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Leigh Whipper
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Leigh Whipper
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1876-10-29,Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Road to Zanzibar

6.4

Road to Zanzibar
1941-04-11

5.922

Undercurrent
1946-11-11

Of Mice and Men

7.3

Of Mice and Men
1939-12-24

7.857

The Hidden Eye
1945-08-31

7.5

Bahama Passage
1941-12-10

6.188

White Cargo
1942-12-12

Heart of the Golden West

4.25

Heart of the Golden West
1942-11-16

4.8

Young Widow
1946-03-01

9

Virginia
1941-01-28

The Negro Sailor

7

The Negro Sailor
1945-12-13

8

The Shrike
1955-06-16

The Ox-Bow Incident

7.717

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943-03-11

The Symbol of the Unconquered

5.708

The Symbol of the Unconquered
1920-11-28

7.125

Happy Land
1943-11-10

Robin Hood of the Pecos

6

Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941-01-14

6.5

Untamed Fury
1947-03-22

King of the Zombies

5.231

King of the Zombies
1941-05-14

The Young Don't Cry

7

The Young Don't Cry
1957-07-26

The Vanishing Virginian

7.333

The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01

Mission to Moscow

5.738

Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29

Within Our Gates

6.037

Within Our Gates
1920-01-12

Once Upon a Time in Harlem

0

Once Upon a Time in Harlem
2026-01-25

4.8

Young Widow
1946-03-01