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Leigh Whipper
Acting
29 Oct 1876
† 26 Jul 1975
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Biography
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 an...
Also Known As
Lee Whipper
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Leigh Whipper's Movies
77%
The Ox-Bow Incident
11 Mar 1943
60%
Within Our Gates
12 Jan 1920
73%
Of Mice and Men
24 Dec 1939
51%
King of the Zombies
14 May 1941
59%
Undercurrent
11 Nov 1946
63%
Road to Zanzibar
11 Apr 1941
56%
Mission to Moscow
29 Apr 1943
53%
The Symbol of the Unconquered
28 Nov 1920
46%
Young Widow
01 Mar 1946
46%
Young Widow
01 Mar 1946
58%
White Cargo
12 Dec 1942
75%
The Hidden Eye
31 Aug 1945
62%
The Young Don't Cry
26 Jul 1957
62%
Happy Land
10 Nov 1943
15%
Heart of the Golden West
16 Nov 1942
60%
Bahama Passage
10 Dec 1941
60%
The Shrike
16 Jun 1955
50%
Robin Hood of the Pecos
14 Jan 1941
60%
Untamed Fury
22 Mar 1947
60%
The Vanishing Virginian
01 Feb 1942