Harold Scott (director)
American stage director and actor (1935ā2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people with the same name, see Harold Scott.
Harold Russell Scott Jr. (6 September 1935 ā 16 July 2006) was an American stage director, actor and educator, who broke racial barriers in American theatre.[1] Scott first became known for his work as an electrifying stage actor with a piercing voice, and later as an innovative director of numerous productions throughout the country, from Broadway to the Tony Award-winning regional theatre, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where he was the first African-American artistic director in the history of American regional theatre.[2]