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African American actor
George H. Reed
Born George Henry Reed
(1866-11-27 ) November 27, 1866Died November 6, 1952(1952-11-06) (aged 85) Occupation Actor Years active 1920–1952 (film career) Spouse Julia Ridley
George H. Reed (1866-1952) was an 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
The Green Pastures (1936), which featured an all–African American cast, and the orderly Conover in
MGM 's
Dr. Kildare series.
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Selected filmography
Huckleberry Finn (1920) - Jim (film debut)
The Veiled Mystery (1920) - Tom
One a Minute (1921) - J. Wellington Norcross - Townsman (uncredited)
A Virginia Courtship (1921)
The Jungle Goddess (1922) - Native guide
The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923) - Simon
Scars of Jealousy (1923) - Mose
Red Lights (1923) - Porter
Cameo Kirby (1923) - Croup (uncredited)
The Vagabond Trail (1924) - George Romain
Helen's Babies (1924) - Rastus - the coachman
The Fast Worker (1924) - Train Porter (uncredited)
The Isle of Hope (1925) - Cook
Kentucky Pride (1925) - Trainer
The Golden Strain (1925) - Butler
Danger Quest (1926) - Umhatten
The Johnstown Flood (1926) - Camp Cook (uncredited)
Winning the Futurity (1926) - Uncle Mose
Pals First (1926) - Uncle Alex
The Rough Riders (1927) - Minor Role (uncredited)
The Noose (1928) - Death Row Inmate (uncredited)
The Clean-Up Man (1928) - Sambo
The Big City (1928) - Black Waiter (uncredited)
Three-Ring Marriage (1928) - Valet
Absent (1928)
River of Romance (1929) - Rumbo
They Learned About Women (1930) - Train Porter (uncredited)
Montana Moon (1930) - Train Porter (uncredited)
The Divorcee (1930) - Second Porter (uncredited)
Love in the Rough (1930) - Train Porter (uncredited)
Reducing (1931) - Train Porter (uncredited)
Trails of the Golden West (1931)
Father's Son (1931) - Pullman Porter Johnson
Sweepstakes (1931) - Cook's Helper (uncredited)
Smart Money (1931) - George - a Porter (uncredited)
Secret Service (1931) - Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Reducing (1931) - Les, Wagon Driver
The Gay Caballero (1932) - Train Porter (uncredited)
Murder at Dawn (1932) - The Taxi Driver (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood? (1932) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Bachelor's Affairs (1932) - Men's Room Attendant (uncredited)
The Golden West (1932) - Jasper the Coachman (uncredited)
Bed of Roses (1933) - Alice - Dan's Shipboard Cook (uncredited)
Hold Your Man (1933) - Reverend Crippen (uncredited)
Life in the Raw (1933) - Porter (uncredited)
The Last Trail (1933) - Japonica Jones
The House on 56th Street (1933) - James - Lyndon's Butler (uncredited)
Massacre (1934) - Chief Black Star (uncredited)
Carolina (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited)
A Modern Hero (1934) - Paul's Butler (uncredited)
The Witching Hour (1934) - Train - Prentice's Butler (uncredited)
Twentieth Century (1934) - Uncle Remus in Play (uncredited)
Murder in Trinidad (1934) - Watchman on Telephone (uncredited)
Judge Priest (1934) - Black Servant (uncredited)
Belle of the Nineties (1934) - Brother Eben (uncredited)
The Curtain Falls (1934) - Jim - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934) - Julius
A Notorious Gentleman (1935) - Charles (uncredited)
Wings in the Dark (1935) - Waring - Valet (uncredited)
The Glass Key (1935) - Black Servant (uncredited)
Lady Tubbs (1935) - Railroad Porter (uncredited)
Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) - Marilyn's Butler (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935) - Porter (uncredited)
Red Salute (1935) - Butler (uncredited)
The Virginia Judge (1935) - Rufus (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever (1935) - Tom, Melville's Servant (uncredited)
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) - Black Man Giving Booth Directions (uncredited)
The Country Beyond (1936) - Porter (uncredited)
Show Boat (1936) - Old Black Man (uncredited)
The Green Pastures (1936) - Mr. Deshee
Anthony Adverse (1936) - Crippled Black Man (uncredited)
Oh, Susanna! (1936) - Fireman (uncredited)
The Gorgeous Hussy (1936) - Braxton (uncredited)
After the Thin Man (1936) - Dudley (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die (1937) - Black Convict (uncredited)
Wings Over Honolulu (1937) - Fauntleroy (uncredited)
The Go Getter (1937) - Butler for J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
This Is My Affair (1937) - Watchman in Capitol (uncredited)
Saratoga (1937) - Butler (uncredited)
One Mile from Heaven (1937) - Peabody (uncredited)
The Buccaneer (1938) - Nicodemus, a Servant
City Girl (1938) - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
One Wild Night (1938) - Waiter (uncredited)
Josette (1938) - Butler
The Toy Wife (1938) - Gabriel - Satoris' Servant (uncredited)
Kentucky (1938) - Ben
Going Places (1938) - Sam
Calling Dr. Kildare (1939) - Black Man with Stomach Trouble (uncredited)
The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Swanee River (1939) - Old Joe, McDowell's Coachman
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Sporting Blood (1940) - Stonewall
Maryland (1940) - Uncle Henry (uncredited)
Manhattan Heartbeat (1940) - Porter
Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
The Great Lie (1941) - Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941) - George, House Servant
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Belle Starr (1941) - Old Jake (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941) - Charles (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) - Black Servant at Tea (uncredited)
Mississippi Gambler (1942) - Roy
Take a Letter, Darling (1942) - Sam French
In This Our Life (1942) - Fitzroy's Butler (uncredited)
Tales of Manhattan (1942) - Christopher (Robeson sequence)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942) - Mose (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) - Butler in Olcott Home (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Dixie (1943) - Lucius (uncredited)
Someone to Remember (1943) - John (uncredited)
Is Everybody Happy? (1943) - Missouri
His Butler's Sister (1943) - Train Conductor (uncredited)
Chip Off the Old Block (1944) - Theodore (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Comet-Watcher (uncredited)
3 Men in White (1944) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant
Home in Indiana (1944) - Tuppy (uncredited)
Barbary Coast Gent (1944) - Josephus - Bellamy's Servant (uncredited)
Heavenly Days (1944) - Bigbee's Servant (uncredited)
Jungle Queen (1945, Serial) - Tonga (uncredited)
Between Two Women (1945) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant (uncredited)
Strange Illusion (1945) - Benjamin
Dangerous Partners (1945) - Porter (uncredited)
Nob Hill (1945) - Black Man at El Dorado (uncredited)
Pride of the Marines (1945) - Train Porter (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk (1945) - Carriage Driver, New Orleans (uncredited)
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946) - Clarence - the Porter (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass (1947) - Uncle Nat (uncredited)
The Michigan Kid (1947) - Steve's Servant (uncredited)
The Homestretch (1947) - Dee Dee (uncredited)
Dark Delusion (1947) - Conover, Gillespie's Attendant (final film role)
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