Leigh Whipper

Leigh Whipper

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.

  • Title: Leigh Whipper
  • Popularity: 1.6
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1876-10-29
  • Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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  • Also Known As: Lee Whipper
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Leigh Whipper Movies

  • 1941
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    Road to Zanzibar

    Road to Zanzibar

    6.3 1941 HD

    Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.

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  • 1946
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    Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

    5.8 1946 HD

    After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an...

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  • 1939
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    Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men

    7.286 1939 HD

    An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

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  • 1945
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    The Hidden Eye

    The Hidden Eye

    7.6 1945 HD

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

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    Bahama Passage

    Bahama Passage

    6 1941 HD

    A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take over the business management of an island in the...

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  • 1942
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    White Cargo

    White Cargo

    5.8 1942 HD

    In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a...

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  • 1942
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    Heart of the Golden West

    Heart of the Golden West

    2 1942 HD

    Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert...

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  • 1946
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    Young Widow

    Young Widow

    4.8 1946 HD

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

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  • 1941
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    Virginia

    Virginia

    1 1941 HD

    Post-Civil War romantic drama about defeated Southerners, starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray.

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  • 1945
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    The Negro Sailor

    The Negro Sailor

    1 1945 HD

    US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the...

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  • 1955
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    The Shrike

    The Shrike

    6 1955 HD

    Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.

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  • 1943
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    The Ox-Bow Incident

    The Ox-Bow Incident

    7.7 1943 HD

    A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

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  • 1920
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    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    The Symbol of the Unconquered

    5.3 1920 HD

    Eve Mason, a white-passing black woman, moves to a remote cottage she inherited from her late father. She makes the acquaintance of her neighbor, a...

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  • 1943
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    Happy Land

    Happy Land

    6.2 1943 HD

    An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he...

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    Robin Hood of the Pecos

    Robin Hood of the Pecos

    5 1941 HD

    Robin Hood of the Pecos is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers and directed by Joseph Kane. Following the Civil War, the South still faced many...

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  • 1947
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    Untamed Fury

    Untamed Fury

    6 1947 HD

    The swamp folk of the deep Okefenokee live a brutal primitive life untouched by modern times - they support themselves by hunting alligators and...

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  • 1941
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    King of the Zombies

    King of the Zombies

    5.2 1941 HD

    During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal,...

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  • 1957
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    The Young Don't Cry

    The Young Don't Cry

    6.2 1957 HD

    An orphaned teen gets involved with some chain-gang convicts.

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  • 1942
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    The Vanishing Virginian

    The Vanishing Virginian

    6 1942 HD

    The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.

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  • 1943
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    Mission to Moscow

    Mission to Moscow

    5.2 1943 HD

    Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

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  • 1920
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    Within Our Gates

    Within Our Gates

    5.876 1920 HD

    Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished...

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