Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

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]

  • Titulu: Rex Ingram
  • Popularità: 1.817
  • Cunnisciutu per: Acting
  • Anniversariu: 1895-10-20
  • Locu di nascita: Cairo, Illinois, USA
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Rex Ingram I filmi

  • 1942
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    The Talk of the Town

    The Talk of the Town

    7.3 1942 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

    6.6 1923 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Thief of Bagdad

    The Thief of Bagdad

    7.092 1940 HD

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  • 1948
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    Moonrise

    Moonrise

    6.2 1948 HD

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  • 1944
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    Dark Waters

    Dark Waters

    5.841 1944 HD

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  • 1958
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    God's Little Acre

    God's Little Acre

    6.1 1958 HD

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  • 1933
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    The Emperor Jones

    The Emperor Jones

    5.8 1933 HD

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  • 1968
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    Journey to Shiloh

    Journey to Shiloh

    5.4 1968 HD

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  • 1943
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    Sahara

    Sahara

    7.2 1943 HD

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  • 1961
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    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    1 1961 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

    7.8 1956 HD

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  • 1955
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    Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

    4.9 1955 HD

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  • 1964
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    Your Cheatin' Heart

    Your Cheatin' Heart

    6.3 1964 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    6.412 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    The Green Pastures

    The Green Pastures

    6.3 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Harlem After Midnight

    Harlem After Midnight

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1918
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    Tarzan of the Apes

    Tarzan of the Apes

    5.318 1918 HD

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  • 1943
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    Cabin in the Sky

    Cabin in the Sky

    6.3 1943 HD

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  • 1967
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    Hurry Sundown

    Hurry Sundown

    6.435 1967 HD

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  • 1959
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    Watusi

    Watusi

    5.7 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Congo Crossing

    Congo Crossing

    5.2 1956 HD

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  • 1958
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    Anna Lucasta

    Anna Lucasta

    6.2 1958 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Gay Knighties

    The Gay Knighties

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1944
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    Jasper's Paradise

    Jasper's Paradise

    1 1944 HD

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  • 1943
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    Fired Wife

    Fired Wife

    4.8 1943 HD

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  • 1927
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    The King of Kings

    The King of Kings

    6.4 1927 HD

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli

    1 1973 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Four Feathers

    The Four Feathers

    4.4 1929 HD

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  • 1939
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    Let My People Live

    Let My People Live

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1960
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    Desire in the Dust

    Desire in the Dust

    4 1960 HD

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  • 2008
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    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

    7 2008 HD

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  • 1947
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    Shoe Shine Jasper

    Shoe Shine Jasper

    1 1947 HD

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  • 1959
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    Escort West

    Escort West

    5.6 1959 HD

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  • 1946
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    John Henry and the Inky-Poo

    John Henry and the Inky-Poo

    5.9 1946 HD

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  • 1945
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    A Thousand and One Nights

    A Thousand and One Nights

    5.733 1945 HD

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  • 1960
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    Elmer Gantry

    Elmer Gantry

    7.259 1960 HD

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  • 1945
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    Adventure

    Adventure

    6.2 1945 HD

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  • 1941
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    Hoola Boola

    Hoola Boola

    9 1941 HD

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  • 1954
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    Climax!

    Climax!

    3 1954 HD

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  • 1958
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    The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

    7 1958 HD

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  • 1959
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    Black Saddle

    Black Saddle

    6 1959 HD

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  • 1955
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    Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

    6.5 1955 HD

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  • 1965
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    Branded

    Branded

    6.4 1965 HD

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  • 1947
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    Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

    7.3 1947 HD

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  • 1967
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    Cowboy in Africa

    Cowboy in Africa

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1966
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    Daktari

    Daktari

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1967
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    Cowboy in Africa

    Cowboy in Africa

    5 1967 HD

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  • 1966
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    Daktari

    Daktari

    7 1966 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Bill Cosby Show

    The Bill Cosby Show

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1962
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    Sam Benedict

    Sam Benedict

    6 1962 HD

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