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 Talk of the Town
As Tilney
The Ten Commandments
As Israelite Slave (uncredited)
The Thief of Bagdad
As Djinn
Moonrise
As Mose
Dark Waters
As Pearson Jackson
God's Little Acre
As Uncle Felix
The Emperor Jones
As Court Crier
Journey to Shiloh
As Jacob
Sahara
As Sgt. Maj. Tambul
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
As Self (archive footage)
The Ten Commandments
As Bit Part
Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
As Sukulu Chieftain
Your Cheatin' Heart
As Teetot
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
As Jim
The Green Pastures
As De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
Harlem After Midnight
Tarzan of the Apes
As (uncredited)
Cabin in the Sky
As Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Hurry Sundown
As Prof. Thurlow
Watusi
As Umbopa
Congo Crossing
As Dr. Leopold Gorman
Anna Lucasta
As Joe Lucasta
The Gay Knighties
As Narrator (voice)
Jasper's Paradise
As (voice)
Fired Wife
As Charles
The King of Kings
As (uncredited)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
As Self (archive footage)
The Four Feathers
As Fuzzy Wuzzy Native
Let My People Live
As Dr. Gordon
Desire in the Dust
As Burt Crane
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
As Djinn (archival footage)
Shoe Shine Jasper
As (voice)
Escort West
As Nelson Walker
John Henry and the Inky-Poo
As Narrator / John Henry (voice)
A Thousand and One Nights
As Giant
Elmer Gantry
As Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
Adventure
As Preacher (unconfirmed)
Hoola Boola
As Narrator (voice)
Climax!
As Petraca
Gunsmoke
As Juba
The Rifleman
As Thaddeus
Black Saddle
As Alex Booth
Branded
As Hannibal - Valet
The Bill Cosby Show
As George
Cowboy in Africa
As Nhinga
Daktari
As Natoma
Kraft Television Theatre
As Lem
Sam Benedict
As Judge Larkin