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Wallace Reid

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

Born

Apr 14, 1891

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

Jan 18, 1923

Known For

Acting

Movies

217 acting

79 crew

Popularity

0.7

movie

Known For

The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

1915

as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

1916

as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
1915 • as Jeff, the Blacksmith
★ 5.9
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 • as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Affairs of Anatol
The Affairs of Anatol
1921 • as Anatol Spencer
★ 5.9
The House That Shadows Built
The House That Shadows Built
1931 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.5
What's Your Hurry?
What's Your Hurry?
1920 • as Dusty Rhoades
★ 9.0
The Ghost Breaker
The Ghost Breaker
1922 • as Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker
★ 10.0
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919 • as Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
★ 6.3
movie
The Test
1914 • as The Poor Man
★ 5.0
Rimrock Jones
Rimrock Jones
1918 • as Rimrock Jones
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 • as Self (archive footage)
movie
Hunted Down
1912 • as John Dayton
★ 9.0
The Valley of the Giants
The Valley of the Giants
1919 • as Bryce Cardigan
★ 6.0
movie
Their Masterpiece
1913 • as Jack Sanders
★ 7.0
movie
Making Good
1912 • as Billy Burns
Thirty Days
Thirty Days
1922 • as John Floyd
★ 8.0
movie
Retribution
1913 • as Reid
movie
A Wife on a Wager
1914 • as Wally Bristow
The Avenging Conscience
The Avenging Conscience
1914 • as The Doctor (uncredited)
★ 5.9
movie
The Intruder
1914 • as The Woodsman
The Dancin' Fool
The Dancin' Fool
1920 • as Sylvester Tibble
★ 8.0
movie
The Wheel of Life
1914 • as The Prospector
A Trip to Paramountown
A Trip to Paramountown
1922 • as Self
★ 7.8
movie
The Kiss
1913 • as Ralph Walters
The Hell Diggers
The Hell Diggers
1921 • as Teddy Darman
★ 6.0
movie
Regeneration
1914 • as The Artist
movie
The Hieroglyphic
1912
movie
A Flash in the Dark
1914 • as A Miner
Night Life in Hollywood
Night Life in Hollywood
1922 • as Self
★ 7.0
movie
Brothers
1912
The Firefly of France
The Firefly of France
1918 • as Devereux Bayne
The Dictator
The Dictator
1922 • as Brooke Travers
★ 8.0
The Little Country Mouse
The Little Country Mouse
1914 • as Lieutenant Hawkhurst
★ 5.0
movie
A Mother's Influence
1914 • as Wallace Burton - the Son
movie
For Her Father's Sins
1914 • as Frank Bell
movie
Passing of the Beast
1914 • as Jacques - the Woodsman
movie
The Skeleton
1914 • as Jack - the Young Husband
The Heart of the Hills
The Heart of the Hills
1914 • as Dave - the Woodsman
Diamond Cut Diamond
Diamond Cut Diamond
1912 • as Clerk
★ 6.0
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
His Only Son
His Only Son
1912 • as Bob Madden
movie
Fortunes of a Composer
1912 • as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
★ 4.0
movie
A Daughter of the Redskins
1912 • as Captain Stark, U.S.A.
★ 8.0
movie
Breed o' the Mountains
1914 • as Joe Mayfield
movie
The Fruit of Evil
1914
The House with the Golden Windows
The House with the Golden Windows
1916 • as Tom Wells
movie
The Cracksman's Reformation
1913 • as Gentleman Crook
'Cross the Mexican Line
'Cross the Mexican Line
1914 • as Lt. Wallace
The Den of Thieves
The Den of Thieves
1914 • as Wallace
movie
The Countess Betty's Mine
1914 • as Wallace
movie
The Quack
1914 • as Wallace Rosslyn
The Thing We Love
The Thing We Love
1918 • as Rodney Sheridan
movie
The Mountaineer
1914 • as Jim - the Mountaineer
The Woman God Forgot
The Woman God Forgot
1917 • as Alvarado
★ 5.7
movie
The Gamblers
1912 • as Arthur Ingraham
The World's Champion
The World's Champion
1922 • as William Burroughs
★ 8.0
The Spider and Her Web
The Spider and Her Web
1914
movie
The Greater Devotion
1914 • as 'Devotion'
movie
The Animal
1913 • as The Animal
Joan the Woman
Joan the Woman
1916 • as Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
★ 5.7
The Man from Funeral Range
The Man from Funeral Range
1918 • as Harry Webb
movie
Love's Western Flight
1914 • as Wally - the Ranch Owner
Sick Abed
Sick Abed
1920 • as Reginald Jay
★ 7.0
movie
The Brothers
1913 • as Robert Gregory
movie
The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel
1921 • as As himself
Playmates
Playmates
1912 • as Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
★ 6.5
movie
The Joke on Yellentown
1914
★ 7.0
movie
The Voice of the Viola
1914 • as Wallace
movie
The Spark of Manhood
1913 • as Humphrey Van Weyden
Don't Tell Everything
Don't Tell Everything
1921 • as Cullen Dale
★ 8.0
The House of Silence
The House of Silence
1918 • as Marcel Levington
Across the Continent
Across the Continent
1922 • as Jimmy Dent
★ 8.0
The Movie Album
The Movie Album
1932 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
movie
Sierra Jim's Reformation
1914 • as Tim - the Pony Express Rider
movie
The Man Who Saved the Day
1917 • as John King
Carmen
Carmen
1915 • as Don Jose
★ 6.1
movie
The Eye of a God
1913 • as Frank Hammond
★ 7.0
Believe Me, Xantippe
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918 • as George MacFarland
movie
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
1914 • as Samuel Roebuck
The World Apart
The World Apart
1917 • as Bob Fulton
movie
The Gratitude of Wanda
1913 • as Wally
The Prison Without Walls
The Prison Without Walls
1917 • as Huntington Babbs
Alias Mike Moran
Alias Mike Moran
1919 • as Larry Young
Near To Earth
Near To Earth
1913
Too Much Speed
Too Much Speed
1921 • as 'Dusty' Rhoades
★ 8.0
movie
The Daughter of a Crook
1914 • as Neal
★ 7.0
The Lottery Man
The Lottery Man
1919 • as Jack Wright
★ 10.0
movie
The Harvest of Flame
1913 • as The Inspector
movie
Every Inch a Man
1912 • as Robert Chapman - the Son
movie
The Fires of Fate
1913 • as Wally - the Doctor
The Mother of the Ranch
The Mother of the Ranch
1911 • as The Mother's Friend Back East
movie
A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli
1912
★ 8.0
The Devil Stone
The Devil Stone
1917 • as Guy Sterling
The Charm School
The Charm School
1921 • as Austin Bevans
★ 7.0
movie
The Heart of a Cracksman
1913 • as Gentleman Crook
movie
A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913 • as Gentleman Crook
Less Than Kin
Less Than Kin
1918 • as Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
movie
A Foreign Spy
1913
Nan of Music Mountain
Nan of Music Mountain
1917 • as Henry de Spain
The Source
The Source
1918 • as Van Twiller Yard
Nice People
Nice People
1922 • as Captain Billy Wade
★ 8.0
Chumps
Chumps
1912 • as George - the Denouement
The Love Burglar
The Love Burglar
1919 • as David Strong
★ 8.0
movie
Whoso Diggeth a Pit
1914 • as Wally
movie
Youth and Jealousy
1913 • as Ben
Women and Roses
Women and Roses
1914 • as Wallace
Arms and the Gringo
Arms and the Gringo
1914 • as Sullivan
Indian Romeo and Juliet
Indian Romeo and Juliet
1912 • as Oniatore / Romeo
movie
The Squaw Man's Son
1917 • as Lord Effington, aka Hal
movie
A Gypsy Romance
1914 • as Jose - King of the Gypsies
movie
The Lightning Bolt
1913 • as Reid
movie
Down by the Sounding Sea
1914 • as John Ward - the Man from the Sea
movie
A Man's Duty
1912 • as Dick Wilson - Union Soldier
movie
Song Bird of the North
1913 • as Fowle - a Mission Worker
movie
The Wall of Money
1913 • as Wallace - McQuarrie's Son
movie
War
1911 • as Midas
★ 9.5
At Cripple Creek
At Cripple Creek
1912 • as Joe Mayfield
movie
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914 • as Marcus Down
At Dawn
At Dawn
1914 • as The Lieutenant
movie
Love and the Law
1913 • as Sheriff John Allen
The Powder Flash of Death
The Powder Flash of Death
1913 • as Captain Bruce Douglas
Too Many Millions
Too Many Millions
1918 • as Walsingham Van Doren
The Golden Chance
The Golden Chance
1915 • as Roger Manning
★ 6.6
Forever
Forever
1921 • as Peter Ibbetson
★ 8.0
movie
Over the Ledge
1914 • as Bob
movie
A Hopi Legend
1913
The Lost House
The Lost House
1915 • as Ford
Always Audacious
Always Audacious
1920 • as Perry Dayton / 'Slim' Attucks
★ 9.0
Enoch Arden
Enoch Arden
1915 • as Walter Fenn
★ 6.3
movie
The Wall of Flame
1916 • as Wallace - the Fire Inspector
★ 7.0
movie
Early Days in the West
1912 • as Dan, a Young Pioneer
movie
The Hidden Treasure
1912 • as Bill Binks
★ 10.0
movie
Fires of Conscience
1914 • as Ray - the Prospector
movie
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913 • as Dorian Gray
movie
Her Doggy
1914 • as The Doctor (unconfirmed)
movie
The Way of a Woman
1914 • as Pierre
movie
The Cowboy Guardians
1912
★ 7.0
movie
Baby's Ride
1914 • as Father
To Have and to Hold
To Have and to Hold
1916 • as Captain Ralph Percy
The Golden Fetter
The Golden Fetter
1917 • as James Roger Ralston
movie
A Yankee from the West
1915 • as Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
The Love Mask
The Love Mask
1916 • as Dan Derring
Rent Free
Rent Free
1922 • as Buell Arnister Jr
★ 9.0
The Chorus Lady
The Chorus Lady
1915 • as Danny Mallory
Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust
1920 • as 'Toodles' Walden
★ 5.9
Clarence
Clarence
1922 • as Clarence Smith
★ 9.0
movie
The Path of True Love
1912 • as The Country Boy
★ 7.0
movie
His Mother's Son
1913
★ 8.0
The Spirit of the Flag
The Spirit of the Flag
1913 • as Dr. Reid
★ 5.0
The Seventh Son
The Seventh Son
1912 • as One of the Beecham Brothers
The Selfish Woman
The Selfish Woman
1916 • as Tom Morley
movie
Man's Duty
1913 • as Bill, the Selfish One
movie
Cross Purposes
1913 • as Wally
The Roaring Road
The Roaring Road
1919 • as Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
★ 6.1
movie
A Rose of Old Mexico
1913 • as Paul Hapgood
movie
Her Innocent Marriage
1913 • as Will Wayne
The Dub
The Dub
1919 • as John Craig (The 'Dub')
★ 9.0
movie
The Secret Service Man
1912 • as The Secret Service Man
movie
The Tribal Law
1912 • as Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave
movie
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913 • as Reid - Rosson's Brother
movie
Before the White Man Came
1912 • as Wathuma - the Leopard
The Yellow Pawn
The Yellow Pawn
1916 • as James Weldon
The Illumination
The Illumination
1912 • as Giuseppe's Father
movie
The Siren
1914 • as Dane Northrop
movie
In Love and War
1913 • as David - the Journalist
movie
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip
1913 • as Policeman
★ 8.0
You're Fired
You're Fired
1919 • as Billy Deering
★ 9.0
movie
The Craven
1915 • as Bud Walton
movie
On the Border
1913 • as Bill Reeves - the Cowboy
movie
An Indian Outcast
1912 • as Wally, a Cowboy
★ 7.0
movie
Hearts and Horses
1913 • as Bill Walters
movie
Women and War
1913 • as The Boy
movie
When Jim Returned
1913 • as Jim
★ 5.0
movie
At Scrogginses' Corner
1912
movie
The Tell-Tale Arm
1917
★ 8.0
Maria Rosa
Maria Rosa
1916 • as Andreas
movie
Pirate Gold
1913
Big Timber
Big Timber
1917 • as Jack Fife
movie
The Ways of Fate
1913 • as Jim Conway
The Love Special
The Love Special
1921 • as Jim Glover
★ 8.0
movie
A Modern Snare
1913 • as Ralph - the New Sheriff
movie
The Odalisque
1914 • as Curtiss
movie
The City Beautiful
1914 • as The Country Boy
movie
The Tattooed Arm
1913 • as Ben Hart
movie
The Phoenix
1910 • as Young Reporter
movie
The Indian Raiders
1912 • as Tom
The Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross
1912 • as Lt. Cholmodeley
★ 5.0
movie
The Guerilla Menace
1913 • as Captain Bruce Douglas
★ 10.0
movie
Kaintuck
1912 • as The Artist
movie
The Leading Lady
1911
Double Speed
Double Speed
1920 • as 'Speed' Carr
★ 8.0
movie
Jean Intervenes
1912 • as Billy Hallock
Old Heidelberg
Old Heidelberg
1915 • as Prince Karl Heinrich
★ 5.0
movie
The Picket Guard
1913 • as Sentry
movie
The Seepore Rebellion
1912 • as Extra
★ 8.0
movie
Pride of Lonesome
1913 • as Edward Daton
movie
The Niggard
1914 • as Elmer Kent
The Three Brothers
The Three Brothers
1915 • as Jean Gaudet / Will
Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
1912 • as Basil Underwood
movie
The Exposure
1914 • as The Reporter
movie
The Man Within
1914 • as The Outlaw
The Hostage
The Hostage
1917 • as Lieutenant Kemper
movie
Cupid Incognito
1914 • as Jack Falkner
movie
The Telephone Girl
1912 • as Jack Watson
movie
Another Chance
1914 • as Detective Flynn
movie
The Wrong Heart
1916
★ 7.0
movie
Via Cabaret
1913 • as Harry Reeder
The Deerslayer
The Deerslayer
1913 • as Chingachgook
★ 6.2
movie
When Luck Changes
1913 • as Cal Jim
movie
An Even Exchange
1913 • as Joe
movie
The Reporter
1911 • as Cohn, Jones' Assistant
movie
Moonshine Molly
1914 • as Lawson Keene
movie
His Extra Bit
1918 • as The Husband
★ 8.0
movie
The High Grader
1914 • as Dick Raleigh
★ 8.0
Station Content
Station Content
1915 • as Jim Manning
movie
Virginius
1912 • as Icilius
★ 9.0
movie
Mental Suicide
1913 • as Reid - a Contractor
movie
Her Awakening
1914 • as Bob Turner