Acting credits
22
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Leigh Whipper
Acting
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Movies: 22Series: 0
TMDB ID: 130217
IMDb ID: nm0924181
Known for: Acting
Born: October 29, 1876
Died: July 26, 1975
Age: 98
Place of birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1920 - 2026
Years active: 107
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q1815058
Also known as
Lee Whipper
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 and never practiced as a lawyer. Without any dramatic training, he made his first Broadway appearance in Georgia Minstrels. His first film role was in the 1920 silent film The Symbol of the Unconquered. During the Second World War, Whipper was a member of the steering committee of Negro Division the Hollywood Victory Committee.
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Movie credits linked with Leigh Whipper.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
as Self (archival footage)
2026 Movie
6.2
The Young Don't Cry
as Doosy
1957 Movie
6.0
The Shrike
as Mr. Carlisle
1955 Movie
6.0
Untamed Fury
as Uncle Gabe
1947 Movie
5.9
Undercurrent
as George
1946 Movie
4.6
Young Widow
as Nate (Uncredited)
1946 Movie
The Negro Sailor
as Editor
1945 Movie
7.5
The Hidden Eye
as Alistair
1945 Movie
6.2
Happy Land
as Old Ben (uncredited)
1943 Movie
5.4
Mission to Moscow
as Haile Selassie (uncredited)
1943 Movie
7.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Sparks (uncredited)
1943 Movie
5.8
White Cargo
as Jim Fish
1942 Movie
1.5
Heart of the Golden West
as Rango
1942 Movie
6.0
The Vanishing Virginian
as Uncle Josh
1942 Movie
6.0
Bahama Passage
as Morales
1941 Movie
5.1
King of the Zombies
as Momba
1941 Movie
6.3
Road to Zanzibar
as Scarface
1941 Movie
Virginia
as Ezechial
1941 Movie
5.0
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Kezeye
1941 Movie
7.3
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks
1939 Movie
5.3
The Symbol of the Unconquered
as Tugi - an Indian Fakir
1920 Movie
6.0
Within Our Gates
1920 Movie