REX INGRAM—SIGNED PHOTO—THIEF OF BAGDAD Genie-BOGART—CARY GRANT

Description: REX INGRAMSIGNED AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO Ingram (1895-1969) was born near Cairo, Illinois, on the Mississippi; his father was a steamer fireman on the riverboat Robert E. Lee. Ingram graduated from the Northwestern University medical school in 1919 and was the first African-American man to receive a Phi Beta Kappa key from Northwestern University. He went to Hollywood as a young man where he was literally discovered on a street corner by the casting director for Tarzan of the Apes (1918), starring Elmo Lincoln. He made his ( ) screen debut in that film and had many other small roles, usually as a generic black native, such as in the Tarzan films. With the arrival of sound, his presence and powerful voice became an asset and he went on to memorable roles in Marc Connelly’s The Green Pastures (1936) with Eddie Anderson, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (the 1939 MGM version, opposite Mickey Rooney), Michael Powell’s The Thief of Bagdad (1940—perhaps his best-known film appearance—as the genie), The Talk of the Town (1942) with Cary Grant Jean Arthur, and Ronald Colman and Sahara (1943) with Humphrey Bogart From 1929, he also appeared on stage, making his debut on Broadway. He appeared in more than a dozen Broadway productions, with his final role coming in Kwamina in 1961. He was in the original cast of Haiti (1938), Cabin in the Sky (1940), and St. Louis Woman (1946). He is one of the few actors to have played both God (in The Green Pastures) and the Devil (in Cabin in the Sky). In 1966 he played Tee-Tot in the movie Your Cheatin' Heart. In 1962, he became the first African-American actor to be hired for a contract role on a soap opera, when he appeared on The Brighter Day. He had other minor work in television in the 1960s, appearing in an episode each of I Spy and The Bill Cosby Show Complete filmography Year Film Role Notes 1918 Tarzan of the Apes 1918 Salomé 1923 The Ten Commandments Israelite Slave 1927 The King of Kings Minor Role 1929 The Four Feathers Fuzzy Wuzzy 1933 The Emperor Jones Court Crier 1934 Harlem After Midnight 1936 The Green Pastures Adam / De Lawd 1939 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jim 1940 The Thief of Bagdad Djinn 1941 Hoola Boola Narrator Short 1941 The Gay Knighties Narrator Short 1942 Jasper & the Watermelons Voice, Short 1942 Tulips Shall Grow Narrator Short 1942 The Talk of the Town Tilney 1943 Cabin in the Sky Lucifer Jr. / Lucius Ferry 1943 Sahara Sgt. Major Tambul 1943 Fired Wife Charles 1944 Jasper's Paradise Voice, Short 1944 Dark Waters Pearson Jackson 1945 Hot Lips Jasper Voice, Short 1945 Jasper Tell Voice, Short 1945 A Thousand and One Nights Giant 1945 Adventure Preacher 1947 Shoe Shine Jasper Voice, Short 1948 Moonrise Mose 1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle Sukulu 1956 Congo Crossing Dr. Gorman 1957 Hell on Devil's Island Lulu 1958 God's Little Acre Uncle Felix 1958 Anna Lucasta Joseph Lucasta 1959 Escort West Nelson Water 1959 Watusi Umbopa 1960 Elmer Gantry Preacher 1960 Desire in the Dust Burt Crane 1964 Your Cheatin' Heart Tee-Tot 1967 Hurry Sundown Prof. Thurlow 1968 Journey to Shiloh Jacob Partial television credits 1956 Climax! Petraca 1 ep 1958 Whirlybirds Joe 1 ep 1959 Black Saddle Alex Booth 1 ep 1961 The Rifleman Thaddeus 1 ep 1962 Sam Benedict Judge Larkin 1 ep 1965 I Spy Dr. Bingham 1 ep 1966 Branded Hannibal 1 ep 1967–1968 Daktari Natoma Chief Makuba 2 eps 1968 Cowboy in Africa Dr. Tom Merar 1 ep 1969 Gunsmoke Juba 1 ep The Bill Cosby Show George 1 ep INSURED MEDIA MAILSHIPPING IN A BOXWITHIN 2 BUSINESSDAYS OF PAYMENT

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