Biography
Canada Lee (born Leonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata; March 3, 1907 β 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.
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Filmography
all 8
Movies 8
Narrator 2
Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Movie
Reverend Stephen Kumalo
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
Movie
Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson
Lost Boundaries (1949)
Movie
Ben Chaplin
Body and Soul (1947)
Movie
Narrator - Voice of the Depression
The Roosevelt Story (1947)
Movie
Joe Spencer
Lifeboat (1944)
Movie
1
Narrator
Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)
Movie
Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer)
Keep Punching (1939)
Movie
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1998
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1907-03-03
Deathday1952-05-09 (45 years old)
Birth PlaceManhattan, United States of America
ChildrenCarl Lee
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLeonard Lionel Cornelius Canegata
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