Robert Reed
Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 - May 12, 1992) was an American actor. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Reed studied Shakespeare and was not a comic actor. After winning the role of Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch, he became unhappy with his part. He wanted out of the show but was under contract. He was happy when the show ended, but he did return for the Brady Bunch Variety Hour and the two made-for-TV movies that reunited the Brady cast. Reed died from cancer in Pasadena, California at the age of only 59. However, he was also HIV-positive which, according to his death certificate, was a contributing factor to Reed's death. Like many gay actors of his generation, Reed never publicly revealed his homosexuality during his lifetime and was reportedly very conflicted about being gay. This page about Robert Reed includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Robert Reed News stories about Robert Reed External links for Robert Reed Videos for Robert Reed Wikis about Robert Reed Discussion Groups about Robert Reed Blogs about Robert Reed Images of Robert Reed |
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Like many gay actors of his generation, Reed never publicly revealed his homosexuality during his lifetime and was reportedly very conflicted about being gay. He was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, California. However, he was also HIV-positive which, according to his death certificate, was a contributing factor to Reed's death. He died in 1999 from a ruptured abdomen aortic aneurysm. Reed died from cancer in Pasadena, California at the age of only 59. Scott was twice married to and twice divorced from Canadian-born actress Colleen Dewhurst, with whom he had two sons, one the actor Campbell Scott. He was happy when the show ended, but he did return for the Brady Bunch Variety Hour and the two made-for-TV movies that reunited the Brady cast. This movie has since become a television favorite at Christmas. He wanted out of the show but was under contract. Some have said he was the finest Scrooge of all time, next to Alastair Sim. After winning the role of Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch, he became unhappy with his part. Critics and the public alike praised his performance. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Reed studied Shakespeare and was not a comic actor. In 1984, Scott was cast in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a televison adaptation of A Christmas Carol. Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 - May 12, 1992) was an American actor. Scott!". The director replied "My dear, the whole world is scared of George C. There is a famous story that one of his co-stars told the director "I don't know what to do, I am scared of him". Scott had a reputation for being somewhat moody and mercurial while on the set. Jack Cassidy won an Emmy award for his performance as the defense lawyer in this production. It was also in 1970 that Scott directed a very highly acclaimed television version of The Andersonville Trial. Having declined an Academy Award nomination for his appearance in The Hustler, Scott returned his Oscar for Patton, stating that he didn't feel himself to be in competition with other actors. Scott's greatest role, however, was when he played the swaggering and controversial World War II Army general, George Patton, in the 1970 movie, Patton. Scott had researched extensively for this role studying films of the general and talking to those who knew him. Strangelove. This take was the one that is actually used in Dr. It was said that Stanley Kubrick told Scott that he had all the takes for one of the early scenes in that film and asked to redo the scene in an "over the top" fashion. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb where he played the part of General "Buck" Turgidson. However, his most famous early role was in Dr. He was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor. Scott gained wide public attention in the film, Anatomy Of A Murder, in which he played a wiley prosecutor opposite Jimmy Stewart as the defense attorney. Scott also played Richard III on stage and one critic said he was the "angriest" Richard III of all time. Scott's performance earned him a mention in Time magazine as a rising young actor of great intensity. This was based on the military trial of the commandant of the infamous Civil War prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia. Scott began as a stage actor on Broadway and achieved critical acclaim portraying the prosecutor in The Andersonville Trial by Saul Levett. But he soon left college for an acting career. After serving his hitch in the Marines, Scott enrolled in the University of Missouri where he majored in journalism. Scott later complained that his duties at Arlington led to his drinking. In that capacity, he served as a ceremonial guard at Arlington National Cemetery and he taught English literature and radio speaking/writing at the Marine Corps Institute. Marine Corps and was assigned to the prestigious 8th and I Barracks in Washington, D.C. As a young man, Scott joined the U.S. His mother died when he was only eight-years-old, and he was raised by his father, an executive at Buick Motor Company. Scott was born in Wise, Virginia. in the Academy Award winning movie, Patton.. Patton, Jr. He was best known for his dramatic portrayal of General George S. George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927-September 22, 1999) was a film/stage actor, director, and producer. Angus, 1995. A Christmas Carol, (telefilm), 1984. Firestarter, 1984. Oliver Twist, 1982. Taps, (1981). Hardcore, 1979. Islands in the Stream, 1977. The Hindenburg, (1975). Patton, 1970. Strangelove, 1964. Dr. The Hustler, 1961. Anatomy of a Murder, 1959. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his." from Patton, 1970. "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. |