Harry Reed (comedian)

Harry Reed was a comedian in the United States. He was African American.

He entered show business in 1892. He performed with his father Cicero Reed in a show titled Silence and Fun. He was afterwards part of comedy team McCarver, Reed and McCarver with Howard McCarver that headlined the Honolulu Coon Company show. He then joined the Smart Set Company^[1] and then performed with John Christian as Christian and Reed.^[2] They did a skating act^[3] and performed with Archer's Filipino Girls. He was then part of Ernest Hogan's Oyster Man Company, succeeding George Ali as Useless, the Dog.^[2]^[4] He was part of the Majestic Trio and Deas and Deas, becoming Deas, Reed, Deas with Lawrence and Ella Deas. He sang "In the Right Church but the Wrong Pew". He was also an acrobat.^[2]

Shows edit

Cooney Dreamland (1904)^[5]

Filmography edit

Harry Reed (1909)^[6]

References edit

^ "The Tammany Times". Tammany Publishing Company. March 30, 1903 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8351-2 – via Google Books.
^ Jr, Bernard L. Peterson (October 30, 2000). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-06503-3 – via Google Books.
^ Dietz, Dan (July 15, 2022). The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-6894-3 – via Google Books.
^ Jr, Bernard L. Peterson (October 25, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-06454-8 – via Google Books.
^ Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8351-2 – via Google Books.

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[1] "The Tammany Times". Tammany Publishing Company. March 30, 1903 – via Google Books.

[com-2] Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8351-2 – via Google Books.

[3] Jr, Bernard L. Peterson (October 30, 2000). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-06503-3 – via Google Books.

[4] Dietz, Dan (July 15, 2022). The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-6894-3 – via Google Books.

[5] Jr, Bernard L. Peterson (October 25, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-0-313-06454-8 – via Google Books.

[6] Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8351-2 – via Google Books.

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