George H. Reed
George Henry Reed | |
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Born |
George Henry Reed November 27, 1866 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
Died |
November 6, 1952 85) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1920-1952 (films only) |
George Henry Reed (November 27, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an African American actor working in the Hollywood film industry in both the silent and sound eras. His first major film was the 1920 Huckleberry Finn where he played Jim. He is also remembered for the film Green Pastures that featured an all African American cast and the orderly Conover in MGM's Dr. Kildare series.[1][2]
Partial filmography
- Huckleberry Finn (1920)
- One a Minute (1921)
- A Virginia Courtship (1921)
- The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923)
- Scars of Jealousy (1923)
- Cameo Kirby (1923)
- The Vagabond Trail (1924)
- Kentucky Pride (1925)
- The Johnstown Flood (1926)
- Pals First (1926)
- Danger Quest (1926)
- Winning the Futurity (1926)
- The Noose (1928)
- The Big City (1928)
- Three-Ring Marriage (1928)
- River of Romance (1929)
- They Learned About Women (1930)
- Montana Moon (1930)
- The Divorcee (1930)
- Little Daddy (1931)
- What Price Hollywood? (1932)
- The Last Trail (1933)
- The Witching Hour (1934)
- Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934)
- Green Pastures (1936)
- Josette (1938)
- Kentucky (1938)
- Swanee River (1939)
- The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
- Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
- Tales of Manhattan (1942)
- Dixie (1943)
- Is Everybody Happy? (1943)
- Home in Indiana (1944)
- Strange Illusion (1945)
- Dark Delusion (1947)
References
- ↑ George H. Reed at allmovie.com
- ↑ Silent Film Necrology 2nd Edition, c.2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana
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