Rex Ingram
Acting
Born October 20, 1895 — Died September 19, 1969
From Cairo, Illinois, USA
Biography
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...
Filmography
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Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
Djinn (archival footage)
20087.0
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
Self (archive footage)
19737.0
Journey to Shiloh
Jacob
19685.4
Hurry Sundown
Prof. Thurlow
19676.4
Your Cheatin' Heart
Teetot
19646.5
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
19617.0
Desire in the Dust
Burt Crane
19604.4
Elmer Gantry
Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
19607.3
Watusi
Umbopa
19595.8
Escort West
Nelson Walker
19596.2
Anna Lucasta
Joe Lucasta
19586.2
God's Little Acre
Uncle Felix
19586.2
The Ten Commandments
Bit Part (uncredited)
19567.8
Congo Crossing
Dr. Leopold Gorman
19565.5
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Sukulu Chieftain
19555.4
Moonrise
Mose
19486.3
Shoe Shine Jasper
(voice)
19478.0
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
Narrator / John Henry (voice)
19466.1
Adventure
Preacher (unconfirmed)
19456.4
A Thousand and One Nights
Giant
19456.1
Dark Waters
Pearson Jackson
19446.0
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Jasper's Paradise
(voice)
19449.0
Sahara
Sgt. Maj. Tambul
19437.2
Fired Wife
Charles
19435.6
Cabin in the Sky
Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
19436.5
The Talk of the Town
Tilney
19427.3
The Gay Knighties
Narrator (voice)
19417.0
Hoola Boola
Narrator (voice)
19418.3
The Thief of Bagdad
Djinn
19407.1
Let My People Live
Dr. Gordon
19397.0
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Jim
19396.7
The Green Pastures
De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
19366.3
Harlem After Midnight
19349.0
Emperor Jones
Court Crier
19335.6
The Four Feathers
Fuzzy Wuzzy Native
19295.0
The King of Kings
(uncredited)
19276.4
The Ten Commandments
Israelite Slave (uncredited)
19236.5
Tarzan of the Apes
(uncredited)
19185.3