Hal Reid (actor)
| Hal Reid | |
|---|---|
| Born |
James Halleck Reid April 14, 1863 Cedarville, Ohio |
| Died |
May 22, 1920 New York City, New York |
| Resting place | All Saints Memorial Church Cemetery, Monmouth County, Navesink, New Jersey |
| Occupation | Playwright, Actor |
| Years active | 1880s-1920 |
| Spouse(s) |
Marylee Withers Cole(m.1879) Bertha Belle Westbrook(m.1889) Marcella Frances Russell Timer(m.1916) |
| Children | Wallace Reid |
Hal Reid (1863-1920) born James Halleck Reid was a playwright and stage and screen actor. Many of his plays saw Broadway openings.[1] He entered the film business in 1910 as an actor, director and writer, bringing along his teen son Wallace Reid, who had aspirations to be a director or cameraman. In 1912, Hal was appointed Censor to the Universal Film Corporation.[2]
Reid was at one time said to be actually Harry Preston and that he had served a prison sentence for an unspecified crime.[3]
His parents were Hugh McMillan Reid (1836-1911) and America Elizabeth Reid (1840-1903). Hal was married three times with each woman bearing him a child. His first wife was Marylee Withers (1866-1943), m. 1879, who at 16 produced a daughter, Hazel Withers Reid in 1882. Hazel died in 1921 a year after her father. Wife two was Bertha Westbrook (1867-1939), m. 1889, who produced son Wallace in 1891 or '92. Wife three was the much younger Marcella (1899-1993), m. 1916, who also produced a son, James Hillock Reid (1918-1969).[4]
His son Wallace Reid became an actor who starred in many films of Hollywood's silent era.
Selected plays
(written by Hal Reid)
- At Cripple Creek
- A Mother's Love
- A Child Wife
- Custer's Last Fight (1905)
- For Love of a Woman
- Human Hearts
- In Convict Stripes
- Knobs o'Tennessee (1899)
- A Working Girl's Wrong
- A Wife for a Day
- A Wife's Secret(1903)
- For a Human Life (1906)
- A Millionaire's Revenge(1906)
- The Prince of the World
- The Avenger (1907)
- The Gipsy Girl(1905)
- The Shoemaker (1907)
- Sweet Molly O! (1907)
- The Cow Puncher (1906)
- Roanoak
- The Peddler (1902)
- The German Immigrants
- The Heart of Virginia
- The Singing Girl from Killarney (1907)
- The Pride of Newspaper Row
- From Broadway to Bowery (1907)
Filmography
as actor only
- The Girl from Arizona (1910) short
- Becket (1910) short
- Human Hearts (1910) short
- Wig Wag (1911) short
- One Touch of Nature (1911) short
- The Path of True Love (1912) short
- Jean Intervenes (1912) short
- Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912) short
- The Hobo's Redemption (1912) short
- Cardinal Wolsey (1912) short
- Father Beauclaire (1912) short
- Virginius (1912) short
- A Nation's Peril (1912) short
- Rip Van Winkle (1912) short
- Every Inch a Man (1912) short
- The Deerslayer (1913) short
- Dan (1914)
- Time Lock No. 776 (1915)
- Mothers of Men (1917)
- Little Miss Hoover (1918)
- The Two Brides (1919)
References
- ↑ Hal Reid at Internet Broadway Database (IBDb.com)
- ↑ Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-76 volume 4 Q-Z page 2,008 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; this 1976 and final version by Gale Research Company
- ↑ The Oxford Companion to the American Theatre, 2nd edition p.570 by Gerald Bordman c.1992
- ↑ Hal Reid at findagrave.com
External links
- Hal Reid at IMDb.com
- James Halleck Reid; North American Theatre Online
- trade advert. announcing Reid working as a director for Reliance Pictures
