Wallace Reid Jr.
American Actor
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William Wallace Reid Jr. (June 18, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American actor.
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Wallace Reid Jr. | |
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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) |
Life and career
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]
