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Canada Lee

Canada Lee

Known For Acting
Birthday Mar 03, 1907
Died May 09, 1952 (45)
Birthplace Manhattan, New York, US
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Updated Apr 13, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 produc ... tion 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.

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Filmography

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998

as Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

1951

as Stephen Kumalo

Lost Boundaries

Lost Boundaries

1949

as Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson

Body and Soul

Body and Soul

1947

as Ben Chaplin

Lifeboat

Lifeboat

1944

as Joe Spencer

Henry Browne, Farmer

Henry Browne, Farmer

1942

as Narrator (voice)

Keep Punching

Keep Punching

1939

as Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer)

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