Rex Ingram
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Acting Credits
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 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 smal...
Known For
Filmography
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008
as Djinn (archival footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as George
Journey to Shiloh
1968
as Jacob
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Prof. Thurlow
Cowboy in Africa
1967
as Nhinga
Cowboy in Africa
1967
as Dr. Tom Merar
Daktari
1966
as Natoma
Daktari
1966
as Chief Makubu
Branded
1965
as Hannibal - Valet
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964
as Teetot
Sam Benedict
1962
as Judge Larkin
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Desire in the Dust
1960
as Burt Crane
Elmer Gantry
1960
as Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Watusi
1959
as Umbopa
Escort West
1959
as Nelson Walker
Black Saddle
1959
as Alex Booth
God's Little Acre
1958
as Uncle Felix
Anna Lucasta
1958
as Joe Lucasta
The Rifleman
1958
as Thaddeus
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Congo Crossing
1956
as Dr. Leopold Gorman
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
as Sukulu Chieftain
Gunsmoke
1955
as Juba
Climax!
1954
as Petraca
Moonrise
1948
as Mose
Shoe Shine Jasper
1947
as (voice)
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
as Lem
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
1946
as Narrator / John Henry (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Giant
Adventure
1945
as Preacher (unconfirmed)
Dark Waters
1944
as Pearson Jackson
Jasper's Paradise
1944
as (voice)
Sahara
1943
as Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Cabin in the Sky
1943
as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Fired Wife
1943
as Charles
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Tilney
The Gay Knighties
1941
as Narrator (voice)
Hoola Boola
1941
as Narrator (voice)
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Djinn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Jim
Let My People Live
1939
as Dr. Gordon
The Green Pastures
1936
as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Harlem After Midnight
1934
Emperor Jones
1933
as Court Crier
The Four Feathers
1929
as Fuzzy Wuzzy Native
The King of Kings
1927
as (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
1923
as Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
as (uncredited)