Leigh Whipper

Acting

Leigh Whipper

Born 1876-10-29 Charleston, South Carolina, USA 23 films

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 U…

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Filmography

23 films
The Shrike poster

Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous…

The Shrike

★ 8.0 1955

Untamed Fury poster

The swamp folk of the deep Okefenokee live a brutal primitive life untouched by modern times - they…

Untamed Fury

★ 6.5 1947

Undercurrent poster

After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of hi…

Undercurrent

★ 5.9 1946

Young Widow poster

A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.

Young Widow

★ 4.8 1946

The Hidden Eye poster

A perfumed message provides the only clue for a blind detective bent on clearing a man accused of m…

The Hidden Eye

★ 7.9 1945

Dark Waters poster

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover…

Dark Waters

★ 6.0 1944

Happy Land poster

An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist bel…

Happy Land

★ 7.1 1943