Rex Ingram Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
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 ...
Net Worth
$200,000
Date Of Birth
October 20, 1895
Place Of Birth
Cairo, Illinois, USA
Height
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Profession
Actor, Soundtrack
Star Sign
Libra
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My career as an actor was quite by chance. I was standing on a Hollywood corner waiting to cross the street when I was discovered by a movie talent scout. I was persuaded that I was just what was needed to play a native of the jungles in the first Tarzan pictures.
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Although in ill health, the 74-year-old Ingram took on his last role, the Christmas episode of The Bill Cosby Show: A Christmas Ballad (1969) because star/co-producer Cosby, a long-time fan, personally asked him to. Shortly after filming ended, Ingram passed away (September 19, 1969). The episode aired a little over two months later, on December 21, and earned the show one of its highest ratings.
The first black actor hired as a regular cast member on an American soap opera when he was cast in The Brighter Day (1954) in 1962. Unfortunately, the show was cancelled about a month after his first airdate.
