Emory Speer Richardson (August 13, 1894 – February 7 1965) was an
actor who appeared in
American films
This is a list of films produced by the American film industry from the earliest films of the 1890s to the present. Films are listed by year of release on separate pages, either in alphabetical order (1900–2013) or in chronological order (2 ...
. He was also in numerous theatrical productions.
Richardson was born in
Marshallville, Georgia.
[ He was African American.
He had several roles in the 1931 production '' The Green Pastures''. He portrayed Lykon in the 1946 theatrical production '' Lysistrata''. ]Sidney Poitier
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was also in the cast.New York
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Film and television
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. He had a son named Edward Richardson.[ ]
Filmography
*''Beware (film)
''Beware'' is a 1946 American race film directed by Bud Pollard, and released by Astor Pictures. The film is also known as ''Beware!'' (American poster title).
Cast
*Louis Jordan as Lucius Brokenshire "Louis" Jordan
*Frank H. Wilson as Prof. ...
'' (1946) as Dean Hargreaves
*'' Sepia Cinderella'' (1947) as Great Joseph
*'' Boarding House Blues'' (1948) as Simon
*'' The Philadelphia Story (1959 film)'' as Edward The Fugitive Kind
''The Fugitive Kind'' is a 1960 American drama film starring Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, and Joanne Woodward, directed by Sidney Lumet. The screenplay by Meade Roberts and Tennessee Williams was based on the latter's 1957 play ''Orpheus Descendi ...
'' (1960) as Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man
References
1894 births
1965 deaths
Actors from Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American actors
Broadway theatre people
20th-century African-American people
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