Claim: Willie Best (May 27, 1916 – February 27, 1962)was praised by both Hal Roach and Bob Hope as a good talent, he was regularly cast in the role o a domestic worker.
Evidence: William Best (May 27, 1916 – February 27, 1962), sometimes known as Sleep n' Eat, was an American television and film actor. Hal Roach called him one of the greatest talents he had ever met. Comedian Bob Hope similarly acclaimed him as "the best actor I know", while the two were working together in 1940 on The Ghost Breakers.