Where to watch Leigh Whipper in the UK
Find every Leigh Whipper film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 10 August 2026.
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 …
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- Undercurrent (1946) as George
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) as Sparks (uncredited)
- Of Mice and Men (1939) as Crooks
- Mission to Moscow (1943) as Haile Selassie (uncredited)
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) as Self (archival footage)
- The Symbol of the Unconquered: A Story of the Ku Klux Klan (1920) as Tugi - an Indian Fakir
- White Cargo (1942) as Jim Fish
- King of the Zombies (1941) as Momba
- Happy Land (1943) as Old Ben (uncredited)
- Dark Waters (1944) as Office Custodian (uncredited)
- Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) as Kezeye
- Young Widow (1946) as Nate (Uncredited)
- Road to Zanzibar (1941) as Scarface
- Virginia (1941) as Ezechial
- Heart of the Golden West (1942) as Rango
- The Vanishing Virginian (1942) as Uncle Josh
- The Hidden Eye (1945) as Alistair
- The Young Don't Cry (1957) as Doosy
- Bahama Passage (1941) as Morales
- The Shrike (1955) as Mr. Carlisle
- Within Our Gates (1920) Cast
- The Negro Sailor (1945) as Editor
- Untamed Fury (1947) as Uncle Gabe
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