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Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Actor

Born October 20, 1895 in Cairo, Illinois, USA

Died September 19, 1969

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God's Little Acre
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Anna Lucasta
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The Rifleman
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The Ten Commandments
Amazon Prime Video
Gunsmoke
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Climax!
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Moonrise
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The Thief of Bagdad
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The Green Pastures
Rakuten Viki
The Emperor Jones
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The King of Kings
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The Ten Commandments
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Tarzan of the Apes
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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]

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Filmography

Actor

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Year

Classified X Poster

Classified X Documentary1998

The Bill Cosby Show Poster

The Bill Cosby Show TV Series1969

Journey to Shiloh Poster

Journey to Shiloh Feature Film1968

Cowboy in Africa Poster

Cowboy in Africa TV Series1967

Hurry Sundown Poster

Hurry Sundown Feature Film1967

Daktari TV Series1966

Branded TV Series1965

I Spy TV Series1965

Your Cheatin' Heart Poster

Your Cheatin' Heart Feature Film1964

Breaking Point Poster

Breaking Point TV Series1963

Mr. Novak Poster

Mr. Novak TV Series1963

Sam Benedict Poster

Sam Benedict TV Series1962

The Lloyd Bridges Show Poster

The Lloyd Bridges Show TV Series1962

The Dick Powell Theatre Poster

The Dick Powell Theatre TV Series1961

Desire in the Dust Poster

Desire in the Dust Feature Film1960

Elmer Gantry Poster

Elmer Gantry Feature Film1960

The Law and Mr. Jones Poster

The Law and Mr. Jones TV Series1960

Black Saddle Poster

Black Saddle TV Series1959

Escort West Poster

Escort West Feature Film1959

Watusi Feature Film1959

Anna Lucasta Poster

Anna Lucasta Feature Film1958

God's Little Acre Poster

God's Little Acre Feature Film1958

Social Security in Action Poster

Social Security in Action TV Series1958

The Rifleman Poster

The Rifleman TV Series1958

Hell on Devil's Island Poster

Hell on Devil's Island Feature Film1957

Whirlybirds Poster

Whirlybirds TV Series1957

Congo Crossing Poster

Congo Crossing Feature Film1956

The Ten Commandments Poster

The Ten Commandments Feature Film1956

Crossroads Poster

Crossroads TV Series1955

Gunsmoke Poster

Gunsmoke TV Series1955

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Poster

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Feature Film1955

Climax! TV Series1954

The Brighter Day Poster

The Brighter Day TV Series1954

Your Play Time TV Series1953

Moonrise Poster

Moonrise Feature Film1948

Kraft Theatre Poster

Kraft Theatre TV Series1947

Shoe Shine Jasper Poster

Shoe Shine Jasper Short Film1947

John Henry and the Inky-Poo Poster

John Henry and the Inky-Poo Short Film1946

A Thousand and One Nights Poster

A Thousand and One Nights Feature Film1945

Adventure Poster

Adventure Feature Film1945

Hot Lips Jasper Poster

Hot Lips Jasper Short Film1945

Jasper Tell Poster

Jasper Tell Short Film1945

Dark Waters Poster

Dark Waters Feature Film1944

Jasper's Paradise Poster

Jasper's Paradise Short Film1944

Cabin in the Sky Poster

Cabin in the Sky Feature Film1943

Fired Wife Poster

Fired Wife Feature Film1943

Sahara Feature Film1943

Jasper and the Watermelons Poster

Jasper and the Watermelons Short Film1942

The Talk of the Town Poster

The Talk of the Town Feature Film1942

Tulips Shall Grow Poster

Tulips Shall Grow Short Film1942

Hoola Boola Poster

Hoola Boola Short Film1941

The Gay Knighties Poster

The Gay Knighties Short Film1941

The Thief of Bagdad Poster

The Thief of Bagdad Feature Film1940

Let My People Live Poster

Let My People Live Short Film1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Poster

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Feature Film1939

The Green Pastures Poster

The Green Pastures Feature Film1936

Harlem After Midnight Poster

Harlem After Midnight Feature Film1934

The Emperor Jones Poster

The Emperor Jones Feature Film1933

The Four Feathers Poster

The Four Feathers Feature Film1929

The King of Kings Poster

The King of Kings Feature Film1927

The Ten Commandments Poster

The Ten Commandments Feature Film1923

Salome Feature Film1918

Tarzan of the Apes Poster

Tarzan of the Apes Feature Film1918

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The Bill Cosby Show Poster

The Bill Cosby Show TV Series1969

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