Editing Joe Louis (section)

==Film and television==
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Louis appeared in six full-length films and two short films.

Louis had a starring role in the 1938 [[race film]] ''[[Spirit of Youth]]'', in which he played a boxer with many similarities to himself.

In 1943, he was featured in the full-length movie ''[[This is the Army]]'', which starred Ronald Reagan, with appearances by Kate Smith singing "God Bless America" and Irving Berlin, and which was directed by Michael Curtiz.

In 1946 he played himself in ''[[Joe Palooka, Champ]]'', a movie based on the comic strip ''[[Joe Palooka]]'' created by [[Ham Fisher]].

Louis once again played himself in the short film ''Johnny At The Fair'' in 1947. The short film takes place at the [[Canadian National Exhibition]] (CNE) where a boy becomes separated from his parents and meets a host of celebrities including former Canadian Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|William Lyon MacKenzie King]] and champion figure skater [[Barbara Ann Scott]].

In 1948 Louis starred as himself in Joseph Lerner's ''[[The Fight Never Ends]]''.

In 1955 Louis was once again cast as himself in a small role in [[The Square Jungle]] written by [[George Zuckerman]] and starring [[Tony Curtis]].

Louis's last feature-length movie role took place in the 1970 comedy ''[[The Phynx]]'' in which a rock band goes on tour in Albania in order to save Americans being held hostage.

He was a guest on the television show ''[[You Bet Your Life]]'' in 1955. In 1977, Louis made a small cameo appearance on the TV series ''[[Quincy M.E.]]''

In 1953, Robert Gordon directed a movie about Louis's life, ''[[The Joe Louis Story]]''. Filmed in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|Hollywood]], it starred Golden Gloves fighter and Louis lookalike [[Coley Wallace]] in the title role.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Niemi |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVFhcBcv_X8C&q=%22joe+louis%22&pg=PA195 |title=History in the Media: film and television |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2005 |isbn=978-1576079522 |location=Santa Barbara |pages=195–196}}</ref> The film suffered from low budget and production values, sluggishly intercutting clips from Louis's actual bouts with indifferent audio sync.