Rex Ingram
Acting
Born: 1895-10-20 · Cairo, Illinois, USA
Died: 1969-09-19
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 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 smal
🎬 Movies (20)
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008
Djinn (archival footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
Self (archive footage)
Journey to Shiloh
1968
Jacob
Hurry Sundown
1967
Prof. Thurlow
Your Cheatin' Heart
1964
Teetot
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
Desire in the Dust
1960
Burt Crane
Elmer Gantry
1960
Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Watusi
1959
Umbopa
Escort West
1959
Nelson Walker
Anna Lucasta
1958
Joe Lucasta
God's Little Acre
1958
Uncle Felix
The Ten Commandments
1956
Bit Part (uncredited)
Congo Crossing
1956
Dr. Leopold Gorman
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955
Sukulu Chieftain
Moonrise
1948
Mose
Shoe Shine Jasper
1947
(voice)
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
1946
Narrator / John Henry (voice)
Adventure
1945
Preacher (unconfirmed)
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
Giant
📺 TV Shows (12)
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
George
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Nhinga
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Dr. Tom Merar
Daktari
1966
Natoma
Daktari
1966
Chief Makubu
Branded
1965
Hannibal - Valet
Sam Benedict
1962
Judge Larkin
Black Saddle
1959
Alex Booth
The Rifleman
1958
Thaddeus
Gunsmoke
1955
Juba
Climax!
1954
Petraca
Kraft Television Theatre
1947
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