Category:1866 Reed, George H. (actor) USA

George H. Reed (1866-1952) -- Actor (USA)

George H. Reed was one of the first African American actors to work 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. For most of his career he was relegated to bit parts, normally as stereotyped menials and servants of one kind or another.