Rupert Crosse

Acting

Rupert Crosse

Born 1927-11-29 · New York City, New York, USA

Rupert Crosse (November 29, 1927 – March 5, 1973) was an American actor. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Reivers (1969), which made him the first African American nominee in the category.

Acting credits

Marnie poster
7.1

Marnie is a beautiful but emotionally withdrawn thief, stealing from employers before disappearing under new identities. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, discovers her secret, his fascination turns to obsession, and he blackmails her into marriage, convinced he can cure her. But as he probes deeper into Marnie’s fractured mind, long-buried fears and compulsions begin to surface.

Marnie

1964

Twilight of Honor poster
6.5

A young lawyer defends a drifter accused of a murder that he has already confessed to. He asks his mentor, a retired, legendary lawyer for help.

Twilight of Honor

1963

The Reivers poster
6.4

In turn-of-the-century Mississippi, an 11-year-old boy comes of age as two mischievous adult friends talk him into sneaking the family car out for a trip to Memphis and a series of adventures.

The Reivers

1969

The Best Man poster
7.3

The other party is in disarray. Five men vie for the party nomination for president. No one has a majority as the first ballot closes and the front-runners begin to decide how badly they want the job.

The Best Man

1964

Shadows poster
6.9

The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.

Shadows

1960

Ride in the Whirlwind poster
6.2

Three cowboys, mistaken for members of an outlaw gang, are relentlessly pursued by a posse.

Ride in the Whirlwind

1966

Too Late Blues poster
6.4

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.

Too Late Blues

1961

Waterhole #3 poster
5.9

After a professional gambler kills a Confederate soldier, he finds a map pinpointing the location in the desert where stolen army gold bullion is buried. He plans to retrieve it, but others are searching for it too.

Waterhole #3

1967

To Trap a Spy poster
5.9

The men from U.N.C.L.E. must stop the assassination of an African head of state with the help of a simple housewife.

To Trap a Spy

1965

Wild Seed poster
5.3

A 17-year-old girl runs away from her east coast home, going west to Los Angeles to meet her biological father. She has learned from letters her mother kept that he was tragically separated from her before the girl's birth. On the road, she is protected and befriended by an independent-minded young drifter who helps her on her journey.

Wild Seed

1965