Wallace Reid
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 14, 1891
- Died
- January 18, 1923
- Birthplace
- Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino 1961
as Self (archive footage)
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I) 1957
as Él mismo (material de archivo)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942
as Self (archive footage)
The Movie Album 1932
as (archive footage)
The House That Shadows Built 1931
as (archive footage)
Thirty Days 1922
as John Floyd
Night Life in Hollywood 1922
as Self
Clarence 1922
as Clarence Smith
The Ghost Breaker 1922
as Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker
Nice People 1922
as Captain Billy Wade
A Trip to Paramountown 1922
as Self
The Dictator 1922
as Brooke Travers
Across the Continent 1922
as Jimmy Dent
The World's Champion 1922
as William Burroughs
Rent Free 1922
as Buell Arnister Jr
Don't Tell Everything 1921
as Cullen Dale
Forever 1921
as Peter Ibbetson
The Affairs of Anatol 1921
as Anatol Spencer
The Hell Diggers 1921
as Teddy Darman
Too Much Speed 1921
as 'Dusty' Rhoades
The Love Special 1921
as Jim Glover
- The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel 1921
as As himself
The Charm School 1921
as Austin Bevans
Always Audacious 1920
as Perry Dayton / 'Slim' Attucks
What's Your Hurry? 1920
as Dusty Rhoades
Sick Abed 1920
as Reginald Jay
The Dancin' Fool 1920
as Sylvester Tibble
Excuse My Dust 1920
as 'Toodles' Walden
Double Speed 1920
as 'Speed' Carr
Hawthorne of the U.S.A. 1919
as Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
The Lottery Man 1919
as Jack Wright
The Valley of the Giants 1919
as Bryce Cardigan
The Love Burglar 1919
as David Strong
You're Fired 1919
as Billy Deering
The Roaring Road 1919
as Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
Alias Mike Moran 1919
as Larry Young
The Dub 1919
as John Craig (The 'Dub')
Too Many Millions 1918
as Walsingham Van Doren
The Man from Funeral Range 1918
as Harry Webb
- His Extra Bit
His Extra Bit 1918
as The Husband
The Source 1918
as Van Twiller Yard
Less Than Kin 1918
as Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
The Firefly of France 1918
as Devereux Bayne
Believe Me, Xantippe 1918
as George MacFarland
The House of Silence 1918
as Marcel Levington
The Thing We Love 1918
as Rodney Sheridan
Rimrock Jones 1918
as Rimrock Jones
The Devil Stone 1917
as Guy Sterling
Nan of Music Mountain 1917
as Henry de Spain
The Woman God Forgot 1917
as Alvarado
The Hostage 1917
as Lieutenant Kemper
- The Squaw Man's Son
The Squaw Man's Son 1917
as Lord Effington, aka Hal
Big Timber 1917
as Jack Fife
The World Apart 1917
as Bob Fulton
- The Tell-Tale Arm
The Tell-Tale Arm 1917
Actor
The Prison Without Walls 1917
as Huntington Babbs
- The Man Who Saved the Day
The Man Who Saved the Day 1917
as John King, Director
The Golden Fetter 1917
as James Roger Ralston
Joan the Woman 1916
as Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
- The Wrong Heart
The Wrong Heart 1916
Actor, Director, Scenario Writer
- The Wall of Flame
The Wall of Flame 1916
as Wallace - the Fire Inspector
The Yellow Pawn 1916
as James Weldon
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916
as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
The House with the Golden Windows 1916
as Tom Wells
The Selfish Woman 1916
as Tom Morley
Maria Rosa 1916
as Andreas
The Love Mask 1916
as Dan Derring
To Have and to Hold 1916
as Captain Ralph Percy
The Golden Chance 1915
as Roger Manning
Old Heidelberg 1915
as Prince Karl Heinrich
Carmen 1915
as Don Jose
The Chorus Lady 1915
as Danny Mallory
- A Yankee from the West
A Yankee from the West 1915
as Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
Station Content 1915
as Jim Manning
Enoch Arden 1915
as Walter Fenn
The Lost House 1915
as Ford
The Birth of a Nation 1915
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
- The Craven
The Craven 1915
as Bud Walton
The Three Brothers 1915
as Jean Gaudet / Will
- Baby's Ride
Baby's Ride 1914
as Father
- The Exposure
The Exposure 1914
as The Reporter
- The Joke on Yellentown
The Joke on Yellentown 1914
Actor
At Dawn 1914
as The Lieutenant
- Over the Ledge
Over the Ledge 1914
as Bob
- Another Chance
Another Chance 1914
as Detective Flynn
The Little Country Mouse 1914
as Lieutenant Hawkhurst
- The Odalisque
The Odalisque 1914
as Curtiss
- The Niggard
The Niggard 1914
as Elmer Kent
- A Mother's Influence
A Mother's Influence 1914
as Wallace Burton - the Son
- For Her Father's Sins
For Her Father's Sins 1914
as Frank Bell
- Her Doggy
Her Doggy 1914
as The Doctor (unconfirmed)
- Her Awakening
Her Awakening 1914
as Bob Turner
- Down the Hill to Creditville
Down the Hill to Creditville 1914
as Marcus Down
- The High Grader
The High Grader 1914
as Dick Raleigh
- Sierra Jim's Reformation
Sierra Jim's Reformation 1914
as Tim - the Pony Express Rider
- The Second Mrs. Roebuck
The Second Mrs. Roebuck 1914
as Samuel Roebuck
The Avenging Conscience 1914
as The Doctor (uncredited)
- Moonshine Molly
Moonshine Molly 1914
as Lawson Keene
- Down by the Sounding Sea
Down by the Sounding Sea 1914
as John Ward - the Man from the Sea, Scenario Writer
- The City Beautiful
The City Beautiful 1914
as The Country Boy
Arms and the Gringo 1914
as Sullivan
The Den of Thieves 1914
as Wallace, Director
'Cross the Mexican Line 1914
as Lt. Wallace, Director
- A Wife on a Wager
A Wife on a Wager 1914
as Wally Bristow, Director
- Love's Western Flight
Love's Western Flight 1914
as Wally - the Ranch Owner, Director
- Passing of the Beast
Passing of the Beast 1914
as Jacques - the Woodsman, Director
- The Man Within
The Man Within 1914
as The Outlaw, Director
- The Siren
The Siren 1914
as Dane Northrop, Director
- The Quack
The Quack 1914
as Wallace Rosslyn, Director
Women and Roses 1914
as Wallace, Writer, Director
- The Daughter of a Crook
The Daughter of a Crook 1914
as Neal
- The Fruit of Evil
The Fruit of Evil 1914
Actor, Director, Writer
- The Skeleton
The Skeleton 1914
as Jack - the Young Husband, Director
- The Test
The Test 1914
as The Poor Man, Director
- A Gypsy Romance
A Gypsy Romance 1914
as Jose - King of the Gypsies, Director
- Cupid Incognito
Cupid Incognito 1914
as Jack Falkner, Writer, Director
The Spider and Her Web 1914
Actor
- The Way of a Woman
The Way of a Woman 1914
as Pierre, Director
- The Mountaineer
The Mountaineer 1914
as Jim - the Mountaineer, Director, Writer
The Heart of the Hills 1914
as Dave - the Woodsman, Writer, Director
- The Voice of the Viola
The Voice of the Viola 1914
as Wallace, Director
- Regeneration
Regeneration 1914
as The Artist, Director
- Breed o' the Mountains
Breed o' the Mountains 1914
as Joe Mayfield, Director
- A Flash in the Dark
A Flash in the Dark 1914
as A Miner, Director
- The Greater Devotion
The Greater Devotion 1914
as 'Devotion', Director
- Fires of Conscience
Fires of Conscience 1914
as Ray - the Prospector, Director
- The Wheel of Life
The Wheel of Life 1914
as The Prospector, Director
- The Countess Betty's Mine
The Countess Betty's Mine 1914
as Wallace, Director
- The Intruder
The Intruder 1914
as The Woodsman, Director
- Whoso Diggeth a Pit
Whoso Diggeth a Pit 1914
as Wally
- A Hopi Legend
A Hopi Legend 1913
Actor, Writer, Director
- The Lightning Bolt
The Lightning Bolt 1913
as Reid, Director, Writer
- A Cracksman Santa Claus
A Cracksman Santa Claus 1913
as Gentleman Crook, Writer
- Retribution
Retribution 1913
as Reid, Director
- Cross Purposes
Cross Purposes 1913
as Wally, Director
- The Fires of Fate
The Fires of Fate 1913
as Wally - the Doctor, Director, Scenario Writer
- The Cracksman's Reformation
The Cracksman's Reformation 1913
as Gentleman Crook, Writer
- The Heart of a Cracksman
The Heart of a Cracksman 1913
as Gentleman Crook, Director, Writer
- The Wall of Money
The Wall of Money 1913
as Wallace - McQuarrie's Son
- The Gratitude of Wanda
The Gratitude of Wanda 1913
as Wally, Director
- The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine 1913
as Reid - Rosson's Brother, Director
- The Spark of Manhood
The Spark of Manhood 1913
as Humphrey Van Weyden, Director
- The Harvest of Flame
The Harvest of Flame 1913
as The Inspector, Director, Writer
- The Animal
The Animal 1913
as The Animal
- An Even Exchange
An Even Exchange 1913
as Joe
- Man's Duty
Man's Duty 1913
as Bill, the Selfish One
- Mental Suicide
Mental Suicide 1913
as Reid - a Contractor, Writer
- The Picket Guard
The Picket Guard 1913
as Sentry
- A Foreign Spy
A Foreign Spy 1913
Actor, Director
The Powder Flash of Death 1913
as Captain Bruce Douglas
- Pride of Lonesome
Pride of Lonesome 1913
as Edward Daton, Director
- Song Bird of the North
Song Bird of the North 1913
as Fowle - a Mission Worker
- Calamity Anne Takes a Trip
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip 1913
as Policeman
- The Guerilla Menace
The Guerilla Menace 1913
as Captain Bruce Douglas
- Women and War
Women and War 1913
as The Boy, Writer
- In Love and War
In Love and War 1913
as David - the Journalist
- Hearts and Horses
Hearts and Horses 1913
as Bill Walters, Director
The Spirit of the Flag 1913
as Dr. Reid, Writer
- Via Cabaret
Via Cabaret 1913
as Harry Reeder, Director
- When Luck Changes
When Luck Changes 1913
as Cal Jim, Director
- His Mother's Son
His Mother's Son 1913
Actor
- On the Border
On the Border 1913
as Bill Reeves - the Cowboy, Director
- Her Innocent Marriage
Her Innocent Marriage 1913
as Will Wayne, Director
- A Modern Snare
A Modern Snare 1913
as Ralph - the New Sheriff, Director
- The Kiss
The Kiss 1913
as Ralph Walters, Director
- Youth and Jealousy
Youth and Jealousy 1913
as Ben, Director
The Deerslayer 1913
as Chingachgook
- The Brothers
The Brothers 1913
as Robert Gregory, Director
- The Tattooed Arm
The Tattooed Arm 1913
as Ben Hart, Writer, Director
- When Jim Returned
When Jim Returned 1913
as Jim, Writer, Director
- The Ways of Fate
The Ways of Fate 1913
as Jim Conway, Director
- The Eye of a God
The Eye of a God 1913
as Frank Hammond
Near To Earth 1913
Actor
- A Rose of Old Mexico
A Rose of Old Mexico 1913
as Paul Hapgood, Director
- Their Masterpiece
Their Masterpiece 1913
as Jack Sanders
- Pirate Gold
Pirate Gold 1913
Actor
- Love and the Law
Love and the Law 1913
as Sheriff John Allen, Director, Scenario Writer
- The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 1913
as Dorian Gray
- The Hidden Treasure
The Hidden Treasure 1912
as Bill Binks, Director
- An Indian Outcast
An Indian Outcast 1912
as Wally, a Cowboy
- The Tribal Law
The Tribal Law 1912
as Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave, Director, Writer
- The Cowboy Guardians
The Cowboy Guardians 1912
Actor
- A Daughter of the Redskins
A Daughter of the Redskins 1912
as Captain Stark, U.S.A.
- Hunted Down
Hunted Down 1912
as John Dayton
- Early Days in the West
Early Days in the West 1912
as Dan, a Young Pioneer
- Every Inch a Man
Every Inch a Man 1912
as Robert Chapman - the Son
His Only Son 1912
as Bob Madden
- The Indian Raiders
The Indian Raiders 1912
as Tom
- The Secret Service Man
The Secret Service Man 1912
as The Secret Service Man
- Making Good
Making Good 1912
as Billy Burns
At Cripple Creek 1912
as Joe Mayfield
- A Man's Duty
A Man's Duty 1912
as Dick Wilson - Union Soldier
- Before the White Man Came
Before the White Man Came 1912
as Wathuma - the Leopard, Writer
- The Gamblers
The Gamblers 1912
as Arthur Ingraham
- Virginius
Virginius 1912
as Icilius
- Kaintuck
Kaintuck 1912
as The Artist
Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight 1912
as Basil Underwood
Diamond Cut Diamond 1912
as Clerk
- Fortunes of a Composer
Fortunes of a Composer 1912
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
- The Hieroglyphic
The Hieroglyphic 1912
Actor
The Victoria Cross 1912
as Lt. Cholmodeley
- Brothers
Brothers 1912
Actor
- At Scrogginses' Corner
At Scrogginses' Corner 1912
Actor
The Illumination 1912
as Giuseppe's Father
The Seventh Son 1912
as One of the Beecham Brothers
- The Telephone Girl
The Telephone Girl 1912
as Jack Watson
Playmates 1912
as Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
Indian Romeo and Juliet 1912
as Oniatore / Romeo
- Jean Intervenes
Jean Intervenes 1912
as Billy Hallock
Chumps 1912
as George - the Denouement, Scenario Writer
- The Path of True Love
The Path of True Love 1912
as The Country Boy
- A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli 1912
Actor
- The Seepore Rebellion
The Seepore Rebellion 1912
as Extra
- War
War 1911
as Midas
The Mother of the Ranch 1911
as The Mother's Friend Back East
- The Reporter
The Reporter 1911
as Cohn, Jones' Assistant
- The Leading Lady
The Leading Lady 1911
Actor
- The Phoenix
The Phoenix 1910
as Young Reporter
Credits from TMDB.