Emory Richardson

Emory Speer Richardson (August 13, 1894 – February 7 1965) was an actor who appeared in American films. He was also in numerous theatrical productions.

Richardson was born in Marshallville, Georgia to Edward Sumner Richardson Sr. and Anna Wade Richardson. 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 was also in the cast. He died after a long illness on February 7, 1965, at Sydenham Hospital, New York. He had a son named Edward Richardson.

Filmography

 * Beware (film) (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 (1960) as Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man