Emory Richardson

Emory Speer Richardson 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.