Sherman Hemsley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-02-01 (74 years old)

Deathday

2012-07-24

Place of Birth

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Sherman Hemsley

Biography

Sherman Alexander Hemsley (February 1, 1938 – July 24, 2012) was an American actor, best known for his roles as George Jefferson on the CBS television series All in the Family and The Jeffersons, Deacon Ernest Frye on the NBC series Amen, and B.P. Richfield on the ABC series Dinosaurs. For his work on The Jeffersons, Hemsley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award. He also won an NAACP Image Award. Hemsley was born and raised in South Philadelphia by his mother, who worked in a lamp factory.[1] He did not meet his father until he was 14. He attended Barrat Middle School, Central High School for 9th grade and Bok Technical Hi...

Acting

1990

Camp Cucamonga

as Herbert Himmel

1979

Love at First Bite

as Reverend Mike

1993

Mr. Nanny

as Burt Wilson

2000

Screwed

as Chip Oswald

1986

Stewardess School

as Mr. Buttersworth

2008

For the Love of a Dog

as George O'Donnell

1987

Ghost Fever

as Buford / Jethro

1990

Club Fed

as The Reverend

2000

Up, Up, and Away

as Edward Marshall / Steel Condor

1996

1986

Combat Academy

as Judge Daley

2004

Mr. Ed

as Mr. Ed (voice)

1995

The Misery Brothers

as Rev. Scheister

1981

Purlie

as Gitlow

2015

Clunkers

as Boss

1997

Sprung

as Brotha #1

1998

Jane Austen's Mafia!

as George Jefferson (uncredited)

1989

Who Shrunk Saturday Morning?

as The Master Programmer

1998

Senseless

as Smythe/Bates Doorman

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