George H. Reed

Acting

George H. Reed

Born — Died

1866-11-26 — 1952-11-06

Place of birth

Macon, Georgia, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

George Reed was born on November 27, 1866 in Macon, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Huckleberry Finn (1920), The River of Romance (1929) and Going Places (1938). He was married to Julia Ridley. He died on November 6, 1952 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Known for

Belle Starr poster
5.9

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

Belle Starr

1941

In This Our Life poster
6.9

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

In This Our Life

1942

The Prisoner of Shark Island poster
6.8

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

They Died with Their Boots On poster
6.7

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

The Great Lie poster
7.0

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

The Great Lie

1941

One Mile from Heaven poster
6.6

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

One Mile from Heaven

1937

Film credits

1940s · 23 titles

Belle Starr poster
5.9

After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.

Belle Starr

1941

In This Our Life poster
6.9

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.

In This Our Life

1942

They Died with Their Boots On poster
6.7

The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

The Great Lie poster
7.0

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

The Great Lie

1941

Tales of Manhattan poster
6.5

Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.

Tales of Manhattan

1942

Take a Letter, Darling poster
6.6

A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.

Take a Letter, Darling

1942

The Sea of Grass poster
6.1

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

The Sea of Grass

1947

Dr. Kildare Goes Home poster
6.8

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

1940

3 Men in White poster
6.4

Gillespie has to finally choose his official assistant, or Red and Lee are going to kill themselves in competition. So, it's another diagnosis competition. Lee's assignment is a small girl who falls ill whenever she eats candy. Red has to cure a girl's mother of a debilitating case of arthritis. But when Red needs Lee's help, will either one live with Gillespie's choice?

3 Men in White

1944

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant poster
6.5

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from Brooklyn to choose from.

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

1942

Sporting Blood poster
4.2

Myles Vanders feuds with hardnosed stable owner Davis Lockwood. Myles takes revenge by romancing and marrying Lockwood's daughter Linda. But as the big race looms nearer, Myles is distracted to discover that he really loves Linda.

Sporting Blood

1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis poster
6.7

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940

Between Two Women poster
6.1

A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.

Between Two Women

1945

Between Two Women poster
6.1

A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.

Between Two Women

1945

His Butler's Sister poster
7.2

Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.

His Butler's Sister

1943

Barbary Coast Gent poster
5.5

Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.

Barbary Coast Gent

1944

Strange Illusion poster
5.6

An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.

Strange Illusion

1945

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare poster
7.0

An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her paralyzed.

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

1941

Dr. Kildare's Victory poster
6.2

Dr. Gillespie supports Kildare's crusade against their hospital's deal with a rival hospital.

Dr. Kildare's Victory

1942

Dark Delusion poster
6.8

Spoiled socialite Cynthia Grace is suffering from a blood clot. Not unexpectedly, Tommy Coalt falls in love with Cynthia, much to her parents' dismay. Soon he's drawing up plans to marry the girl and setting up private practice in a smaller town.

Dark Delusion

1947

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case poster
4.8

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

1940

Home in Indiana poster
5.9

'Sparke' Thorton, a lad with a penchant for trouble, is sent to live with his Uncle and Aunt Bolt in Indiana after his Aunt Henrietta Bolt dies. Though he's not happy about the arrangement at first, his love of horses and his affection for a young filly that he plans to race make life bearable. He also finds romance with tomboyish 'Char' Bruce who shares his love for horses.

Home in Indiana

1944

Is Everybody Happy? poster
10.0

This is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist.

Is Everybody Happy?

1943

1930s · 31 titles

The Prisoner of Shark Island poster
6.8

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth — responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln — Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

One Mile from Heaven poster
6.6

A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

One Mile from Heaven

1937

The Green Pastures poster
6.3

God, heaven, and several Old Testament stories, including the Creation and Noah's Ark, are described supposedly using the perspective of rural, black Americans.

The Green Pastures

1936

Twentieth Century poster
6.8

A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she proves a match for him.

Twentieth Century

1934

Hold Your Man poster
6.3

Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.

Hold Your Man

1933

The Buccaneer poster
6.4

French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

The Buccaneer

1938

The House on 56th Street poster
5.2

A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suicide.

The House on 56th Street

1933

Sweepstakes poster
5.7

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

Sweepstakes

1931

One Wild Night poster
7.8

Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money from the local bank in Stockton, Ohio.

One Wild Night

1938

Diamond Jim poster
6.5

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

Diamond Jim

1935

Calling Dr. Kildare poster
6.6

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare in a street clinic, hoping to teach him a lesson. While working there Kildare meets pretty nurse Mary Lamont, and ends up treating a hoodlum with a gunshot wound. He purposely fails to write a report on it, and soon finds himself in a heap of trouble. Who else would come to his rescue but good old Dr. Gillespie?

Calling Dr. Kildare

1939

The Go-Getter poster
6.2

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

The Go-Getter

1937

What Price Hollywood? poster
6.8

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

What Price Hollywood?

1932

Show Boat poster
6.7

Sheltered beauty Magnolia Hawkes takes over as the leading lady on a Mississippi riverboat show when mixed-race Julie and her white husband are forced out of town by a prejudiced sheriff. Charismatic opportunist Gaylord Ravenal wins Magnolia's heart, but his gambling losses threaten to ruin their chances for a happy marriage.

Show Boat

1936

The Secret of Dr. Kildare poster
6.1

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

Going Places poster
6.6

A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.

Going Places

1938

We Who Are About to Die poster
7.0

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.

We Who Are About to Die

1937

Wings Over Honolulu poster
6.4

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

Wings Over Honolulu

1937

Don't Bet on Blondes poster
5.8

Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.

Don't Bet on Blondes

1935

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch poster
6.0

The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr. Wiggs who wandered off long ago an has never been heard from. Do-gooder Miss Lucy brings them a real feast. Her boyfriend Bob arranges to take Wiggs' sick boy to a hospital. Their other boy makes some money peddling kindling and takes the family to a show. Mrs. Wiggs is called to the hopsital just in time to see her boy die. Her neighbor Miss Mazy wants to marry Mr. Stubbins who insists on tasting her cooking. Mrs. Wiggs sneaks her dishes past Stubbins who agrees to marriage. Mr. Wiggs appears suddenly, in tatters, with just the amount of money (twenty dollars) needed to save the family from foreclosure. Miss Lucy and Bob get married.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1934

Father's Son poster
9.0

Young Bill Emory is a typical mischievous, rambunctious boy, but his father William is a strict disciplinarian, and Bill is constantly being punished for simple childhood transgressions. Finally Bill can take no more of his father's excessive punishments and runs away. Complications ensue.

Father's Son

1931

Kentucky poster
6.1

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while his sided with the North--and her Uncle Peter will have nothing to do with Jack's family.

Kentucky

1938

The Glass Key poster
6.7

When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-hand man, must decide which side he is on.

The Glass Key

1935

Josette poster
7.2

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.

Josette

1938

Reducing poster
5.1

Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.

Reducing

1931

Over the Hill poster
8.1

In their farm house in a New York village, Ma Shelby prepares breakfast for her four children, Isaac, Tommy, Johnny and Susan, and then awakens them. The racket the boys make as they play and fight awakens their father, who spanks the eldest, Isaac. When a visitor chides Pa for not working, Ma sticks up for her husband, saying that he has a weak back and that he is waiting for a promised government job.

Over the Hill

1931

Shipmates Forever poster
6.6

An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner. He finally joins the Navy to prove he can, but with no real love in it.

Shipmates Forever

1935

A Notorious Gentleman poster
6.5

A lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.

A Notorious Gentleman

1935

Bed of Roses poster
6.1

A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.

Bed of Roses

1933

The Last Trail poster
7.0

Based on a Zane Grey story, The Last Trail stars virile cowboy hero George O'Brien in a largely anti-heroic role. Escaping from a posse, the "good bad man" (O'Brien) boards an Eastbound train, where he strikes up a friendship with a genial gangster (J. Carroll Naish). Later on, the cowboy returns to the West as a member of the gangster's gang. He poses as the heir to a vast cattle ranch, never dreaming that he really is the heir. When the truth is revealed, the wayward cowboy switches to the side of the Law, while another of the gangster's flunkeys (Claire Trevor) reveals herself to be an honest newspaperwoman -- and thus a suitable candidate for romance.

The Last Trail

1933

The Golden West poster
5.5

Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He marries and when his boy is two he and his wife are killed by Indians who take the boy. Twenty years later the boy is now the Indian chief. Betty's daughter is nearby and the two are destined to meet.

The Golden West

1932

1920s · 6 titles

The River of Romance poster
5.7

Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the South to settle a dispute between gentlemen, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that Tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake", the terror of the Lower Mississippi.

The River of Romance

1929

The Johnstown Flood poster
7.0

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

The Johnstown Flood

1926

No artwork available
10.0

A shell-shocked black soldier is cared for by a miner and his daughter when he wanders into their camp, and makes a fresh start in life with the aid of the American Legion.

Absent

1928

3-Ring Marriage poster
NR

Anna runs away from her wealthy father's ranch and becomes a trick rider in a circus to be with her sweetheart, Cal Coney, a circus cowboy, when her father disapproves the match. There she achieves fame as "Anna Montana," but she remains unhappy because Cal refuses to admit that he loves her. Meanwhile, Rawl Souvane, manager of the circus, plans to woo and marry Anna when he preceives that she is wealthy.

3-Ring Marriage

1928

Huckleberry Finn poster
6.8

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.

Huckleberry Finn

1920

Pals First poster
7.0

Richard Castleman, master of Winnecrest Hall in Louisiana, goes on a sea voyage recommended by his cousin and physician, Harry Chilton, who thereupon begins romancing Castleman's fiancée, Jeanne Lamont. When word arrives of Castleman's death, Chilton prepares to usurp the fortune and property of the dead man. Danny Rowland, who is found wounded by two wandering crooks, Dominie and The Squirrel, opportunely arrives at the estate seeking food and rest; and because of his resemblance to Castleman, he is welcomed as the master. Dominie is introduced as an English cleric and The Squirrel as an Italian count, while Danny falls in love with Jeanne, who believes him to be her fiancé. Chilton, however, suspects the trio and finally unmasks them. It then develops that Danny actually is Castleman, who had decided to reform the two men who befriended him and to expose the dishonesty of his cousin.

Pals First

1926