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Scott Joplin

6.0 96 mins Music   History   1977
Motown Productions   Universal Pictures  
Director(s): Jeremy Kagan

The life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.

Casts of Scott Joplin

Billy Dee Williams

as Scott Joplin

Clifton Davis

as Chauvin

Margaret Avery

as Belle Joplin

Eubie Blake

as Will Williams

Godfrey Cambridge

as Tom Turpin

Seymour Cassel

as Dr. Jaelki

DeWayne Jessie

as John The Baptist

Mabel King

as Madam Amy

Taj Mahal

as Poor Alfred

Spo-De-Odee

as Left Hand of God

Art Carney

as John Stark

David Healy

as Sam Bundler

Samuel Fuller

as Impresario

Leon Charles

as Liebling

Fred Pinkard

as Dr. Adams

Delos V. Smith Jr.

as Wallis

Marcus J. Grapes

as Rabin

Denise Gordy

as The Girl

Rita Ross

as Girl With Note

William King

as The Minstrel Singers

Ronald La Pread

as The Minstrel Singers

Thomas McClary

as The Minstrel Singers

Walter Orange

as The Minstrel Singers

Lionel Richie

as The Minstrel Singers

Milan Williams

as The Minstrel Singers

David Raynr

as Young Scott Joplin

DarNella Allen

as Mother

Bob Harks

as Workman (uncredited)

Eugene Jackson

as Piano Contest Spectator (uncredited)

Ron Taylor

as John Stark's Driver (uncredited)

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