Wallace Reid Jr.
Wallace Reid Jr. | |
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| File:Wallace Reid, Jr. LCCN2016894060 (cropped).jpg Reid in 1925 | |
| Born | June 18, 1917 |
| Died | February 28, 1990 (aged 72) Santa Monica Bay, California, United States |
| Occupations | Actor, Architect |
| Years active | 1920–1943 |
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| Relatives | Hal Reid (paternal grandfather), Harry Davenport (maternal grandfather), Alice Davenport (maternal grandmother), Edward Loomis Davenport (maternal great-grandfather), Fanny Vining Davenport (maternal great-grandmother) |
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William Wallace Reid Jr. (June 18, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American actor.
Life and career
[edit | edit source]Reid's father was actor Wallace Reid Sr.[1] His mother, Dorothy Davenport, and his grandmother, Alice Davenport, were actresses.[2]
By the time he was 15 years old, Reid was interested in automobiles. When he came home from school he regularly changed clothes and began working on a four-cylinder racing car that he and a friend were building by using parts from old cars.[3] In 1936 he served a 15-day jail sentence for reckless driving.[4]
Reid's entry into the film industry came when he worked for independent producer Willis Kent.[5]
He appeared in 10 films, later becoming an architect. He died at age 72 when his home-built Rutan Long-EZ airplane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, near his home, during heavy fog.[1]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Wallace Reid Jr. at IMDb
- Wallace Reid Jr. in later years signed Index Card
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- 1917 births
- 1990 deaths
- American male silent film actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Male actors from Los Angeles
- Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States
- Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1990
- Accidental deaths in California
- American film actor, 1910s birth stubs