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Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Actor

Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 – September 19, 1969) was an American stage, film, and television actor. Ingram graduated from the Northwestern University medical school in 1919 and was the first African-American man to receive a Phi Beta Kappa key from there. He went to Hollywood as a young man where he was literally discovered on a street corner by the casting director for Tarzan of the Apes (1918), starring Elmo Lincoln. He made his (uncredited) screen debut in that film and had many other small roles, usually as a generic black native, such as in the Tarzan films. With the arrival of sound, his presence and powerful voice became an asset and he went on to memorable roles in The Green Pastures (1936), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (the 1939 MGM version), The Thief of Bagdad (1940—perhaps his best-known film appearance—as the genie), The Talk of the Town (1942), and Sahara (1943). From 1929, he also appeared on stage, making his debut on Broadway. He appeared in more than a dozen Broadway productions, with his final role coming in Kwamina in 1961. He was in the original cast of Haiti (1938), Cabin in the Sky (1940), and St. Louis Woman (1946). He is one of the few actors to have played both God (in The Green Pastures) and the Devil (in Cabin in the Sky). In 1966 he played Tee-Tot in the movie Your Cheatin' Heart. Ingram was arrested for violating the Mann Act in 1948. Pleading guilty to the charge of transporting a teenage girl to New York for immoral purposes, he was sentenced to eighteen months in jail. He served just ten months of his sentence, but the incident had a serious effect on his career for the next six years. In 1962, he became the first African-American actor to be hired for a contract role on a soap opera, when he appeared on The Brighter Day. He had other work in television in the 1950s and 1960s. Rex Ingram died of a heart attack at the age of 73. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Born: October 20, 1895 in Cairo, Illinois, USA

Died: September 19, 1969 (Age 73)

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Rex Ingram  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.8
ActorFuzzy Wuzzy Native1929
Movie
7.2
Actor(uncredited)1927
Movie
6.3
ActorPearson Jackson1944
Movie
5.2
ActorSukulu Chieftain1955
Movie
7.5
ActorDjinn1940
Movie
7.8
ActorPreacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)1960
Movie
6.6
ActorJim1939
Movie
7.2
ActorLucius / Lucifer Jr.1943
Movie
6.8
ActorDe Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel1936
Movie
6.8
ActorMose1948
Movie
7.6
ActorSgt. Major Tambul1943
Movie
5.2
ActorDr. Leopold Gorman1956
Movie
6.6
ActorJoe Lucasta1958
Movie
5.3
ActorUmbopa1959
Movie
5.8
ActorCharles1943
Movie
7.6
ActorTilney1942
Movie
6.2
ActorCourt Crier1933
Movie
5.8
ActorBurt Crane1960
Movie
6
ActorNelson Walker1959
Movie
6.3
ActorUncle Felix1958
Movie
5.8
ActorGiant1945
Movie
6.3
ActorTeetot1964
Movie
6
ActorProf. Thurlow1967
Movie
6.7
ActorIsraelite Slave (uncredited)1923
Movie
5.9
ActorPreacher (unconfirmed)1945
Movie
5.4
ActorJacob1968
Movie
6.9
ActorSelf (archive footage)1961
Movie
Actor1934
Movie
5.6
Actor(uncredited)1918
Movie
8
ActorBit Part (uncredited)1956
Movie
ActorDjinn (archival footage)
TV Show
6.3
ActorPetraca
1 Episode
1954-1958
TV Show
7.2
ActorHannibal - Valet
1 Episode
1965-1966
TV Show
8.1
ActorThaddeus
1 Episode
1958-1963
TV Show
7.9
ActorJuba
1 Episode
1955-1975
TV Show
8
Actor1 Episode1962-1963
TV Show
6.9
ActorAlex Booth
1 Episode
1959-1960
TV Show
5.9
ActorGeorge
1 Episode
1969-1971
TV Show
6.8
ActorChief Makubu
1 Episode
1966-1969
TV Show
7.1
ActorDr. Tom Merar
1 Episode
1967-1968
TV Show
6.9
ActorLem
1 Episode
1947-1958
TV Show
7.1
ActorNhinga
1 Episode
1967-1968
TV Show
6.8
ActorNatoma
1 Episode
1966-1969
Short Film
6.2
Actor(voice)1947
Short Film
6.2
ActorNarrator / John Henry (voice)1946
Short Film
5.1
ActorDr. Gordon1939
Short Film
6.8
ActorNarrator (voice)1941
Short Film
ActorNarrator (voice)1941
Short Film
Actor(voice)1944
Movie
7.3
ActorSelf (archive footage)1973
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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