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]
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1895-10-20
Place of Birth: Cairo, Illinois, USA
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Movies List of Rex Ingram

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The Talk of the Town

1942 Movie
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The Ten Commandments

1923 Movie
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The Thief of Bagdad

1940 Movie
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Moonrise

1948 Movie
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Dark Waters

1944 Movie
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God's Little Acre

1958 Movie
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The Emperor Jones

1933 Movie
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Journey to Shiloh

1968 Movie
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Sahara

1943 Movie
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The Ten Commandments

1956 Movie
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Your Cheatin' Heart

1964 Movie
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The Green Pastures

1936 Movie
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Harlem After Midnight

1934 Movie
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Tarzan of the Apes

1918 Movie
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Cabin in the Sky

1943 Movie
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Hurry Sundown

1967 Movie
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Watusi

1959 Movie
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Congo Crossing

1956 Movie
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Anna Lucasta

1958 Movie
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The Gay Knighties

1941 Movie
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Jasper's Paradise

1944 Movie
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Fired Wife

1943 Movie
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The King of Kings

1927 Movie
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The Four Feathers

1929 Movie
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Let My People Live

1939 Movie
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Desire in the Dust

1960 Movie
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Shoe Shine Jasper

1947 Movie
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Escort West

1959 Movie
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Elmer Gantry

1960 Movie
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Adventure

1945 Movie
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Hoola Boola

1941 Movie