Robert Reed

Like many gay actors of his generation, Reed never publicly revealed his homosexuality during his lifetime and was reportedly very conflicted about being gay. In 2000, he collapsed, and was diagnosed with pancreatitis related to his diabetes. However, he was also HIV-positive which, according to his death certificate, was a contributing factor to Reed's death. Schell has also served as a writer, producer and director for a variety of films. Reed died from cancer in Pasadena, California at the age of only 59. Although he was top billed in a number of Nazi-era themed films as The Man in the Glass Booth, A Bridge Too Far, Cross of Iron, Julia and Judgment at Nuremburg, he has also appeared in Topkapi, The Black Hole, The Freshman, Stalin and Candles in the Dark. 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. Schell has refused to be typecast.

He wanted out of the show but was under contract. In 1961, he took the role of the defense attorney in Judgment at Nuremberg, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. 1974's The Pedestrian, which Schell wrote, produced, directed, and starred in, was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. After winning the role of Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch, he became unhappy with his part. Born in Vienna, he made his Hollywood debut in 1958 in the World War II film The Young Lions. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Reed studied Shakespeare and was not a comic actor. His elder sister is actress Maria Schell. Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 - May 12, 1992) was an American actor. Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930) is an Austrian actor.

1961 - Won Best Actor in a Leading Role - Judgment at Nuremberg. 1976 - Nominated Best Actor in a Leading Role - The Man in the Glass Booth. 1978 - Nominated - Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Julia.