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 (…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Birth of a Nation (1915) — Jeff, the Blacksmith
2. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) — Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
3. The Avenging Conscience (1914) — The Doctor (uncredited)
4. Joan the Woman (1916) — Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
5. Carmen (1915) — Don Jose
6. War (1911) — Midas
7. The Affairs of Anatol (1921) — Anatol Spencer
8. The Roaring Road (1919) — Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
9. The Woman God Forgot (1917) — Alvarado
10. Excuse My Dust (1920) — 'Toodles' Walden
11. Hawthorne of the U.S.A. (1919) — Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
12. The Golden Chance (1915) — Roger Manning
13. Enoch Arden (1915) — Walter Fenn
14. A Trip to Paramountown (1922) — Self
15. Old Heidelberg (1915) — Prince Karl Heinrich
16. The Valley of the Giants (1919) — Bryce Cardigan
17. Playmates (1912) — Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
18. The Hell Diggers (1921) — Teddy Darman
19. The Deerslayer (1913) — Chingachgook
20. The House That Shadows Built (1931) — (archive footage)
21. Night Life in Hollywood (1922) — Self
22. The Movie Album (1932) — (archive footage)
23. Rent Free (1922) — Buell Arnister Jr
24. The Love Burglar (1919) — David Strong
25. The Dancin' Fool (1920) — Sylvester Tibble
26. The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961) — Self (archive footage)
27. A Red Cross Martyr; or, on the Firing Lines of Tripoli (1912)
28. The Path of True Love (1912) — The Country Boy
29. The Victoria Cross (1912) — Lt. Cholmodeley
30. Fortunes of a Composer (1912) — Opera Attendee (uncredited)
31. His Mother's Son (1913)
32. Virginius (1912) — Icilius
33. Hunted Down (1912) — John Dayton
34. The Seepore Rebellion (1912) — Extra
35. A Daughter of the Redskins (1912) — Captain Stark, U.S.A.
36. The Cowboy Guardians (1912)
37. An Indian Outcast (1912) — Wally, a Cowboy
38. The Hidden Treasure (1912) — Bill Binks
39. Calamity Anne Takes a Trip (1913) — Policeman
40. The Guerilla Menace (1913) — Captain Bruce Douglas

Directed

1. When Jim Returned (1913) — Director
2. The Test (1914) — Director
3. The Wrong Heart (1916) — Director
4. The Hidden Treasure (1912) — Director
5. A Rose of Old Mexico (1913) — Director
6. The Ways of Fate (1913) — Director
7. The Tattooed Arm (1913) — Director
8. The Brothers (1913) — Director
9. Youth and Jealousy (1913) — Director
10. The Heart of the Hills (1914) — Director
11. The Kiss (1913) — Director
12. A Modern Snare (1913) — Director
13. Her Innocent Marriage (1913) — Director
14. On the Border (1913) — Director
15. The Heart of a Cracksman (1913) — Director
16. Retribution (1913) — Director
17. The Fires of Fate (1913) — Director
18. Cross Purposes (1913) — Director
19. The Lightning Bolt (1913) — Director
20. A Hopi Legend (1913) — Director
21. The Countess Betty's Mine (1914) — Director
22. The Intruder (1914) — Director
23. The Greater Devotion (1914) — Director
24. Fires of Conscience (1914) — Director
25. A Flash in the Dark (1914) — Director
26. The Wheel of Life (1914) — Director
27. Breed o' the Mountains (1914) — Director
28. Regeneration (1914) — Director
29. The Mountaineer (1914) — Director
30. The Way of a Woman (1914) — Director
31. The Voice of the Viola (1914) — Director
32. Cupid Incognito (1914) — Director
33. A Gypsy Romance (1914) — Director
34. When Luck Changes (1913) — Director
35. Via Cabaret (1913) — Director
36. Hearts and Horses (1913) — Director
37. The Skeleton (1914) — Director
38. Pride of Lonesome (1913) — Director
39. A Foreign Spy (1913) — Director
40. Love's Western Flight (1914) — Director