Highest rated movie: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Lowest rated movie: Mission to Moscow (1943)
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Looking for reviews of Leigh Whipper movies? Cinafilm has a total of 271 reviews across 8 movies.
Movies starring Leigh Whipper have generally received mixed reviews and hold an average score of 56%.
The Ox-Bow Incident - released in 1943 - is Leigh Whipper's highest rated movie, with a score of 82% based on 152 reviews.
The lowest rated film from Leigh Whipper is Mission to Moscow - released in 1943 - with a score of 44% based on 7 reviews.
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.
Leigh Whipper has acted in films with William Benedict, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Roy Rogers and Hank Bell.
Leigh Whipper has worked with these film directors: Joseph Kane, Oscar Micheaux, Michael Curtiz and Jean Yarbrough.
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