Jonathan Reed

Jonathan Reed
Davey and Goliath character
First appearance The Greatest (1972)
Created by Art Clokey
Ruth Clokey
Dick Sutcliffe
Portrayed by Hal Smith
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Species Human
Gender Male
Nationality American

Jonathan Reed was Davey Hansen's close friend in the Lutheran stop action animation cartoon Davey and Goliath.

As an African-American he was perhaps the first African-American character to appear in a television cartoon, and one of the first African-American characters to appear as a friend of a television show's (white) lead character.[1]

His father was a pharmacist. Jonathan's race only became an issue in the episode, Different.[2][3] His character was voiced by Hal Smith. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6693668/
  2. ↑ http://www.daveyandgoliath.org/jonathan.html
  3. ↑ http://www.awn.com/heaven_and_hell/DG/DG6.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055667/
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