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Michael Landon, Rex Ingram, and Robert Ryan in God's Little Acre (1958)

Rex Ingram and Robert Ryan in God's Little Acre (1958)

Rex Ingram, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, and Kenneth Spencer in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Rex Ingram and Lena Horne in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Louis Armstrong, Rex Ingram, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Hall Johnson Choir, Duke Ellington, Lena Horne, Kenneth Spencer, and Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

Rex Ingram and Sabu in The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

"Cabin in the Sky" Rex Ingram, Lena Horne, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Ethel Waters 1943 MGM

Ethel Barrymore, Rex Ingram, Dane Clark, and Gail Russell in Moonrise (1948)

Rex Ingram, Helmut Dantine, Donna Martell, William Talman, and Jean Willes in Hell on Devil's Island (1957)

Ethel Barrymore, Rex Ingram, Dane Clark, Harry Morgan, and Gail Russell in Moonrise (1948)

Humphrey Bogart, Lloyd Bridges, Rex Ingram, Richard Aherne, and Bruce Bennett in Sahara (1943)

Rex Ingram, Adele Jergens, Evelyn Keyes, and Cornel Wilde in A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

Rex Ingram, June Duprez, and Sabu in The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Rex Ingram, John Justin, Sabu, and Conrad Veidt in The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Rex Ingram, June Duprez, John Justin, Sabu, and Conrad Veidt in The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

Rex Ingram, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, and Ethel Waters in Cabin in the Sky (1943)

A Corsicana native, Rex (Clifford) Ingram was the son of Mack and Mamie Ingram. He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in medicine before launching a brilliant acting career which spanned 50 years. Ingram made his screen debut during the silent era in Tarzan of the Apes (1918). He won widespread acclaim for his portrayal of De Lawd in The Green Pastures (1936), Ingram also appeared on the Broadway stage and in television productions, bringing skill and dignity to every performance. Actor probably best remembered for his portrayal of Jim, the fugitive slave, opposite Mickey Rooney in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939). He died September 19, 1969 and was buried in California.

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