Leigh Whipper
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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.
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Conciencias muertas
Sparks (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
Self (archival footage)
Mission to Moscow
Haile Selassie (uncredited)
Of Mice and Men
Crooks
Undercurrent
George
The Vanishing Virginian
Uncle Josh
King of the Zombies
Momba
The Young Don't Cry
Doosy
Within Our Gates
White Cargo
Jim Fish
Camino a Zanzibar
Scarface
Virginia
Ezechial
Bahama Passage
Morales
Robin Hood of the Pecos
Kezeye
Young Widow
Nate (Uncredited)
The Shrike
Mr. Carlisle
Happy Land
Old Ben (uncredited)
Untamed Fury
Uncle Gabe
The Hidden Eye
Alistair
Heart of the Golden West
Rango
The Symbol of the Unconquered
Tugi - an Indian Fakir
The Negro Sailor
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