George H. Reed

George Henry Reed (November 27, 1866 – November 6, 1952) was an African-American actor who worked 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, which featured an all–African American cast, and the orderly Conover in MGM's Dr. Kildare series.

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)