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He was in the original cast of Haiti (1938), Cabin in the Sky (1940), and St. Louis Woman (1946). He is one of the few actors to have played both God (in The Green Pastures) and the Devil (in Cabin in the Sky ). In 1966 he played Tee-Tot in the movie Your Cheatin' Heart .
Actor probably best remembered for his portrayal of Jim, the fugitive slave, opposite Mickey Rooney in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939). He died September 19, 1969 and was buried in California.
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- Cairo, Illinois, USA
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Rex Ingram. Actor: God's Little Acre. A Corsicana native, Rex (Clifford) Ingram was the son of Mack and Mamie Ingram. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in medicine before launching a brilliant acting career which spanned 50 years.
- October 20, 1895
- September 19, 1969
Director: The Great Problem. Renowned director Rex Ingram started his film career as a set designer and painter. His directorial debut was The Great Problem (1916). A true master of the medium, Ingram despised the business haggling required in the Hollywood system.
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- Dublin, Ireland
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- North Hollywood, California, USA
May 21, 2018 · Rex Ingram's work has tended to be overlooked and forgotten as a result of his retirement from films in the early 1930s, an era when sound had taken over the world of cinema. He began his career in films in 1913, working as designer, scriptwriter, and actor for Edison, Vitagraph, and Fox.
Mar 13, 2018 · Irish-born actor, director and screenwriter Rex Ingram between shooting ‘Mare Nostrum’ in 1925. Photograph: John Kobal Foundation/Getty Images. As the industry relocated to Hollywood, so did...
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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.
