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Rex Ingram (actor)

Rex Ingram, American actor (died 1969)

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Born
October 20, 1895
Died
September 19, 1969
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1895

About Rex Ingram (actor)

Rex Ingram was an American stage, film, and television actor. 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. 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.

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Rex Ingram (actor) timeline

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

The world when Rex Ingram (actor) was born

Rex Ingram (actor) was born in 1895. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1895

  • Top movieWorkers Leaving the Lumière Factory (first public film)

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineCuban War of Independence begins
  • Technology milestoneLumière brothers hold first public film screening
  • World population~1.55B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population68.0M

1895 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Rex Ingram (actor)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18952026
Population68.0M341 million

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