{{Short description|American film actor, producer and director (1895–1973)}}
'''George Randol''' (1895–1973)<ref>{{cite web|title=Midnight Shadow|work=National Museum of African American History & Culture|url=https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/collection/search?edan_q=*:*&edan_fq[]=p.edanmdm.indexedstructured.name:%22Randol,+George+Elwood%22&op=Search}}</ref> was an actor, screenwriter, director, and producer<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yqtZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22george+randol%22|title=Black Cinema Treasures: Lost and Found|first=George William|last=Jones|date=August 23, 1991|publisher=University of North Texas|isbn=9780929398266|via=Google Books}}</ref> of films in the United States. In 1938 he was honored as an influential film executive in a newspaper writeup of the "Negro" film industry.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Earl J. |title=1938 banner year for Negro movie industry |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5561516/great-grand-add-george-randol/ |work=The Pittsburgh Courier |date=21 January 1939 |pages=21|via=newspapers.com}}</ref>
==Life and career== Randol was born in Buena Vista, Virginia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fc9kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22george+randol%22|title=International Motion Picture Almanac|last1=Ramsaye|first1=Terry|year=1948}}</ref>
Randol had numerous theatrical roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/george-randol-57078|title=George Randol – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB|website=ibdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/person/george-randol-vault-0000085458|title=George Randol|website=Playbill}}</ref>
He was a partner in the short-lived Cooper-Randol Production Company of Los Angeles that delivered only ''Dark Manhattan''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GchbAAAAQBAJ&q=%22george+randol%22&pg=PA42|title=Black Lenses, Black Voices: African American Film Now|first=Mark A.|last=Reid|date=March 25, 2005|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=9780742568617|via=Google Books}}</ref> He continued on with another partnership.<ref>[https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/cp3908.htm History of Million Dollar Productions] ''SCVHistory.com''</ref>
He was in the Broadway production of ''Anna Lucasta''.
== Filmography == === Actor === *''The Exile'' as Bill Prescott *''The Green Pastures'' (1936) as High Priest *''Harlem on the Prairie'' (1937) as Sheriff
=== Producer === *''Dark Manhattan'' (1937, executive producer)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/17723|title=Dark Manhattan|website=Turner Classic Movies}}</ref> *''Double Deal'' (1939) *''Midnight Shadow'' (1939)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://digitalcollections.smu.edu/digital/collection/ttb/id/9|title=Midnight Shadow|date=January 1, 1939|work=G. William Jones Film and Video Collection|publisher=Southern Methodist University Libraries}}</ref>
=== Director === *''Midnight Shadow'' (1939)
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