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George Reed is a Actor American born on 26 november 1866 at Macon (USA)

George Reed

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Birth name George Henry Reed
Nationality USA
Birth 26 november 1866 at Macon (USA)
Death 6 november 1952 (at 85 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

George H. 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.

Biography

Au cinéma, comme second rôle de caractère ou dans des petits rôles non crédités, George Reed contribue à cent-trente-huit films américains dès la période du muet, le premier étant Huckleberry Finn de William Desmond Taylor (1920, avec Martha Mattox et Frank Lanning). De cette première période, mentionnons aussi Scars of Jealousy de Lambert Hillyer (1923, avec Edmund Burns et Lloyd Hughes) et La Fille de Négofol de John Ford (1925, avec Henry B. Walthall et Gertrude Astor).

Actif principalement durant la période du parlant, il apparaît notamment dans Les Verts Pâturages de Marc Connelly et William Keighley (1936, avec Rex Ingram et Oscar Polk), Les Flibustiers de Cecil B. DeMille (1938, avec Fredric March et Akim Tamiroff) et Mon secrétaire travaille la nuit de Mitchell Leisen (1942, avec Rosalind Russell et Fred MacMurray). Ses quatre derniers films sortent en 1947, dont Le Maître de la prairie d'Elia Kazan (avec Katharine Hepburn et Spencer Tracy).

À noter encore son rôle récurrent de Conover dans onze films (y compris le dernier en 1947), dont Trois hommes en blanc de Willis Goldbeck (1944, avec Lionel Barrymore et Van Johnson) ; mais il tient surtout ce rôle dans sept films de la série cinématographique consacrée par la MGM au docteur James Kildare (1939-1942, avec Lew Ayres dans le rôle-titre et Lionel Barrymore).

George Reed meurt en 1952, à 85 ans.

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(22 films)
Willis Goldbeck
Willis Goldbeck
(13 films)
Alma Kruger
Alma Kruger
(14 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of George Reed (92 films)

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YearNameJobRoles
1947The HomestretchActor
1947The Sea of GrassActor
1947Dark DelusionActorConover
1945Nob HillActor
1945Saratoga TrunkActor
1945Strange IllusionActorBenjamin
1945Dangerous PartnersActor
1945Between Two WomenActorConover (uncredited)
1944Home in IndianaActorTuppy
1944The Adventures of Mark TwainActor
1944Barbary Coast GentActorJosephus
1944Heavenly DaysActor
19443 Men in WhiteActorConover
19443 Men in WhiteActorConover
1943DixieActor
1943His Butler's SisterActorTrain Conductor
1943Is Everybody Happy?ActorMissouri
1942Reap the Wild WindActor
1942They Died with Their Boots OnActorCharles (uncredited)
1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeActor
1942Take a Letter, DarlingActorSam French
1942Tales of ManhattanActorChristopher (Robeson sequence)
1942Dr. Gillespie's New AssistantActorConover
1942Dr. Kildare's VictoryActorConover (as George H. Reed)
1942In This Our LifeActorFitzroy's Butler (uncredited)
1941The Great LieActorSenator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)
1941Belle StarrActorOld Jake (uncredited)
1941Dr. Kildare's Wedding DayActorConover (as George H. Reed)
1941The People Vs. Dr. KildareActorConover (as George H. Reed)
1940Dr. Kildare Goes HomeActorConover
1940Dr. Kildare's CrisisActorConover
1940Dr. Kildare's Strange CaseActorConover, Gillespie's Attendant
1940MarylandActorUncle Henry
1940Sporting BloodActorStonewall
1940Manhattan HeartbeatActorPorter
1939The Secret of Dr. KildareActorConover
1939Swanee RiverActorOld Joe, McDowell's Coachman
1939Calling Dr. KildareActorBlack Man with Stomach Trouble (uncredited)
1938The BuccaneerActorNicodemus, a Servant
1938Going PlacesActorSam
1938KentuckyActorBen
1938The Toy WifeActor
1938JosetteActorButler
1938One Wild NightActorWaiter (uncredited)
1937SaratogaActor
1937This Is My AffairActor
1937West of ShanghaiActor
1937Wings Over HonoluluActorFauntleroy
1937We Who Are About to DieActorBlack Convict (uncredited)
1937The Go-GetterActorButler for J. Browne #2 (uncredited)
1937One Mile from HeavenActorPeabody
1936Anthony AdverseActor
1936Show BoatActor
1936After the Thin ManActor
1936The Gorgeous HussyActor
1936The Green PasturesActorMr. Deshee
1936The Prisoner of Shark IslandActor
1935Shipmates ForeverActorServant (uncredited)
1935Diamond JimActorPorter
1935Don't Bet on BlondesActorMarilyn's Butler (Uncredited)
1935The Glass KeyActorMidnight (uncredited)
1934Judge PriestActor
1934Twentieth CenturyActorUncle Remus in Play (uncredited)
1934Belle of the NinetiesActor
1934Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchActorJulius
1934The Witching HourActor
1934The Curtain FallsActorJim - Elevator Operator
1933Hold Your ManActor
1933The House on 56th StreetActorJames - Lyndon's Butler (uncredited)
1933The Last TrailActorJaponica Jones
1931Father's SonActorPullman Porter Johnson
1931Little DaddyActorParson
1931Smart MoneyActor
1931SweepstakesActorCook's Helper
1931ReducingActorTrain Porter
1931Over the HillActorLes, Wagon Driver
1930Montana MoonActorTrain Porter
1930The DivorceeActorSecond Porter (uncredited)
1930They Learned About WomenActor
1929River of RomanceActorRumbo
1928The Big CityActorBlack Waiter (uncredited)
1928The NooseActorDeath Row Inmate
1926The Johnstown FloodActorCamp Cook (uncredited)
1925Kentucky PrideActorTrainer
1924The Vagabond TrailActorGeorge Romain
1923Cameo KirbyActor
1923The Bishop of the OzarksActorSimon
1923Scars of JealousyActorMose
1921A Virginia CourtshipActor
1921One a MinuteActorJ. Wellington Norcross - Townsman (uncredited)
1920Huckleberry FinnActorJim
1916The Realization of a Negro's AmbitionActor