Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/29/1876
Place of Birth
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
Lee Whipper
Leigh Whipper
Biography
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 ...
Known For
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Sparks (uncredited)
Bahama Passage
as Morales
White Cargo
as Jim Fish
Road to Zanzibar
as Scarface
Of Mice and Men
as Crooks
The Young Don't Cry
as Doosy
Undercurrent
as George
The Vanishing Virginian
as Uncle Josh
Heart of the Golden West
as Rango
Robin Hood of the Pecos
as Kezeye
Mission to Moscow
as Haile Selassie (uncredited)
Within Our Gates
Unknown Role
King of the Zombies
as Momba
The Symbol of the Unconquered
as Tugi - an Indian Fakir
Young Widow
as Nate (Uncredited)
Happy Land
as Old Ben (uncredited)
The Hidden Eye
as Alistair
The Shrike
as Mr. Carlisle
Virginia
as Ezechial
Untamed Fury
as Uncle Gabe