Rex Ingram

About

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)....

Known for

The RiflemanSeries • 1958Climax!Series • 1954GunsmokeSeries • 1955Kraft Television TheatreSeries • 1947BrandedSeries • 1965Black SaddleSeries • 1959The Ten CommandmentsMovie • 1956DaktariSeries • 1966Sam BenedictSeries • 1962The Bill Cosby ShowSeries • 1969The Thief of BagdadMovie • 1940Hurry SundownMovie • 1967The King of KingsMovie • 1927Tarzan of the ApesMovie • 1918Elmer GantryMovie • 1960The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovie • 1939The Ten CommandmentsMovie • 1923The Talk of the TownMovie • 1942SaharaMovie • 1943Journey to ShilohMovie • 1968Dark WatersMovie • 1944God's Little AcreMovie • 1958MoonriseMovie • 1948Cabin in the SkyMovie • 1943