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Lee Whipper
Leigh Whipper
Acting
Biography
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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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
as Self (archival footage)
The Young Don't Cry
as Doosy
The Shrike
as Mr. Carlisle
Untamed Fury
as Uncle Gabe
Undercurrent
as George
Young Widow
as Nate (uncredited)
The Hidden Eye
as Alistair
The Negro Sailor
as Editor
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Sparks (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
as Haile Selassie (uncredited)