work of an African-American quartermaster unit known as "The Redball Express".

[4] He had the chance to work with Elia Kazan on Pinky but left the project, as he felt it demeaning to blacks.