This page will contain videos about Wallace Reid, as they become available.Wallace ReidWallace Reid, born April 15, 1891 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States - died January 18, 1923 in Hollywood, California, was an actor in silent film referred to by Motion Picture Magazine as "the screen's most perfect lover". Wallace ReidBorn William Wallace Reid into a show business family, his mother Bertha Westbrook was an actress and his father, Hal Reid, worked successfully in a variety of theatrical jobs, travelling the country. As a boy, Wallace Reid was performing on stage at an early age but acting was put on hold while he obtained an education at Freehold Military School in Freehold, New Jersey. A gifted all-around athlete, Reid participated in a number of sports while also following an interest in music, learning to play the piano, banjo, drums, and the violin. As a teenager, he spent time in Wyoming where he learned to be an outdoorsman. Drawn to the burgeoning motion picture industry by his father who would shift from the theatre to acting, writing, and directing films, in 1910, a 19-year-old Wallace Reid appeared in his first motion picture called The Phoenix, an adaptation of a Milton Nobles play filmed at Selig Polyscope Studios in Chicago. Hooked on making films, Reid used the script from a play his father had written and approached the very successful Vitagraph Studios hoping to be given the opportunity to direct. Instead, Vitagraph executives capitalized on his sex appeal and in addition to having him direct, they cast him in a major role. Although Reid's good looks and powerful physique made him the perfect "matinee idol," he was equally happy with roles behind the scenes and often worked as a writer, cameraman, and director. Wallace Reid appeared in several films with his father and as his career in film flourished, he was soon acting and directing with and for early film mogul, Allan Dwan. In 1913, while at Universal Pictures, Reid met and married actress Dorothy Davenport (1895-1977). In 1915-16 he performed in both masterpieces from director D.W. Griffith and starred opposite leading ladies such as Florence Turner, Gloria Swanson, Lillian Gish, Elsie Ferguson, and Geraldine Farrar en route to becoming one of Hollywood's major heartthrobs. Already involved with the creation of more than a hundred motion picture shorts, Reid was signed by producer Jesse L. Lasky and would star in another sixty plus films for Lasky's Famous Players film company. His action hero role as the dashing race car driver saw young girls and older women alike flocking to theaters to see his daredevil auto thrillers such as the 1919 hit, The Roaring Road, the two 1920 successes, Double Speed and Excuse My Dust, and in the same genre in 1921, Too Much Speed. However, in 1919, while working on location in Oregon, Reid was injured in a train wreck and in order to keep on filming he was prescribed morphine for his pain. The powerful drug almost immediately led to a deadly addiction but Reid kept on working at a frantic pace in films that were growing more physically demanding and changing from 15-20 minutes in duration to as much as an hour. Reid's morphine dependency deepened at a time when proper help for any form of addiction was non-existent. By late 1922 his health had deteriorated badly and after contracting the flu, he fell into a coma from which he never recovered. Dead at age thirty-one, Wallace Reid was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Unlike the self-destructive behavior of other stars of that era such as Barbara La Marr, Jack Pickford and Jeanne Eagels whose death resulted from drugs and/or alcohol abuse, historical records point to Wallace Reid being a victim of medical ignorance. A happy, well-adjusted man, he had been close to his parents and was dedicated to his wife and children. Beyond the adoration of moviegoers, Wallace Reid was admired and respected by fellow actors as well as the studio executives who employed him. Deaths like his were almost always covered up by the film studios, but his widow made his tragic story known in a 1923 film titled Human Wreckage. Wallace Reid's contribution to the motion-picture industry has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A few of Reid's films:
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A few of Reid's films:. He played "the Priest" in the beautifully named A Town Called Bastard (1971). Wallace Reid's contribution to the motion-picture industry has been recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was an accomplished writer as well as a respected actor, adapting his own novel The Man in the Glass Booth for the stage but asking for his credit to be removed from the filmed version. Deaths like his were almost always covered up by the film studios, but his widow made his tragic story known in a 1923 film titled Human Wreckage. His best-known film performances include Henry VIII in A Man for All Seasons (1966) Doyle Lonegan in The Sting (1973) and Quint in Jaws (1975). Beyond the adoration of moviegoers, Wallace Reid was admired and respected by fellow actors as well as the studio executives who employed him. Robert Shaw (August 9, 1927 - August 28, 1978) was an English actor and writer. A happy, well-adjusted man, he had been close to his parents and was dedicated to his wife and children. The Man in the Glass Booth (1969) ISBN 0140030115. Unlike the self-destructive behavior of other stars of that era such as Barbara La Marr, Jack Pickford and Jeanne Eagels whose death resulted from drugs and/or alcohol abuse, historical records point to Wallace Reid being a victim of medical ignorance. But Not Serious (1965) (novel). Dead at age thirty-one, Wallace Reid was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Situation Hopeless.. By late 1922 his health had deteriorated badly and after contracting the flu, he fell into a coma from which he never recovered. The Flag. Reid's morphine dependency deepened at a time when proper help for any form of addiction was non-existent. The Sun Doctor. The powerful drug almost immediately led to a deadly addiction but Reid kept on working at a frantic pace in films that were growing more physically demanding and changing from 15-20 minutes in duration to as much as an hour. The Hiding Place. However, in 1919, while working on location in Oregon, Reid was injured in a train wreck and in order to keep on filming he was prescribed morphine for his pain. General Marenkov. His action hero role as the dashing race car driver saw young girls and older women alike flocking to theaters to see his daredevil auto thrillers such as the 1919 hit, The Roaring Road, the two 1920 successes, Double Speed and Excuse My Dust, and in the same genre in 1921, Too Much Speed. Avalanche Express (1979) ... Lasky and would star in another sixty plus films for Lasky's Famous Players film company. Major Keith Mallory. Already involved with the creation of more than a hundred motion picture shorts, Reid was signed by producer Jesse L. Force 10 From Navarone (1978) ... Griffith and starred opposite leading ladies such as Florence Turner, Gloria Swanson, Lillian Gish, Elsie Ferguson, and Geraldine Farrar en route to becoming one of Hollywood's major heartthrobs. Romer Treece. In 1913, while at Universal Pictures, Reid met and married actress Dorothy Davenport (1895-1977). In 1915-16 he performed in both masterpieces from director D.W. The Deep (1977) ... Wallace Reid appeared in several films with his father and as his career in film flourished, he was soon acting and directing with and for early film mogul, Allan Dwan. Black Sunday (1977) .... Major David Kabokov. Although Reid's good looks and powerful physique made him the perfect "matinee idol," he was equally happy with roles behind the scenes and often worked as a writer, cameraman, and director. Ned Lynch. Instead, Vitagraph executives capitalized on his sex appeal and in addition to having him direct, they cast him in a major role. Scarlet Buccaneer) (1976) ... Hooked on making films, Reid used the script from a play his father had written and approached the very successful Vitagraph Studios hoping to be given the opportunity to direct. Swashbuckler (a.k.a. Drawn to the burgeoning motion picture industry by his father who would shift from the theatre to acting, writing, and directing films, in 1910, a 19-year-old Wallace Reid appeared in his first motion picture called The Phoenix, an adaptation of a Milton Nobles play filmed at Selig Polyscope Studios in Chicago. Sheriff of Nottingham. As a teenager, he spent time in Wyoming where he learned to be an outdoorsman. Robin and Marian (1976) ... A gifted all-around athlete, Reid participated in a number of sports while also following an interest in music, learning to play the piano, banjo, drums, and the violin. Charles/Earl Hodgson. As a boy, Wallace Reid was performing on stage at an early age but acting was put on hold while he obtained an education at Freehold Military School in Freehold, New Jersey. Diamond Shaft) (1975) ... Born William Wallace Reid into a show business family, his mother Bertha Westbrook was an actress and his father, Hal Reid, worked successfully in a variety of theatrical jobs, travelling the country. Diamonds (a.k.a. Louis, Missouri, United States - died January 18, 1923 in Hollywood, California, was an actor in silent film referred to by Motion Picture Magazine as "the screen's most perfect lover". Richard Gastmann. Wallace Reid, born April 15, 1891 in St. End of the Game, Murder on the Bridge, Deception, and Getting Away with Murder) (1975) ... Across the Continent (1922). Der Richter und sein Henker (a.k.a. The Affairs Of Anatol (1921). Jaws (1975) .... Quint. Forever (1921). Blue - Bernard Ryder. Hawthorne of the USA (1919). Mr. The House of Silence (1918). The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) ... The Prison Without Walls (1917). The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974) (uncredited) .... The Orale of All Knowledge. Big Timber (1917). Doyle Lonnegan. Intolerance (1916). The Sting (1973) ... The Birth of a Nation (1915). Steven Ledbetter. Old Heidelberg (1915). The Hireling (1973) ... Carmen (1915). Michael. The Deerslayer (1913). Labyrinth) (1973) ... The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913). A Reflection of Fear (a.k.a. Jean Intervenes (1912). Lord Randolph Churchill. Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912). Young Winston (1972) ... The Priest. A Town Called Hell) (1971) ... A Town Called Bastard (a.k.a. MacConnachie. Figures in a Landscape (1970) ... Francisco Pizarro. The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) ... Squadron Leader Skipper. Battle of Britain (1969) ... Stanley Webber. The Birthday Party (1968) ... George Armstrong Custer. Gen. Custer of the West (1967) ... King Henry VIII. A Man for All Seasons (1966) ... Martin Hessler. Col. Battle of the Bulge (1965) ... Claudius, King of Denmark. Hamlet (1964) (TV movie) ... Marlowe. Tomorrow at Ten (1964) ... Ghost of Christmas Future. Carol for Another Chrismas (TV movie) (1964) ... Ginger Coffey. The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1964) ... Moke. The Cracksman (1963) ... Donald 'Red' Grant. From Russia with Love (1963) ... Aston. The Guest (1963) ... The Caretaker (in USA) a.k.a. The Valiant (1962) .... Lieutenant Field. Leontes. The Winter's Tale (TV movie) (1961) ... Newspaper Photographer. Libel (1959) ... Gorman. Sea Fury (1958) ... Johnny. Thunder Over Tangier) (1957) ... Man from Tangier (a.k.a. Double Cross (1956). Hodge. LCpl. Hell in Korea) (1956) ... A Hill in Korea (a.k.a. Pulford. J. Flight Sgt. The Dam Busters (1954) ... Jacques. Operation Secret (1952) (uncredited) ... Chemist at Police Exhibition. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) (uncredited) ... |