Where to watch Leigh Whipper in the UK
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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 …
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- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Sparks (uncredited)
- Mission to Moscow (1943) as Haile Selassie (uncredited)
- Road to Zanzibar (1941) as Scarface
- Of Mice and Men (1939) as Crooks
- Undercurrent (1946) as George
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) as Self (archival footage)
- King of the Zombies (1941) as Momba
- The Shrike (1955) as Mr. Carlisle
- Happy Land (1943) as Old Ben (uncredited)
- White Cargo (1942) as Jim Fish
- Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) as Kezeye
- Within Our Gates (1920) Cast
- Bahama Passage (1941) as Morales
- Young Widow (1946) as Nate (Uncredited)
- Virginia (1941) as Ezechial
- The Vanishing Virginian (1942) as Uncle Josh
- The Young Don't Cry (1957) as Doosy
- Heart of the Golden West (1942) as Rango
- Untamed Fury (1947) as Uncle Gabe
- The Hidden Eye (1945) as Alistair
- The Negro Sailor (1945) as Editor
- The Symbol of the Unconquered (1920) as Tugi - an Indian Fakir
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