Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Acting
🎂 1895-10-20 (73 years old at death)
✝️ 1969-09-19
📍 Cairo, Illinois, USA
👤 Male
🎬 36 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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 sm ...
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Filmography (36 movies)

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)
Journey to Shiloh
Journey to Shiloh
1968
as Jacob
Hurry Sundown
Hurry Sundown
1967
as Prof. Thurlow
Your Cheatin' Heart
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964
as Teetot
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Desire in the Dust
Desire in the Dust
1960
as Burt Crane
Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry
1960
as Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Watusi
Watusi
1959
as Umbopa
Escort West
Escort West
1959
as Nelson Walker
Anna Lucasta
Anna Lucasta
1958
as Joe Lucasta
God's Little Acre
God's Little Acre
1958
as Uncle Felix
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Congo Crossing
Congo Crossing
1956
as Dr. Leopold Gorman
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
as Sukulu Chieftain
Moonrise
Moonrise
1948
as Mose
Shoe Shine Jasper
Shoe Shine Jasper
1947
as (voice)
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
1946
as Narrator / John Henry (voice)
Adventure
Adventure
1945
as Preacher (unconfirmed)
A Thousand and One Nights
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Giant
Dark Waters
Dark Waters
1944
as Pearson Jackson
Sahara
Sahara
1943
as Sgt. Maj. Tambul
Fired Wife
Fired Wife
1943
as Charles
Cabin in the Sky
Cabin in the Sky
1943
as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Tilney
The Gay Knighties
The Gay Knighties
1941
as Narrator (voice)
Hoola Boola
Hoola Boola
1941
as Narrator (voice)
The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad
1940
as Djinn
Let My People Live
Let My People Live
1939
as Dr. Gordon
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Jim
The Green Pastures
The Green Pastures
1936
as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Harlem After Midnight
Harlem After Midnight
1934
 Emperor Jones
Emperor Jones
1933
as Court Crier
The Four Feathers
The Four Feathers
1929
as Fuzzy Wuzzy Native
The King of Kings
The King of Kings
1927
as (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments
1923
as Israelite Slave (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
as (uncredited)