Wallace Reid
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Wallace Reid was an American actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". 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. He was featured as Jeff, the blacksmith, in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and had an uncredited role in Intolerance (1916), both directed by D. W. Griffith; he worked with 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 100 motion picture shorts, Reid was signed by producer Jesse L. Lasky and starred in over 60 films for Lasky's Famous Players film company, which later became Paramount Pictures. Frequently paired with actress Ann Little, his action-hero role as the dashing race-car driver drew young girls and older women alike to theaters to see his daredevil auto thrillers such as The Roaring Road (1919), Double Speed (1920), Excuse My Dust (1920), and Too Much Speed (1921). While en route to a location in Oregon during filming of The Valley of the Giants (1919), Reid was injured in a train wreck near Arcata, California and needed six stitches to close a 3-inch (8 cm) scalp wound. To keep on filming, he was prescribed morphine for relief of his pain and Reid soon became addicted, but 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 addiction worsened at a time when drug rehabilitation programs were non-existent. He died in a sanatorium while attempting to recover.
Known for
Credits
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
The Joke on Yellentown (1914)
Actor
Night Life in Hollywood (1922)
as Self
Love's Western Flight (1914)
as Wally - the Ranch Owner
Thirty Days (1922)
as John Floyd
Rimrock Jones (1918)
as Rimrock Jones
The World Apart (1917)
as Bob Fulton
The Second Mrs. Roebuck (1914)
as Samuel Roebuck
The Movie Album (1932)
as (archive footage)
The Valley of the Giants (1919)
as Bryce Cardigan
The Affairs of Anatol (1921)
as Anatol Spencer
Fortunes of a Composer (1912)
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Playmates (1912)
as Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
The Heart of the Hills (1914)
as Dave - the Woodsman
Diamond Cut Diamond (1912)
as Clerk
War (1911)
as Midas
The Gamblers (1912)
as Arthur Ingraham
For Her Father's Sins (1914)
as Frank Bell
The Kiss (1913)
as Ralph Walters
Passing of the Beast (1914)
as Jacques - the Woodsman
The Lottery Man (1919)
as Jack Wright
The House That Shadows Built (1931)
as (archive footage)
The Voice of the Viola (1914)
as Wallace
A Wife on a Wager (1914)
as Wally Bristow
The Ghost Breaker (1922)
as Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker
The Little Country Mouse (1914)
as Lieutenant Hawkhurst
The Charm School (1921)
as Austin Bevans
The Spider and Her Web (1914)
Actor
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel (1921)
as As himself
Women and Roses (1914)
as Wallace
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
A Trip to Paramountown (1922)
as Self
Hunted Down (1912)
as John Dayton
The Hieroglyphic (1912)
Actor
Believe Me, Xantippe (1918)
as George MacFarland
The Fruit of Evil (1914)
Actor
The Countess Betty's Mine (1914)
as Wallace
What's Your Hurry? (1920)
as Dusty Rhoades
The Spirit of the Flag (1913)
as Dr. Reid
When Jim Returned (1913)
as Jim
Too Many Millions (1918)
as Walsingham Van Doren
His Only Son (1912)
as Bob Madden
The Wheel of Life (1914)
as The Prospector
Regeneration (1914)
as The Artist
Chumps (1912)
as George - the Denouement
Don't Tell Everything (1921)
as Cullen Dale
A Daughter of the Redskins (1912)
as Captain Stark, U.S.A.
The Spark of Manhood (1913)
as Humphrey Van Weyden
The Quack (1914)
as Wallace Rosslyn
The Seepore Rebellion (1912)
as Extra
The Firefly of France (1918)
as Devereux Bayne
Nan of Music Mountain (1917)
as Henry de Spain
The Eye of a God (1913)
as Frank Hammond
Fires of Conscience (1914)
as Ray - the Prospector
Love and the Law (1913)
as Sheriff John Allen
Joan the Woman (1916)
as Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
The Hell Diggers (1921)
as Teddy Darman
Brothers (1912)
Actor
The House of Silence (1918)
as Marcel Levington
Retribution (1913)
as Reid
Before the White Man Came (1912)
as Wathuma - the Leopard
The Den of Thieves (1914)
as Wallace
Alias Mike Moran (1919)
as Larry Young
Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912)
as Oniatore / Romeo
A Flash in the Dark (1914)
as A Miner
The Powder Flash of Death (1913)
as Captain Bruce Douglas
The World's Champion (1922)
as William Burroughs
Over the Ledge (1914)
as Bob
The Brothers (1913)
as Robert Gregory
The Prison Without Walls (1917)
as Huntington Babbs
The Golden Chance (1915)
as Roger Manning
The Fires of Fate (1913)
as Wally - the Doctor
The Mother of the Ranch (1911)
as The Mother's Friend Back East
Song Bird of the North (1913)
as Fowle - a Mission Worker
'Cross the Mexican Line (1914)
as Lt. Wallace
The Guerilla Menace (1913)
as Captain Bruce Douglas
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919)
as Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
The Gratitude of Wanda (1913)
as Wally
The Harvest of Flame (1913)
as The Inspector
The Man from Funeral Range (1918)
as Harry Webb
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
as The Doctor (uncredited)
The Skeleton (1914)
as Jack - the Young Husband
The Tattooed Arm (1913)
as Ben Hart
Carmen (1915)
as Don Jose
Early Days in the West (1912)
as Dan, a Young Pioneer
A Mother's Influence (1914)
as Wallace Burton - the Son
To Have and to Hold (1916)
as Captain Ralph Percy
Whoso Diggeth a Pit (1914)
as Wally
The Intruder (1914)
as The Woodsman
Near To Earth (1913)
Actor
The Mountaineer (1914)
as Jim - the Mountaineer
Youth and Jealousy (1913)
as Ben
The Selfish Woman (1916)
as Tom Morley
Sierra Jim's Reformation (1914)
as Tim - the Pony Express Rider
The House with the Golden Windows (1916)
as Tom Wells
The City Beautiful (1914)
as The Country Boy
The Victoria Cross (1912)
as Lt. Cholmodeley
His Mother's Son (1913)
Actor
A Cracksman Santa Claus (1913)
as Gentleman Crook
The Woman God Forgot (1917)
as Alvarado
An Indian Outcast (1912)
as Wally, a Cowboy
Cross Purposes (1913)
as Wally
Breed o' the Mountains (1914)
as Joe Mayfield
The Dictator (1922)
as Brooke Travers
The Test (1914)
as The Poor Man
Less Than Kin (1918)
as Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
A Gypsy Romance (1914)
as Jose - King of the Gypsies
Excuse My Dust (1920)
as 'Toodles' Walden
A Yankee from the West (1915)
as Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
You're Fired (1919)
as Billy Deering
A Hopi Legend (1913)
Actor
Nice People (1922)
as Captain Billy Wade
The Animal (1913)
as The Animal
The Wall of Flame (1916)
as Wallace - the Fire Inspector
The Cracksman's Reformation (1913)
as Gentleman Crook
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913)
as Dorian Gray
The Cowboy Guardians (1912)
Actor
A Rose of Old Mexico (1913)
as Paul Hapgood
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip (1913)
as Policeman
The Chorus Lady (1915)
as Danny Mallory
The Path of True Love (1912)
as The Country Boy
Sick Abed (1920)
as Reginald Jay
The Squaw Man's Son (1917)
as Lord Effington, aka Hal
The Seventh Son (1912)
as One of the Beecham Brothers
Enoch Arden (1915)
as Walter Fenn
On the Border (1913)
as Bill Reeves - the Cowboy
Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1912)
as Basil Underwood
Always Audacious (1920)
as Perry Dayton / 'Slim' Attucks
The Man Who Saved the Day (1917)
as John King
Women and War (1913)
as The Boy
The Way of a Woman (1914)
as Pierre
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
The Wall of Money (1913)
as Wallace - McQuarrie's Son
At Dawn (1914)
as The Lieutenant
Arms and the Gringo (1914)
as Sullivan
Their Masterpiece (1913)
as Jack Sanders
The Thing We Love (1918)
as Rodney Sheridan
The Source (1918)
as Van Twiller Yard
Down the Hill to Creditville (1914)
as Marcus Down
The Leading Lady (1911)
Actor
The Tribal Law (1912)
as Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave
The Dancin' Fool (1920)
as Sylvester Tibble
The Greater Devotion (1914)
as 'Devotion'
At Scrogginses' Corner (1912)
Actor
Forever (1921)
as Peter Ibbetson
Double Speed (1920)
as 'Speed' Carr
Down by the Sounding Sea (1914)
as John Ward - the Man from the Sea
Clarence (1922)
as Clarence Smith
In Love and War (1913)
as David - the Journalist
The Hostage (1917)
as Lieutenant Kemper
The Picket Guard (1913)
as Sentry
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli (1912)
Actor
The Lightning Bolt (1913)
as Reid
The Love Burglar (1919)
as David Strong
Every Inch a Man (1912)
as Robert Chapman - the Son
The Indian Raiders (1912)
as Tom
Rent Free (1922)
as Buell Arnister Jr
An Even Exchange (1913)
as Joe
The Wrong Heart (1916)
Actor
The Love Mask (1916)
as Dan Derring
Cupid Incognito (1914)
as Jack Falkner
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine (1913)
as Reid - Rosson's Brother
Maria Rosa (1916)
as Andreas
The Golden Fetter (1917)
as James Roger Ralston
The Niggard (1914)
as Elmer Kent
Baby's Ride (1914)
as Father
Her Doggy (1914)
as The Doctor (unconfirmed)
The Love Special (1921)
as Jim Glover
A Foreign Spy (1913)
Actor
The Three Brothers (1915)
as Jean Gaudet / Will
Another Chance (1914)
as Detective Flynn
Making Good (1912)
as Billy Burns
The Tell-Tale Arm (1917)
Actor
Her Innocent Marriage (1913)
as Will Wayne
Old Heidelberg (1915)
as Prince Karl Heinrich
A Man's Duty (1912)
as Dick Wilson - Union Soldier
The Heart of a Cracksman (1913)
as Gentleman Crook
Too Much Speed (1921)
as 'Dusty' Rhoades
Man's Duty (1913)
as Bill, the Selfish One
A Modern Snare (1913)
as Ralph - the New Sheriff
The Ways of Fate (1913)
as Jim Conway
The Lost House (1915)
as Ford
The Man Within (1914)
as The Outlaw
The Illumination (1912)
as Giuseppe's Father
When Luck Changes (1913)
as Cal Jim
The Yellow Pawn (1916)
as James Weldon
The Daughter of a Crook (1914)
as Neal
Big Timber (1917)
as Jack Fife
His Extra Bit (1918)
as The Husband
The Deerslayer (1913)
as Chingachgook
The Exposure (1914)
as The Reporter
The Devil Stone (1917)
as Guy Sterling
The Phoenix (1910)
as Young Reporter
Moonshine Molly (1914)
as Lawson Keene
The Hidden Treasure (1912)
as Bill Binks
Pirate Gold (1913)
Actor
The Secret Service Man (1912)
as The Secret Service Man
Her Awakening (1914)
as Bob Turner
Across the Continent (1922)
as Jimmy Dent
The Odalisque (1914)
as Curtiss
The High Grader (1914)
as Dick Raleigh
Mental Suicide (1913)
as Reid - a Contractor
The Dub (1919)
as John Craig (The 'Dub')
The Telephone Girl (1912)
as Jack Watson
The Reporter (1911)
as Cohn, Jones' Assistant
The Craven (1915)
as Bud Walton
At Cripple Creek (1912)
as Joe Mayfield
Hearts and Horses (1913)
as Bill Walters
Jean Intervenes (1912)
as Billy Hallock
The Roaring Road (1919)
as Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
Kaintuck (1912)
as The Artist
Pride of Lonesome (1913)
as Edward Daton
Via Cabaret (1913)
as Harry Reeder
The Siren (1914)
as Dane Northrop
Virginius (1912)
as Icilius
Station Content (1915)
as Jim Manning