Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

Biography

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.

Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-04-14

Place of birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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Rent Free

Rent Free

1922

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The Phoenix

The Phoenix

1910

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The Reporter

The Reporter

1911

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His Only Son

His Only Son

1912

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War

War

1911

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Chumps

Chumps

1912

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Playmates

Playmates

1912

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Brothers

Brothers

1912

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Virginius

Virginius

1912

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Kaintuck

Kaintuck

1912

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The Gamblers

The Gamblers

1912

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A Man's Duty

A Man's Duty

1912

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Making Good

Making Good

1912

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Hunted Down

Hunted Down

1912

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Pirate Gold

Pirate Gold

1913

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The Brothers

The Brothers

1913

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The Kiss

The Kiss

1913

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The Dub

The Dub

1919

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Thirty Days

Thirty Days

1922

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Regeneration

Regeneration

1914

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The Test

The Test

1914

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The Skeleton

The Skeleton

1914

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Via Cabaret

Via Cabaret

1913

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The Quack

The Quack

1914

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The Siren

The Siren

1914

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Man's Duty

Man's Duty

1913

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The Animal

The Animal

1913

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Retribution

Retribution

1913

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The Intruder

The Intruder

1914

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The Craven

The Craven

1915

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Her Doggy

Her Doggy

1914

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The Niggard

The Niggard

1914

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At Dawn

At Dawn

1914

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The Exposure

The Exposure

1914

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The Hostage

The Hostage

1917

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The Source

The Source

1918

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Double Speed

Double Speed

1920

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Clarence

Clarence

1922

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Baby's Ride

Baby's Ride

1914

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Carmen

Carmen

1915

6.10

Enoch Arden

Enoch Arden

1915

6.30

Nice People

Nice People

1922

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Big Timber

Big Timber

1917

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Maria Rosa

Maria Rosa

1916

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Forever

Forever

1921

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Sick Abed

Sick Abed

1920

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You're Fired

You're Fired

1919

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The Dictator

The Dictator

1922

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