Marshall Reed
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Born | Marshall Jewel Reed May 28, 1917 Englewood, Colorado, U.S. |
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Years active | 1943 - 1978 |
Spouse(s) | Carlyn Miller (?-1980) (his death) |
Marshall Jewel Reed (May 28, 1917 – April 15, 1980) was an American supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 and 1978. He was born in Englewood, Colorado.
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Early years
Reed's parents were Walter George Reed and Ruth Dustin. By age 10, he was acting in children's theater, and he managed two drama groups while he was in high school. Before becoming a professional actor, "he held various odd jobs such as horse trainer, meter reader, bookkeeper, and mail clerk."[1]
Stage
Summer stock theatre at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado, provided Reed's first professional experience with acting. Besides appearing in plays there, he made costumes and constructed scenery. Later he worked with other theatrical groups in the Denver area, writing and producing as well as acting. Still later, he had his own stock company on the West Coast and acted in summer stock in New York and Los Angeles.[1]
Film
Reed started his cinema career in Bordertown Gun Fighters, a 1943 western starring Wild Bill Elliott. (Another source says, "He made his screen debut in Silver Spurs (film) (1943)."[1])
An athletic stuntman, as well, Reed handled much of his own fighting and riding. Over the years, he did dozens of westerns and cliffhanger serials for Columbia and Republic studios, in which he was usually cast as action heavies. He appeared in a rare sympathetic role as Buffalo Bill Cody in the 1954 serial Riding with Buffalo Bill.
Television
Between the 1950s and 1970s, Reed was a familiar face in popular TV series, particularly in the action and drama genres. He played Inspector Fred Asher in the television version of The Lineup.[2] In 1978 he costarred in Till Death, his last film appearance.
Death
Reed "died of a massive hemorrhage following a brain tumor" April 15, 1980,[1] in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62. Survivors included his fifth wife, Carlyn Miller, and a daughter.[1]
Selected appearances
Films
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- Law Men (1944)
- Gun Smoke (1945)
- Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946)
- Angel and the Badman (1947)
- Stampede (1949)
- Night Raiders (1952)
- The Night the World Exploded (1957)
- Fate Is the Hunter (1964)
- The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
- Till Death (1978)
Serials
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- The Tiger Woman (1944)
- Haunted Harbor (1944)
- Zorro's Black Whip (1944)
- Blackhawk (1952)
- Ghost of Zorro (1949)
- Pirates of the High Seas (1950)
- Mysterious Island (1951)
- Son of Geronimo (1952)
- The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
- Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954)
- Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954)
TV shows
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- The Marshal of Gunsight Pass (1950)
- The Gene Autry Show (1950–54)
- The Cisco Kid (1950–55)
- The Range Rider (1951–53)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951–54)
- Boston Blackie (1951)
- Hopalong Cassidy (1952–53)
- The Adventures of Kit Carson (1952–54)
- The Lone Ranger (1952–55)
- Adventures of Superman (1953–54)
- Annie Oakley (1954)
- The Lineup (1954–59)
- Captain Midnight (1955)
- Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (1955)
- Tightrope (1960)
- Bat Masterson (1960)
- Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960)
- Ripcord (1961)
- Lassie (1961)
- Bonanza (1961–62)
- Lawman (1962)
- Bronco (1962)
- Checkmate (1962)
- Maverick (1962)
- Gunsmoke (1962)
- Perry Mason (1962–63)
- Laramie (1963)
- Death Valley Days (1969–70)
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969/1973)
- Dragnet (1969–77)
- Adam-12 (1970–71)
- The Virginian (1971)
- Kung Fu (1975)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Aaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8. Pp. 465-467.
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 608.