Comedian Michael Colyar has accused staff onboard a recent U.S. flight of racial discrimination after he was kicked off the aircraft following a baggage dispute.

The black actor, who voiced a character in Disney's animated The Princess and the Frog, claims a flight attendant on a United Airlines plane in Virginia asked him to move his luggage from the overhead storage bin so a Caucasian passenger could fit her bags in the compartment.

He refused the request and became embroiled in a heated exchange with the stewardess, prompting her to call in security to have him escorted off the plane, ...