Home circa 1955: American actor and singer Harry Belafonte wearing an open-cut shirt. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) circa 1955: American actor and singer Harry Belafonte wearing an open-cut shirt. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1955: American actor and singer Harry Belafonte wearing an open-cut shirt. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1955: American actor and singer Harry Belafonte wearing an open-cut shirt. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

American actress Dorothy Dandridge (1922 – 1965) with actors Harry Belafonte (left) and Joe Adams (right) in a publicity still from the film ‘Carmen Jones’, 1954. (Photo by Henry Gris/FPG/Getty Images)

American actor and singer Harry Belafonte poses circa 1956. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)