Leigh Whipper
- Atuação
- 29 de outubro de 1876 · Charleston, South Carolina, USA
- 26 de julho de 1975
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem · Em pessoa
- The Young Don't Cry · Doosy
- The Shrike · Mr. Carlisle
- Untamed Fury · Uncle Gabe
- Correntes Ocultas · George
- Young Widow · Nate (Uncredited), Nate (uncredited)
- The Negro Sailor · Editor
- The Hidden Eye · Alistair
- Águas Tenebrosas · Office Custodian (uncredited)
- Happy Land · Old Ben (uncredited)
- Missão em Moscou · Haile Selassie (uncredited)
- Consciências Mortas · Sparks (uncredited)
- White Cargo · Jim Fish
- Heart of the Golden West · Rango
- The Vanishing Virginian · Uncle Josh
- Bahama Passage · Morales
- O Rei dos Zombies · Momba
- A Tentação de Zanzibar · Scarface
- Virginia · Ezechial
- Robin Hood of the Pecos · Kezeye
- Of Mice and Men · Crooks
- O Símbolo dos Resistentes: Uma História da Ku Klux Klan · Tugi - an Indian Fakir
- Nos Limites dos Portões