Wallace Reid Jr.

Wallace Reid Jr.
Wallace Reid Jr.
	Reid in 1925
Born	June 18, 1917; Los Angeles, California, US
Died	February 28, 1990 (aged 72); Santa Monica Bay, California, United States
Other name	Wally Reid Jr.
Occupations	Actor, Architect
Years active	1920–1943
Spouse(s)	Nora Pauline Teston; (m. 1943⁠–⁠1968); Ruth Dugan; (m. 1979)
Children	6
Parents	Wallace Reid (father); Dorothy Davenport (mother);
Relatives	Hal Reid (grandfather); Harry Davenport (grandfather); Alice Davenport (grandmother); Edward Loomis Davenport (great-grandfather); Fanny Vining Davenport (great-grandmother)
Family	Rankin family

William Wallace Reid Jr. (June 18, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American actor and architect.

Biography

William Wallace Reid Jr. was born June 18, 1917 in Los Angeles, California. His parents Wallace Reid Sr. and Dorothy Davenport were both actors.^[1] His materal grandparents were actors Harry Davenport and Alice Davenport.^[2] While his paternal grandparents were stage actors Bertha Westbrook and James Halleck Reid.^[3] Reid was also related to the Rankin acting family through his grandfather Harry Davenport's marriage to Phyllis Rankin and adoption her two children Catherine and Arthur Rankin.^[4]^[5] Reid had one sister, Betty Anna Reid, that his parents adopted in 1922 as a three-year-old.

Reid's father died from influenza on January 18, 1923, when he was just four-years old.^[6]

By the time he was 15 years old, Reid was interested in automobiles. When he came home from school he regularly changed clothes and began working on a four-cylinder racing car that he and a friend were building by using parts from old cars.^[7] In 1936 he served a 15-day jail sentence for reckless driving.^[8]

Reid's entry into the film industry came when he worked for independent producer Willis Kent.^[9]

He appeared in 10 films, later becoming an architect. He died at age 72 when his home-built Rutan Long-EZ airplane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, near his home, during heavy fog.^[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1918	His Extra Bit	The Child	Short
1920	Excuse My Dust	'Toodles' Walden Jr.
1922	The Masked Avenger	The School Boy
1932	The Racing Strain	Bill Westcott / The Big Shot
1933	This Day and Age	Student	Uncredited
1935	The Hoosier Schoolmaster	Hank
1936	The Adventures of Frank Merriwell	Wally Reid
1940	Black Friday	Student	Uncredited
	Gold Rush Maisie	Matt Sullivan
	King of the Royal Mounted	Constable Doyle	Uncredited
	North West Mounted Police	Constable Rankin
1943	The Outlaw	Townsman Bystander	Uncredited
1943	Bomber's Moon	Pilot	Uncredited

References

1 2 Moran, Julio (February 27, 1990). "Pilot dies in crash of his home-built plane at sea". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
↑ "Wallace Reid name is back". The Muncie Sunday Star. April 17, 1932. p. 20. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ Fleming (2007), pp. 3–21, Chapter 1. Family and youth
↑ "Phyllis Rankin Is Mrs. Gibbs". The Inter Ocean. March 19, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
↑ "Phyllis Rankin Marries Harry Davenport". The Louisville Times. May 2, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2026.
↑ Anderson, Mary Lynn (April 18, 2011). "Chapter 1. The early Hollywood scandals and the death of Wallace Reid". Twilight of the Idols. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 15–48. doi:10.1525/9780520949423-004. ISBN 978-0-520-94942-3. S2CID 242854678 – via Google Books.
↑ "Son Of Wallace Reid To Make Venture In Motion Pictures". The Sunday Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. Associated Press. May 8, 1932. p. 39. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Wallace Reid, Jr., Freed, Plans To Start Orchestra". The Evening Sun. September 19, 1936. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Wallace Reid's Son to Star in Talkies". Sunday World-Herald. Nebraska, Omaha. October 16, 1932. p. 9 E. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

Sources

Fleming, E.J. (2007). Wallace Reid: The life and death of a Hollywood idol. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-7725-8 – via Google Books.

External links

Wallace Reid Jr. at IMDb
Wallace Reid Jr. in later years signed Index Card

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[LATimes-1] 1 2 Moran, Julio (February 27, 1990). "Pilot dies in crash of his home-built plane at sea". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 30, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2019.

[2] "Wallace Reid name is back". The Muncie Sunday Star. April 17, 1932. p. 20. Retrieved September 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[Fleming-2007-ch1-3] Fleming (2007), pp. 3–21, Chapter 1. Family and youth

[4] "Phyllis Rankin Is Mrs. Gibbs". The Inter Ocean. March 19, 1894. p. 3. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

[5] "Phyllis Rankin Marries Harry Davenport". The Louisville Times. May 2, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2026.

[6] Anderson, Mary Lynn (April 18, 2011). "Chapter 1. The early Hollywood scandals and the death of Wallace Reid". Twilight of the Idols. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 15–48. doi:10.1525/9780520949423-004. ISBN 978-0-520-94942-3. S2CID 242854678 – via Google Books.

[7] "Son Of Wallace Reid To Make Venture In Motion Pictures". The Sunday Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. Associated Press. May 8, 1932. p. 39. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Wallace Reid, Jr., Freed, Plans To Start Orchestra". The Evening Sun. September 19, 1936. p. 10. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[9] "Wallace Reid's Son to Star in Talkies". Sunday World-Herald. Nebraska, Omaha. October 16, 1932. p. 9 E. Retrieved September 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

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