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Canada Lee
Actor
Died May 9, 1952 (45 years)
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.
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Filmography
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist · as Stephen Kumalo (archive Footage) |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country · as Stephen Kumalo |
| 1949 | Lost Boundaries · as Lt. 'dixie' Thompson |
| 1948 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) · as Boxer |
| 1947 | Body and Soul · as Ben Chaplin |
| 1944 | Lifeboat · as Joe Spencer |
| 1939 | Keep Punching · as Speedy Joe Williams (henry's Trainer) |