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.^[1]

Emory Richardson
Born	Emory Speer Richardson (1894-08-13)August 13, 1894 Marshallville, Georgia, US
Died	February 7, 1965(1965-02-07) (aged 70) Sydenham Hospital, New York, US
Known for	Actor
Parents	Edward Sumner Richardson Sr. (father) Anna Wade Richardson (mother)
Relatives	Edward Sumner Richardson Jr., Marion Richardson, Blanche M Richardson

Richardson was born in Marshallville, Georgia to Edward Sumner Richardson Sr. and Anna Wade Richardson.^[1] He was African American.^[2]

He had several roles in the 1931 production The Green Pastures.^[3] He portrayed Lykon in the 1946 theatrical production Lysistrata. Sidney Poitier was also in the cast.^[4]

Emory Richardson and Loretta Mary Aiken in Boarding House Blues

He died after a long illness on February 7, 1965, at Sydenham Hospital, New York. He had a son named Edward Richardson.^[5]

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 ^[6]
• The Fugitive Kind (1960) as Uncle Pleasant, the Conjure Man^[6]