1876-10-29 ( 148 years old ) in Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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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.
Movies
The Young Don't Cry
1957-07-26
The Shrike
1955-06-16
Untamed Fury
1947-03-22
Undercurrent
1946-11-11
Young Widow
1946-03-01
The Negro Sailor
1945-12-13
The Hidden Eye
1945-08-31
Happy Land
1943-11-10
Mission to Moscow
1943-04-29
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943-03-11
White Cargo
1942-12-12
Heart of the Golden West
1942-11-16
The Vanishing Virginian
1942-02-01
Bahama Passage
1941-12-10
King of the Zombies
1941-05-14
Road to Zanzibar
1941-04-11
Virginia
1941-01-28
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941-01-14
Of Mice and Men
1939-12-24
The Symbol of the Unconquered
1920-11-28
Within Our Gates
1920-01-12
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