Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/10/1895

Day of Death

19/09/1969
(74) years old

Place of Birth

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... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2008

Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad

as Djinn (archival footage)

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Mi...

as Self (archive footage)

1968

Journey to Shiloh

as Jacob

1967

Hurry Sundown

as Prof. Thurlow

1964

Your Cheatin' Heart

as Teetot

1961

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

as Self (archive footage)

1960

Desire in the Dust

as Burt Crane

1960

Elmer Gantry

as Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredi...

1959

Watusi

as Umbopa

1959

Escort West

as Nelson Walker

1958

Anna Lucasta

as Joe Lucasta

1958

God's Little Acre

as Uncle Felix

1956

The Ten Commandments

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1956

Congo Crossing

as Dr. Leopold Gorman

1955

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

as Sukulu Chieftain

1948

Moonrise

as Mose

1947

Shoe Shine Jasper

as (voice)

1946

John Henry and the Inky-Poo

as Narrator / John Henry (voice)

1945

Adventure

as Preacher (unconfirmed)

1944

Dark Waters

as Pearson Jackson

1944

Jasper's Paradise

as (voice)

1943

Sahara

as Sgt. Maj. Tambul

1943

Fired Wife

as Charles

1943

Cabin in the Sky

as Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

1941

The Gay Knighties

as Narrator (voice)

1941

Hoola Boola

as Narrator (voice)

1939

Let My People Live

as Dr. Gordon

1936

The Green Pastures

as De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel

1933

Emperor Jones

as Court Crier

1929

The Four Feathers

as Fuzzy Wuzzy Native

1927

The King of Kings

as (uncredited)

1923

The Ten Commandments

as Israelite Slave (uncredited)

1918

Tarzan of the Apes

as (uncredited)