Wallace Reid

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

215

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-04-14

Day of death

1923-01-18 (31 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

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.

Known For

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

  • Joan the Woman

    Joan the Woman

  • Kaintuck

    Kaintuck

  • The Wall of Money

    The Wall of Money

  • Big Timber

    Big Timber

  • Song Bird of the North

    Song Bird of the North

  • The Roaring Road

    The Roaring Road

  • Don't Tell Everything

    Don't Tell Everything

  • Always Audacious

    Always Audacious

  • Indian Romeo and Juliet

    Indian Romeo and Juliet

  • Hearts and Horses

    Hearts and Horses

  • The Victoria Cross

    The Victoria Cross

  • Forever

    Forever

  • Near To Earth

    Near To Earth

  • The Avenging Conscience

    The Avenging Conscience

  • The Yellow Pawn

    The Yellow Pawn

  • Pride of Lonesome

    Pride of Lonesome

  • Across the Continent

    Across the Continent

  • When Luck Changes

    When Luck Changes

  • At Scrogginses' Corner

    At Scrogginses' Corner

  • The Firefly of France

    The Firefly of France

  • Every Inch a Man

    Every Inch a Man

  • The Spider and Her Web

    The Spider and Her Web

  • The Love Burglar

    The Love Burglar

  • The Picture of Dorian Gray

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

  • The Hostage

    The Hostage

  • The Golden Chance

    The Golden Chance

  • A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli

    A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli

  • Old Heidelberg

    Old Heidelberg

  • Double Speed

    Double Speed

  • The Craven

    The Craven

  • Mental Suicide

    Mental Suicide

  • The Dictator

    The Dictator

  • At Cripple Creek

    At Cripple Creek

  • The House with the Golden Windows

    The House with the Golden Windows

  • The Love Special

    The Love Special

  • The House That Shadows Built

    The House That Shadows Built

  • The Path of True Love

    The Path of True Love

  • His Extra Bit

    His Extra Bit

  • The Prison Without Walls

    The Prison Without Walls

  • The Spirit of the Flag

    The Spirit of the Flag

  • Cupid Incognito

    Cupid Incognito

  • The Woman God Forgot

    The Woman God Forgot

  • The Love Mask

    The Love Mask

  • Carmen

    Carmen

  • Maria Rosa

    Maria Rosa

  • The Dancin' Fool

    The Dancin' Fool

  • A Man's Duty

    A Man's Duty

  • The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation

  • The Man from Funeral Range

    The Man from Funeral Range

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

  • Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight

    Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight

  • The Seventh Son

    The Seventh Son

  • Nice People

    Nice People

  • The Squaw Man's Son

    The Squaw Man's Son

  • At Dawn

    At Dawn

  • The Deerslayer

    The Deerslayer

  • The Valley of the Giants

    The Valley of the Giants

  • Pirate Gold

    Pirate Gold

  • The Siren

    The Siren

  • The Reporter

    The Reporter

  • Enoch Arden

    Enoch Arden

  • The Odalisque

    The Odalisque

  • Clarence

    Clarence

  • The Dub

    The Dub

  • The Devil Stone

    The Devil Stone

  • The Picket Guard

    The Picket Guard

  • The Hell Diggers

    The Hell Diggers

  • Another Chance

    Another Chance

  • Too Much Speed

    Too Much Speed

  • The Lottery Man

    The Lottery Man

  • Over the Ledge

    Over the Ledge

  • A Trip to Paramountown

    A Trip to Paramountown

  • The City Beautiful

    The City Beautiful

  • Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

    Hawthorne of the U.S.A.

  • The Three Brothers

    The Three Brothers

  • The Way of a Woman

    The Way of a Woman

  • Moonshine Molly

    Moonshine Molly

  • The Chorus Lady

    The Chorus Lady

  • The Source

    The Source

  • Virginius

    Virginius

  • Jean Intervenes

    Jean Intervenes

  • The Powder Flash of Death

    The Powder Flash of Death

  • The Illumination

    The Illumination

  • Sick Abed

    Sick Abed

  • The Niggard

    The Niggard

  • Rimrock Jones

    Rimrock Jones

  • The Den of Thieves

    The Den of Thieves

  • Arms and the Gringo

    Arms and the Gringo

  • To Have and to Hold

    To Have and to Hold

  • The Golden Fetter

    The Golden Fetter

  • Down by the Sounding Sea

    Down by the Sounding Sea

  • You're Fired

    You're Fired

  • Her Awakening

    Her Awakening

  • Diamond Cut Diamond

    Diamond Cut Diamond

  • The World's Champion

    The World's Champion

  • The Thing We Love

    The Thing We Love

  • Station Content

    Station Content

  • The Kiss

    The Kiss

  • The Little Country Mouse

    The Little Country Mouse

  • Night Life in Hollywood

    Night Life in Hollywood

  • The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

    The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

  • Calamity Anne Takes a Trip

    Calamity Anne Takes a Trip

  • The Lost House

    The Lost House

  • Believe Me, Xantippe

    Believe Me, Xantippe

  • Their Masterpiece

    Their Masterpiece

  • The World Apart

    The World Apart

  • The Tattooed Arm

    The Tattooed Arm

  • Rent Free

    Rent Free

  • The Ghost Breaker

    The Ghost Breaker

  • The Brothers

    The Brothers

  • When Jim Returned

    When Jim Returned

  • Nan of Music Mountain

    Nan of Music Mountain

  • The Affairs of Anatol

    The Affairs of Anatol

  • His Only Son

    His Only Son

  • Excuse My Dust

    Excuse My Dust

  • The House of Silence

    The House of Silence

  • Down the Hill to Creditville

    Down the Hill to Creditville

  • War

    War

  • The Telephone Girl

    The Telephone Girl

  • The Hieroglyphic

    The Hieroglyphic

  • The Heart of a Cracksman

    The Heart of a Cracksman

  • The Charm School

    The Charm School

  • The Hidden Treasure

    The Hidden Treasure

  • Youth and Jealousy

    Youth and Jealousy

  • Thirty Days

    Thirty Days

  • The Leading Lady

    The Leading Lady

  • Alias Mike Moran

    Alias Mike Moran

  • Fires of Conscience

    Fires of Conscience

  • The Mother of the Ranch

    The Mother of the Ranch

  • The Test

    The Test

  • The Mountaineer

    The Mountaineer

  • Passing of the Beast

    Passing of the Beast

  • Chumps

    Chumps

  • The Cracksman's Reformation

    The Cracksman's Reformation

  • The Voice of the Viola

    The Voice of the Viola

  • Less Than Kin

    Less Than Kin

  • Cross Purposes

    Cross Purposes

  • 'Cross the Mexican Line

    'Cross the Mexican Line

  • The Joke on Yellentown

    The Joke on Yellentown

  • A Foreign Spy

    A Foreign Spy

  • Retribution

    Retribution

  • Playmates

    Playmates

  • Too Many Millions

    Too Many Millions

  • The Heart of the Hills

    The Heart of the Hills

  • Via Cabaret

    Via Cabaret

  • The Gamblers

    The Gamblers

  • Whoso Diggeth a Pit

    Whoso Diggeth a Pit

  • A Daughter of the Redskins

    A Daughter of the Redskins

  • The Countess Betty's Mine

    The Countess Betty's Mine

  • A Cracksman Santa Claus

    A Cracksman Santa Claus

  • His Mother's Son

    His Mother's Son

  • What's Your Hurry?

    What's Your Hurry?

  • The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

    The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine

  • For Her Father's Sins

    For Her Father's Sins

  • The Gratitude of Wanda

    The Gratitude of Wanda

  • The Eye of a God

    The Eye of a God

  • Love's Western Flight

    Love's Western Flight

  • A Gypsy Romance

    A Gypsy Romance

  • The Intruder

    The Intruder

  • The Fires of Fate

    The Fires of Fate

  • The Lightning Bolt

    The Lightning Bolt

  • Her Doggy

    Her Doggy

  • The Phoenix

    The Phoenix

  • The Harvest of Flame

    The Harvest of Flame

  • The Man Within

    The Man Within

  • A Wife on a Wager

    A Wife on a Wager

  • An Indian Outcast

    An Indian Outcast

  • The Animal

    The Animal

  • Her Innocent Marriage

    Her Innocent Marriage

  • A Mother's Influence

    A Mother's Influence

  • Breed o' the Mountains

    Breed o' the Mountains

  • A Hopi Legend

    A Hopi Legend

  • Sierra Jim's Reformation

    Sierra Jim's Reformation

  • Regeneration

    Regeneration

  • The Quack

    The Quack

  • Early Days in the West

    Early Days in the West

  • The Secret Service Man

    The Secret Service Man

  • A Rose of Old Mexico

    A Rose of Old Mexico

  • In Love and War

    In Love and War

  • A Flash in the Dark

    A Flash in the Dark

  • The Seepore Rebellion

    The Seepore Rebellion

  • The Exposure

    The Exposure

  • The Selfish Woman

    The Selfish Woman

  • A Modern Snare

    A Modern Snare

  • Women and Roses

    Women and Roses

  • On the Border

    On the Border

  • A Yankee from the West

    A Yankee from the West

  • Brothers

    Brothers

  • An Even Exchange

    An Even Exchange

  • Fortunes of a Composer

    Fortunes of a Composer

  • The Skeleton

    The Skeleton

  • The Greater Devotion

    The Greater Devotion

  • The Daughter of a Crook

    The Daughter of a Crook

  • The Ways of Fate

    The Ways of Fate

  • The Wrong Heart

    The Wrong Heart

  • The Wall of Flame

    The Wall of Flame

  • The Wheel of Life

    The Wheel of Life

  • Man's Duty

    Man's Duty

  • Before the White Man Came

    Before the White Man Came

  • Love and the Law

    Love and the Law

  • The Tell-Tale Arm

    The Tell-Tale Arm

  • The Second Mrs. Roebuck

    The Second Mrs. Roebuck

  • The Indian Raiders

    The Indian Raiders

  • The Fruit of Evil

    The Fruit of Evil

  • The Tribal Law

    The Tribal Law

  • The Guerilla Menace

    The Guerilla Menace

  • The Man Who Saved the Day

    The Man Who Saved the Day

  • The Cowboy Guardians

    The Cowboy Guardians

  • Women and War

    Women and War

  • The Spark of Manhood

    The Spark of Manhood

  • Hunted Down

    Hunted Down

  • The High Grader

    The High Grader

  • Baby's Ride

    Baby's Ride

  • Making Good

    Making Good