Wallace Reid was an American actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover".
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1942
The House That Shadows Built
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:08/07/1931
Thirty Days
Character:John Floyd
Release Date:10/12/1922
Night Life in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:15/11/1922
Clarence
Character:Clarence Smith
Release Date:15/10/1922
The Ghost Breaker
Character:Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker
Release Date:10/09/1922
Nice People
Character:Captain Billy Wade
Release Date:12/07/1922
A Trip to Paramountown
Character:Self
Release Date:10/07/1922
The Dictator
Character:Brooke Travers
Release Date:25/06/1922
Across the Continent
Character:Jimmy Dent
Release Date:04/06/1922
The World's Champion
Character:William Burroughs
Release Date:12/03/1922
Rent Free
Character:Buell Arnister Jr
Release Date:01/01/1922
Don't Tell Everything
Character:Cullen Dale
Release Date:13/11/1921
Forever
Character:Peter Ibbetson
Release Date:16/10/1921
The Affairs of Anatol
Character:Anatol Spencer
Release Date:25/09/1921
The Hell Diggers
Character:Teddy Darman
Release Date:04/09/1921
Too Much Speed
Character:'Dusty' Rhoades
Release Date:05/06/1921
The Love Special
Character:Jim Glover
Release Date:20/03/1921
The Charm School
Character:Austin Bevans
Release Date:01/01/1921
Always Audacious
Character:Perry Dayton / 'Slim' Attucks
Release Date:14/11/1920
What's Your Hurry?
Character:Dusty Rhoades
Release Date:15/08/1920
Sick Abed
Character:Reginald Jay
Release Date:27/06/1920
The Dancin' Fool
Character:Sylvester Tibble
Release Date:02/05/1920
Excuse My Dust
Character:'Toodles' Walden
Release Date:20/03/1920
Double Speed
Character:'Speed' Carr
Release Date:01/02/1920
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Character:Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
Release Date:30/11/1919
The Lottery Man
Character:Jack Wright
Release Date:12/10/1919
The Valley of the Giants
Character:Bryce Cardigan
Release Date:31/08/1919
The Love Burglar
Character:David Strong
Release Date:13/07/1919
You're Fired
Character:Billy Deering
Release Date:15/06/1919
The Roaring Road
Character:Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
Release Date:26/04/1919
Alias Mike Moran
Character:Larry Young
Release Date:02/03/1919
The Dub
Character:John Craig (The 'Dub')
Release Date:19/01/1919
Too Many Millions
Character:Walsingham Van Doren
Release Date:08/12/1918
The Man from Funeral Range
Character:Harry Webb
Release Date:06/10/1918
His Extra Bit
Character:The Husband
Release Date:05/10/1918
The Source
Character:Van Twiller Yard
Release Date:01/09/1918
Less Than Kin
Character:Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
Release Date:21/07/1918
The Firefly of France
Character:Devereux Bayne
Release Date:23/06/1918
Believe Me, Xantippe
Character:George MacFarland
Release Date:02/06/1918
The House of Silence
Character:Marcel Levington
Release Date:08/04/1918
The Thing We Love
Character:Rodney Sheridan
Release Date:11/02/1918
Rimrock Jones
Character:Rimrock Jones
Release Date:21/01/1918
The Devil Stone
Character:Guy Sterling
Release Date:16/12/1917
Nan of Music Mountain
Character:Henry de Spain
Release Date:12/12/1917
The Woman God Forgot
Character:Alvarado
Release Date:27/10/1917
The Hostage
Character:Lieutenant Kemper
Release Date:10/09/1917
The Squaw Man's Son
Character:Lord Effington, aka Hal
Release Date:26/07/1917
Big Timber
Character:Jack Fife
Release Date:04/07/1917
The World Apart
Character:Bob Fulton
Release Date:04/06/1917
The Tell-Tale Arm
Character:
Release Date:09/05/1917
The Prison Without Walls
Character:Huntington Babbs
Release Date:15/03/1917
The Man Who Saved the Day
Character:John King
Release Date:22/02/1917
The Golden Fetter
Character:James Roger Ralston
Release Date:25/01/1917
Joan the Woman
Character:Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
Release Date:25/12/1916
The Wrong Heart
Character:
Release Date:15/12/1916
The Wall of Flame
Character:Wallace - the Fire Inspector
Release Date:03/12/1916
The Yellow Pawn
Character:James Weldon
Release Date:23/11/1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Character:Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
Release Date:04/09/1916
The House with the Golden Windows
Character:Tom Wells
Release Date:10/08/1916
The Selfish Woman
Character:Tom Morley
Release Date:09/07/1916
Maria Rosa
Character:Andreas
Release Date:07/05/1916
The Love Mask
Character:Dan Derring
Release Date:13/04/1916
To Have and to Hold
Character:Captain Ralph Percy
Release Date:05/03/1916
The Golden Chance
Character:Roger Manning
Release Date:30/12/1915
Old Heidelberg
Character:Prince Karl Heinrich
Release Date:14/11/1915
Carmen
Character:Don Jose
Release Date:31/10/1915
The Chorus Lady
Character:Danny Mallory
Release Date:18/10/1915
A Yankee from the West
Character:Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
Release Date:19/08/1915
Station Content
Character:Jim Manning
Release Date:10/04/1915
Enoch Arden
Character:Walter Fenn
Release Date:08/04/1915
The Lost House
Character:Ford
Release Date:25/03/1915
The Birth of a Nation
Character:Jeff, the Blacksmith
Release Date:08/03/1915
The Craven
Character:Bud Walton
Release Date:23/01/1915
The Three Brothers
Character:Jean Gaudet / Will
Release Date:10/01/1915
Baby's Ride
Character:Father
Release Date:29/12/1914
The Exposure
Character:The Reporter
Release Date:26/12/1914
The Joke on Yellentown
Character:
Release Date:16/12/1914
At Dawn
Character:The Lieutenant
Release Date:15/12/1914
Over the Ledge
Character:Bob
Release Date:12/12/1914
Another Chance
Character:Detective Flynn
Release Date:24/11/1914
The Little Country Mouse
Character:Lieutenant Hawkhurst
Release Date:16/11/1914
The Odalisque
Character:Curtiss
Release Date:15/11/1914
The Niggard
Character:Elmer Kent
Release Date:10/11/1914
A Mother's Influence
Character:Wallace Burton - the Son
Release Date:27/10/1914
For Her Father's Sins
Character:Frank Bell
Release Date:18/10/1914
Her Doggy
Character:The Doctor (unconfirmed)
Release Date:25/09/1914
Her Awakening
Character:Bob Turner
Release Date:20/09/1914
Down the Hill to Creditville
Character:Marcus Down
Release Date:18/09/1914
The High Grader
Character:Dick Raleigh
Release Date:16/09/1914
Sierra Jim's Reformation
Character:Tim - the Pony Express Rider
Release Date:07/09/1914
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
Character:Samuel Roebuck
Release Date:23/08/1914
The Avenging Conscience
Character:The Doctor (uncredited)
Release Date:02/08/1914
Moonshine Molly
Character:Lawson Keene
Release Date:02/08/1914
Down by the Sounding Sea
Character:John Ward - the Man from the Sea
Release Date:28/07/1914
The City Beautiful
Character:The Country Boy
Release Date:12/07/1914
Arms and the Gringo
Character:Sullivan
Release Date:28/06/1914
The Den of Thieves
Character:Wallace
Release Date:24/06/1914
'Cross the Mexican Line
Character:Lt. Wallace
Release Date:17/06/1914
A Wife on a Wager
Character:Wally Bristow
Release Date:10/06/1914
Love's Western Flight
Character:Wally - the Ranch Owner
Release Date:03/06/1914
Passing of the Beast
Character:Jacques - the Woodsman
Release Date:27/05/1914
The Man Within
Character:The Outlaw
Release Date:20/05/1914
The Siren
Character:Dane Northrop
Release Date:13/05/1914
The Quack
Character:Wallace Rosslyn
Release Date:06/05/1914
Women and Roses
Character:Wallace
Release Date:29/04/1914
The Daughter of a Crook
Character:Neal
Release Date:24/04/1914
The Fruit of Evil
Character:
Release Date:22/04/1914
The Skeleton
Character:Jack - the Young Husband
Release Date:20/04/1914
The Test
Character:The Poor Man
Release Date:15/04/1914
A Gypsy Romance
Character:Jose - King of the Gypsies
Release Date:08/04/1914
Cupid Incognito
Character:Jack Falkner
Release Date:01/04/1914
The Spider and Her Web
Character:
Release Date:26/03/1914
The Way of a Woman
Character:Pierre
Release Date:18/03/1914
The Mountaineer
Character:Jim - the Mountaineer
Release Date:15/03/1914
The Heart of the Hills
Character:Dave - the Woodsman
Release Date:12/03/1914
The Voice of the Viola
Character:Wallace
Release Date:04/03/1914
Regeneration
Character:The Artist
Release Date:27/02/1914
Breed o' the Mountains
Character:Joe Mayfield
Release Date:25/02/1914
A Flash in the Dark
Character:A Miner
Release Date:18/02/1914
The Greater Devotion
Character:'Devotion'
Release Date:11/02/1914
Fires of Conscience
Character:Ray - the Prospector
Release Date:04/02/1914
The Wheel of Life
Character:The Prospector
Release Date:28/01/1914
The Countess Betty's Mine
Character:Wallace
Release Date:21/01/1914
The Intruder
Character:The Woodsman
Release Date:14/01/1914
Whoso Diggeth a Pit
Character:Wally
Release Date:09/01/1914
A Hopi Legend
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1913
The Lightning Bolt
Character:Reid
Release Date:24/12/1913
A Cracksman Santa Claus
Character:Gentleman Crook
Release Date:19/12/1913
Retribution
Character:Reid
Release Date:10/12/1913
Cross Purposes
Character:Wally
Release Date:05/12/1913
The Fires of Fate
Character:Wally - the Doctor
Release Date:20/11/1913
The Cracksman's Reformation
Character:Gentleman Crook
Release Date:14/11/1913
The Heart of a Cracksman
Character:Gentleman Crook
Release Date:07/11/1913
The Wall of Money
Character:Wallace - McQuarrie's Son
Release Date:21/09/1913
The Gratitude of Wanda
Character:Wally
Release Date:30/08/1913
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
Character:Reid - Rosson's Brother
Release Date:24/08/1913
The Spark of Manhood
Character:Humphrey Van Weyden
Release Date:22/08/1913
The Harvest of Flame
Character:The Inspector
Release Date:21/08/1913
The Animal
Character:The Animal
Release Date:17/08/1913
An Even Exchange
Character:Joe
Release Date:16/08/1913
Man's Duty
Character:Bill, the Selfish One
Release Date:10/08/1913
Mental Suicide
Character:Reid - a Contractor
Release Date:27/07/1913
The Picket Guard
Character:Sentry
Release Date:15/07/1913
A Foreign Spy
Character:
Release Date:10/07/1913
The Powder Flash of Death
Character:Captain Bruce Douglas
Release Date:08/07/1913
Pride of Lonesome
Character:Edward Daton
Release Date:03/07/1913
Song Bird of the North
Character:Fowle - a Mission Worker
Release Date:02/07/1913
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip
Character:Policeman
Release Date:26/06/1913
The Guerilla Menace
Character:Captain Bruce Douglas
Release Date:24/06/1913
Women and War
Character:The Boy
Release Date:21/06/1913
In Love and War
Character:David - the Journalist
Release Date:17/06/1913
Hearts and Horses
Character:Bill Walters
Release Date:12/06/1913
Via Cabaret
Character:Harry Reeder
Release Date:07/06/1913
The Spirit of the Flag
Character:Dr. Reid
Release Date:07/06/1913
When Luck Changes
Character:Cal Jim
Release Date:02/06/1913
His Mother's Son
Character:
Release Date:31/05/1913
On the Border
Character:Bill Reeves - the Cowboy
Release Date:29/05/1913
Her Innocent Marriage
Character:Will Wayne
Release Date:19/05/1913
A Modern Snare
Character:Ralph - the New Sheriff
Release Date:14/05/1913
The Kiss
Character:Ralph Walters
Release Date:13/05/1913
Youth and Jealousy
Character:Ben
Release Date:10/05/1913
The Deerslayer
Character:Chingachgook
Release Date:06/05/1913
The Brothers
Character:Robert Gregory
Release Date:05/05/1913
The Tattooed Arm
Character:Ben Hart
Release Date:01/05/1913
When Jim Returned
Character:Jim
Release Date:24/04/1913
The Ways of Fate
Character:Jim Conway
Release Date:19/04/1913
The Eye of a God
Character:Frank Hammond
Release Date:03/04/1913
Near To Earth
Character:
Release Date:20/03/1913
A Rose of Old Mexico
Character:Paul Hapgood
Release Date:25/01/1913
Their Masterpiece
Character:Jack Sanders
Release Date:13/01/1913
Pirate Gold
Character:
Release Date:13/01/1913
Love and the Law
Character:Sheriff John Allen
Release Date:02/01/1913
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Character:Dorian Gray
Release Date:01/01/1913
The Hidden Treasure
Character:Bill Binks
Release Date:30/11/1912
An Indian Outcast
Character:Wally, a Cowboy
Release Date:26/11/1912
The Tribal Law
Character:Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave
Release Date:16/11/1912
The Cowboy Guardians
Character:
Release Date:29/10/1912
A Daughter of the Redskins
Character:Captain Stark, U.S.A.
Release Date:26/10/1912
Hunted Down
Character:John Dayton
Release Date:22/10/1912
Early Days in the West
Character:Dan, a Young Pioneer
Release Date:19/10/1912
Every Inch a Man
Character:Robert Chapman - the Son
Release Date:13/10/1912
His Only Son
Character:Bob Madden
Release Date:09/10/1912
The Indian Raiders
Character:Tom
Release Date:08/10/1912
The Secret Service Man
Character:The Secret Service Man
Release Date:28/08/1912
Making Good
Character:Billy Burns
Release Date:26/08/1912
At Cripple Creek
Character:Joe Mayfield
Release Date:17/07/1912
A Man's Duty
Character:Dick Wilson - Union Soldier
Release Date:03/07/1912
Before the White Man Came
Character:Wathuma - the Leopard
Release Date:29/06/1912
The Gamblers
Character:Arthur Ingraham
Release Date:22/06/1912
Virginius
Character:Icilius
Release Date:15/06/1912
Kaintuck
Character:The Artist
Release Date:08/06/1912
Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
Character:Basil Underwood
Release Date:29/05/1912
Diamond Cut Diamond
Character:Clerk
Release Date:23/05/1912
Fortunes of a Composer
Character:Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Release Date:20/05/1912
The Hieroglyphic
Character:
Release Date:04/05/1912
The Victoria Cross
Character:Lt. Cholmodeley
Release Date:27/04/1912
Brothers
Character:
Release Date:24/04/1912
At Scrogginses' Corner
Character:
Release Date:09/04/1912
The Illumination
Character:Giuseppe's Father
Release Date:05/04/1912
The Seventh Son
Character:One of the Beecham Brothers
Release Date:03/04/1912
The Telephone Girl
Character:Jack Watson
Release Date:02/03/1912
Playmates
Character:Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/1912
Indian Romeo and Juliet
Character:Oniatore / Romeo
Release Date:30/01/1912
Jean Intervenes
Character:Billy Hallock
Release Date:23/01/1912
Chumps
Character:George - the Denouement
Release Date:16/01/1912
The Path of True Love
Character:The Country Boy
Release Date:06/01/1912
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1912
The Seepore Rebellion
Character:Extra
Release Date:01/01/1912
War
Character:Midas
Release Date:08/12/1911
The Mother of the Ranch
Character:The Mother's Friend Back East
Release Date:14/09/1911
The Reporter
Character:Cohn, Jones' Assistant
Release Date:26/06/1911
The Leading Lady
Character:
Release Date:18/04/1911
The Phoenix
Character:Young Reporter
Release Date:18/07/1910
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