Canada Lee

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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.

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1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Movie Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)
1984
Miami Vice
TV show Shango
1951
Cry, the Beloved Country
Movie Stephen Kumalo
1949
Lost Boundaries
Movie Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson
1947
Body and Soul
Movie Ben Chaplin
1944
Lifeboat
Movie Joe Spencer
1942
Henry Browne, Farmer
Movie Narrator (voice)
1939
Keep Punching
Movie Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer)