Wallace Reid
Known for Acting · 217 credits
- Born
- 1891-04-14
- Died
- 1923-01-18
- Place of birth
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- William Wallace Halleck 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.
Known For
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Retribution
1913
as Reid
The Kiss
1913
as Ralph Walters
The Heart of the Hills
1914
as Dave - the Woodsman
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
The Intruder
1914
as The Woodsman
Movies (217)
The Birth of a Nation
1915
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Retribution
1913
as Reid
The Kiss
1913
as Ralph Walters
The Heart of the Hills
1914
as Dave - the Woodsman
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
The Intruder
1914
as The Woodsman
The Hieroglyphic
1912
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921
as As himself
Cross Purposes
1913
as Wally
The Skeleton
1914
as Jack - the Young Husband
Thirty Days
1922
as John Floyd
Rimrock Jones
1918
as Rimrock Jones
The Lottery Man
1919
as Jack Wright
Regeneration
1914
as The Artist
The Victoria Cross
1912
as Lt. Cholmodeley
The Test
1914
as The Poor Man
Making Good
1912
as Billy Burns
Playmates
1912
as Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
Love and the Law
1913
as Sheriff John Allen
Fortunes of a Composer
1912
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Their Masterpiece
1913
as Jack Sanders
'Cross the Mexican Line
1914
as Lt. Wallace
Diamond Cut Diamond
1912
as Clerk
Chumps
1912
as George - the Denouement
For Her Father's Sins
1914
as Frank Bell
Hunted Down
1912
as John Dayton
The Ghost Breaker
1922
as Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker
The House of Silence
1918
as Marcel Levington
The Animal
1913
as The Animal
The Gamblers
1912
as Arthur Ingraham
The Brothers
1913
as Robert Gregory
The World Apart
1917
as Bob Fulton
Passing of the Beast
1914
as Jacques - the Woodsman
The Gratitude of Wanda
1913
as Wally
The Affairs of Anatol
1921
as Anatol Spencer
The Movie Album
1932
as (archive footage)
The Charm School
1921
as Austin Bevans
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918
as George MacFarland
Alias Mike Moran
1919
as Larry Young
Love's Western Flight
1914
as Wally - the Ranch Owner
Too Many Millions
1918
as Walsingham Van Doren
The Mountaineer
1914
as Jim - the Mountaineer
A Flash in the Dark
1914
as A Miner
The Little Country Mouse
1914
as Lieutenant Hawkhurst
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
Over the Ledge
1914
as Bob
An Indian Outcast
1912
as Wally, a Cowboy
Brothers
1912
War
1911
as Midas
The Eye of a God
1913
as Frank Hammond
The Voice of the Viola
1914
as Wallace
A Hopi Legend
1913
A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913
as Gentleman Crook
The Spider and Her Web
1914
A Daughter of the Redskins
1912
as Captain Stark, U.S.A.
The Joke on Yellentown
1914
Nan of Music Mountain
1917
as Henry de Spain
The Picket Guard
1913
as Sentry
Fires of Conscience
1914
as Ray - the Prospector
The Countess Betty's Mine
1914
as Wallace
The Chorus Lady
1915
as Danny Mallory
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
1914
as Samuel Roebuck
An Even Exchange
1913
as Joe
Her Innocent Marriage
1913
as Will Wayne
Joan the Woman
1916
as Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
The Wheel of Life
1914
as The Prospector
Women and War
1913
as The Boy
Carmen
1915
as Don Jose
A Wife on a Wager
1914
as Wally Bristow
Women and Roses
1914
as Wallace
The Leading Lady
1911
Early Days in the West
1912
as Dan, a Young Pioneer
The Fires of Fate
1913
as Wally - the Doctor
The Cracksman's Reformation
1913
as Gentleman Crook
A Gypsy Romance
1914
as Jose - King of the Gypsies
The Guerilla Menace
1913
as Captain Bruce Douglas
The Man Who Saved the Day
1917
as John King
The Cowboy Guardians
1912
The Lightning Bolt
1913
as Reid
The Dictator
1922
as Brooke Travers
The Fruit of Evil
1914
The Wrong Heart
1916
A Modern Snare
1913
as Ralph - the New Sheriff
The Phoenix
1910
as Young Reporter
Man's Duty
1913
as Bill, the Selfish One
Old Heidelberg
1915
as Prince Karl Heinrich
The Hell Diggers
1921
as Teddy Darman
The Dancin' Fool
1920
as Sylvester Tibble
Enoch Arden
1915
as Walter Fenn
On the Border
1913
as Bill Reeves - the Cowboy
Indian Romeo and Juliet
1912
as Oniatore / Romeo
Youth and Jealousy
1913
as Ben
Baby's Ride
1914
as Father
The Tattooed Arm
1913
as Ben Hart
Before the White Man Came
1912
as Wathuma - the Leopard
The Tell-Tale Arm
1917
The Seepore Rebellion
1912
as Extra
The Spark of Manhood
1913
as Humphrey Van Weyden
His Only Son
1912
as Bob Madden
A Mother's Influence
1914
as Wallace Burton - the Son
The Greater Devotion
1914
as 'Devotion'
A Trip to Paramountown
1922
as Self
The Woman God Forgot
1917
as Alvarado
Night Life in Hollywood
1922
as Self
Her Doggy
1914
as The Doctor (unconfirmed)
Pirate Gold
1913
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919
as Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
To Have and to Hold
1916
as Captain Ralph Percy
The Spirit of the Flag
1913
as Dr. Reid
The Wall of Flame
1916
as Wallace - the Fire Inspector
The Tribal Law
1912
as Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave
Maria Rosa
1916
as Andreas
The Telephone Girl
1912
as Jack Watson
Mental Suicide
1913
as Reid - a Contractor
Double Speed
1920
as 'Speed' Carr
The House That Shadows Built
1931
as (archive footage)
The Harvest of Flame
1913
as The Inspector
The City Beautiful
1914
as The Country Boy
His Mother's Son
1913
A Yankee from the West
1915
as Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
About Wallace Reid
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… With 217 credits spanning from 1910 to 1961, Wallace Reid has appeared in 217 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Birth of a Nation (1915) — as Jeff, the Blacksmith
- Retribution (1913) — as Reid
- The Kiss (1913) — as Ralph Walters
- The Heart of the Hills (1914) — as Dave - the Woodsman
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) — as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
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