Jonathan Reed

Actor

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

Jonathan Reed Filmography