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person_profile-Leigh Whipper

Leigh Whipper Died at age: 98

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Leigh Whipper

Date of Birth:

Oct 29, 1876

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 26, 1975

Biography of

Leigh Whipper

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Leigh Rollin Whipper (October 29, 1876 – July 26, 1975) was an American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. He was the first African American to join the Actors' Equity Association, and one of the founders of the Negro Actors Guild of America. He is best known for creating the role of Crooks in the original Broadway production of Of Mice and Men, which he reprised in the 1939 film version.

    Educated at Howard University Law School, he left in 1895 and never practiced as a lawyer. Without any dramatic training, he made his first Broadway appearance in Georgia Minstrels. His first film role was in the 1920 silent film The Symbol of the Unconquered.

    During the Second World War, Whipper was a member of the steering committee of Negro Division the Hollywood Victory Committee.

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Filmography of

Leigh Whipper

Found 20 Movies in total

The Young Don't Cry

Doosy ( Actor )

... 1957

The Shrike

Mr. Carlisle ( Actor )

... 1955

Untamed Fury

Uncle Gabe ( Actor )

... 1947

Undercurrent

George ( Actor )

... 1946

Young Widow

Nate (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1946

The Hidden Eye

Alistair ( Actor )

... 1945

Happy Land

Old Ben ( Actor )

... 1943

Mission to Moscow

Haile Selassie (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

White Cargo

Jim Fish ( Actor )

... 1942

The Ox-Bow Incident

Sparks (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

... 1942

The Vanishing Virginian

Uncle Josh ( Actor )

... 1942

Bahama Passage

Morales ( Actor )

... 1941

King of the Zombies

Momba ( Actor )

... 1941

Road to Zanzibar

Scarface ( Actor )

... 1941

Virginia

Ezechial ( Actor )

... 1941

Robin Hood of the Pecos

Kezeye ( Actor )

... 1941

Of Mice and Men

Crooks ( Actor )

... 1939

The Symbol of the Unconquered

Tugi - an Indian Fakir ( Actor )

... 1920

... 1920