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Warfield made an appearance on The Colgate Comedy Hour and on a program called TV Recital Hall in 1951, the same year that he made his screen debut in Show Boat.

He later appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1955.

In 1961, he appeared as a recital soloist on an episode of the Young People's Concerts, conducted by Leonard Bernstein.

In March 1984 he was the winner of a Grammy in the " Spoken Word " category for his outstanding narration of Aaron Copland's Lincoln Portrait accompanied by the Eastman Philharmonia Orchestra.

And in the 1990s, he narrated a special jazz arrangement of music from " Show Boat ", on the PRI program Riverwalk Jazz.

In 1999 Warfield joined baritones Robert Sims and Benjamin Matthews in a trio by the name of " Three Generations ".

Managed by Arthur White, this ensemble toured the United States giving full concerts of African American Spirituals and folk songs until Warfield's death in 2002.