Harrel Gordon Tillman Sr. (January 18, 1925 - June 19, 1998) was an actor who became an ordained minister and moved to Houston Texas where he also became a lawyer and judge.
He grew up in Philadelphia and graduated from Livingstone College in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Tillman then moved to Hollywood in 1947 where he appeared in a number of low budget films made with African American crews and casts including That Man of Mine, Love in Syncopation and The Fight Never Ends.
He left the movie business and joined the clergy of the African Methodist Episcopal church in New York City serving as an assistant pastor before becoming an ordained minister.
[4] Tillman was admitted to the Texas bar in 1962 and in 1964 was named to the municipal court.