---
name: "James D. Ruffin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/james-d-ruffin"
fi1m_id: "james-d-ruffin"
imdb_id: "nm0749281"
tmdb_id: 582374
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 October 1885"
died: "21 January 1923"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T05:44:59.220534+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# James D. Ruffin

## Identity

James D. Ruffin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/james-d-ruffin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** james-d-ruffin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0749281
- **TMDB ID:** 582374
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/582374

Actor. Born 11 October 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 21 January 1923.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 October 1885, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 21 January 1923
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749281/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/582374

## Streaming the US now

- **MUBI:** [*Within Our Gates*](https://film.one/film/within-our-gates.md) (78)

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## Biography

James D. Ruffin was an American actor. He was born on 11 October 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts, and died on 21 January 1923 in Chicago, Illinois.

His only known screen credit was as Conrad Drebert, Sylvia's fiancé, in Oscar Micheaux's silent film *Within Our Gates* (1920).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Within Our Gates* (1920), Fi1m 78, as Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé — [page](https://film.one/film/within-our-gates.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Within Our Gates* (1920), as Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/within-our-gates.md)

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