Canada Lee
Acting
1907-03-03 · Manhattan, New York, US
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.
Filmography(8)
movieScandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Stephen Kumalo (archive footage) · 1998 · 8.3
tvMiami Vice
as Shango · 1984 · 7.5
movieCry, the Beloved Country
as Stephen Kumalo · 1951 · 6.3
movieLost Boundaries
as Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson · 1949 · 6.6
movieBody and Soul
as Ben Chaplin · 1947 · 6.7
movieLifeboat
as Joe Spencer · 1944 · 7.4
movieHenry Browne, Farmer
as Narrator (voice) · 1942 · 6.0
movieKeep Punching
as Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer) · 1939 · 7.3