---
name: "E.G. Tatum"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/e-g-tatum"
fi1m_id: "e-g-tatum"
tmdb_id: 1562894
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 September 1884"
died: "17 August 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:45:13.548753+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# E.G. Tatum

## Identity

E.G. Tatum

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/e-g-tatum
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** e-g-tatum
- **TMDB ID:** 1562894
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1562894

Actor. Born 16 September 1884 in Vidalia, Louisiana, USA. Died 17 August 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 September 1884, Vidalia, Louisiana, USA
- **Died:** 17 August 1960
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1562894

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Within Our Gates*](https://film.one/film/within-our-gates.md) (78)

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## Biography

E.G. Tatum was an American actor. He was born on 16 September 1884 in Vidalia, Louisiana, and died on 17 August 1960 in Chicago, Illinois.

Tatum appeared in several silent race films directed by Oscar Micheaux. His credited roles include Efram, Gridlestone's servant, in *Within Our Gates* (1920), Abraham in *The Symbol of the Unconquered* (1920), and parts in *The Gunsaulus Mystery* (1921) and *A Son of Satan* (1924).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Within Our Gates* (1920), Fi1m 78, as Efram - Gridlestone's Servant — [page](https://film.one/film/within-our-gates.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *A Son of Satan* (1924), Actor
- *The Custard Nine* (1921), Actor
- *The Gunsaulus Mystery* (1921), Actor
- *The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan* (1920), as Abraham
- *Within Our Gates* (1920), as Efram - Gridlestone's Servant — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/within-our-gates.md)
- *The Brute* (1920), Actor

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