- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 20, 1895
- Place of Birth
- Cairo, Illinois, USA
- Died
- September 19, 1969
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) screen debut in that film and had many other small roles, usually as a generic black native, such as in the Tarzan films. With the arrival of sound, his presence and powerful voice became an asset and he went on to memorable roles in The Green Pastures (1936), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (the 1939 MGM version), The Thief of Bagdad (1940—perhaps his best-known film appearance—as the genie), The Talk of the Town (1942), and Sahara (1943). …
Filmography
Visual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
movieVisual Effects: The Thief of Bagdad
2008 · Djinn (archival footage)
movieThe Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969 · George
movieJourney to Shiloh
1968 · Jacob
tvCowboy in Africa
1967 · Nhinga, Dr. Tom Merar
movieHurry Sundown
1967 · Prof. Thurlow
tvDaktari
1966 · Natoma, Chief Makubu
tvBranded
1965 · Hannibal - Valet
movieYour Cheatin' Heart
1964 · Teetot
tvSam Benedict
1962 · Judge Larkin
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 · Self (archive footage)
movieDesire in the Dust
1960 · Burt Crane
movieElmer Gantry
1960 · Preacher of Black Congregation (uncredited)
movieWatusi
1959 · Umbopa
movieEscort West
1959 · Nelson Walker
tvBlack Saddle
1959 · Alex Booth
movieAnna Lucasta
1958 · Joe Lucasta
tvThe Rifleman
1958 · Thaddeus
movieGod's Little Acre
1958 · Uncle Felix
movieThe Ten Commandments
1956 · Bit Part (uncredited)
movieCongo Crossing
1956 · Dr. Leopold Gorman
tvGunsmoke
1955 · Juba
movieTarzan's Hidden Jungle
1955 · Sukulu Chieftain
tvClimax!
1954 · Petraca
movieMoonrise
1948 · Mose
tvKraft Television Theatre
1947 · Lem
movieShoe Shine Jasper
1947 · (voice)
movieJohn Henry and the Inky-Poo
1946 · Narrator / John Henry (voice)
movieAdventure
1945 · Preacher (unconfirmed)
movieA Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Giant
movieDark Waters
1944 · Pearson Jackson
Jasper's Paradise
movieJasper's Paradise
1944 · (voice)
movieSahara
1943 · Sgt. Maj. Tambul
movieFired Wife
1943 · Charles
movieCabin in the Sky
1943 · Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
movieThe Talk of the Town
1942 · Tilney
movieThe Gay Knighties
1941 · Narrator (voice)
movieHoola Boola
1941 · Narrator (voice)
movieThe Thief of Bagdad
1940 · Djinn
movieLet My People Live
1939 · Dr. Gordon
movieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939 · Jim
movieThe Green Pastures
1936 · De Lawd / Adam / Hezdrel
movieHarlem After Midnight
1934
movieEmperor Jones
1933 · Court Crier
movieThe Four Feathers
1929 · Fuzzy Wuzzy Native
movieThe King of Kings
1927 · (uncredited)
movieThe Ten Commandments
1923 · Israelite Slave (uncredited)
movieTarzan of the Apes
1918 · (uncredited)