Canada Lee
Canada Lee
Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 – May 9, 1952) was an American professional boxer and then an actor who pioneered roles for African Americans. After careers as a jockey, boxer and musician, he became an actor in the Federal Theatre Project, including the 1936 production of Macbeth adapted and directed by Orson Welles. A champion of civil rights in the 1930s and 1940s, Lee was blacklisted and died shortly before he was scheduled to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He advanced the African American tradition in theatre pioneered by such actors as Paul Robeson. Description above from the Wikipedia article Canada Lee , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acted Movies
Director: Robert Rossen
Writers: Abraham Polonsky,
Cast: Al Bain, Anne Revere, Canada Lee, Hazel Brooks, John Garfield, Joseph Pevney, Larry Anzalone, Lilli Palmer, Lloyd Gough, William Conrad,
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Ben Hecht,
Cast: Canada Lee, Heather Angel, Henry Hull, Hume Cronyn, John Hodiak, Mary Anderson, Tallulah Bankhead, Walter Slezak, William Bendix, William Yetter Jr.,