Canada Lee

Acting • AGE 45

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 jock...

Acting

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Stephen Kumalo (archive footage)

1998

Miami Vice

Shango

1984

Cry, the Beloved Country

Stephen Kumalo

1951

Lost Boundaries

Lt. 'Dixie' Thompson

1949

Body and Soul

Ben Chaplin

1947

Lifeboat

Joe Spencer

1944

Henry Browne, Farmer

Narrator (voice)

1942

Keep Punching

Speedy Joe Williams (Henry's Trainer)

1939