29.11.1927 - 05.03.1973 (45 years) (New York, New York, U.S.A.)
For the British lawyer, see Rupert Cross.Rupert Crosse (November 29, 1927 – March 5, 1973) was an American television and film actor 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.