Not to be confused with the British lawyer Rupert Cross.
Rupert Crosse
Crosse (center) with Bill Cosby and Beah Richards on The Bill Cosby Show, 1970
Born
(1927-11-29)November 29, 1927
New York City, U.S.
Died
March 5, 1973(1973-03-05) (aged 45)
Nevis, British West Indies
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Bloomfield College
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1959–1972
Spouse
Chris Calloway
(m. 1970–1973)
Children
1
Relatives
Cab Calloway (father-in-law)
Rupert Crosse (November 29, 1927 – March 5, 1973) was an American television and film actor[1] noted as the first African American to receive a nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award — for his role in the 1969 adaptation of William Faulkner's The Reivers.[2]
^Obituary Variety, March 28, 1973
^Mapp, Edward (2008). African Americans and the Oscar: Decades Of Struggle and Achievement (2 ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8108-6106-0.
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