Rex Ingram

Rex Ingram

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)...

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The Ten Commandments

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The Gay Knighties

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The King of Kings

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As Burt Crane

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Black Saddle

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Kraft Television Theatre

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Daktari

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The Bill Cosby Show

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