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Name
  
Daniel Reed

Children
  
Susan Reed, Jared Reed

Movies
  
Young Man of Manhattan


Spouse
  
Isadora Reed (m. ?–1978)

Role
  
Actor

Daniel Reed (actor)

Born
  
July 12, 1892 (
1892-07-12
)
Denver, Colorado

Occupation
  
Actor, playwright, screenwriter

Died
  
February 9, 1978, Montrose, New York, United States

Similar People
  
Susan Reed, Ford Madox Brown, Monta Bell, Katharine Brush, James Karen

Grandchildren
  
Penelope Reed, Reed Karen

Daniel A. Reed (July 12, 1892 – February 9, 1978) was an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter.

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Biography

Reed was born July 12, 1892 in Denver, Colorado. He took to theatre in 1912. He developed his own one-man show based on Edgar Lee Masters Spoon River Anthology. In Chicago he married Isadora Bennett in 1918. Together they founded Town Theatre in Columbia, South Carolina.

In 1930, he was a MacDowell colonist. He spent a few years in Hollywood as a dialect coach, eventually settling in New York in 1936 as an actor.

He was awarded the Outer Critics Circle Award in 1950 for his role as the Postman in Come Back, Little Sheba.

He died February 9, 1978 in Montrose, New York.

Plays

  • Black April, an adaptation of the novel by Julia Peterkin
  • Scarlet Sister Mary (1929), an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Julia Peterkin
  • Goodbye in the Morning (1930)

  • Filmography

    Actor
    1959
    Kiss Her Goodbye as
    Albert Tubbs
    1954
    Mama (TV Series)
    - Mama's Birthday Present (1954)
    1954
    The Motorola Television Hour (TV Series) as
    Mr. Flood
    - Atomic Attack (1954) - Mr. Flood
    1951
    Goodyear Playhouse (TV Series)
    - The Eleventh Ward (1951)
    1949
    The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) as
    Lucius / Adolphus
    - Ephraim Tutt's Clean Hands (1951)
    - The Return (1951)
    - Bulletin 120 (1951) - Lucius
    - The Strange Christmas Dinner (1949) - Adolphus
    1950
    Lights Out (TV Series) as
    Pearly
    - Beware This Woman (1950) - Pearly
    1950
    Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV Series)
    - The Raven (1950) - (as Dan Reed)
    1950
    Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series)
    - Man of Action (1950)
    1950
    The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) as
    Charley
    - The Fisherman (1950)
    - The Californian's Tale (1950) - Charley
    Miscellaneous
    1935
    Maybe It's Love (dialogue director)
    1934
    Madame Du Barry (dialogue director - uncredited)
    1934
    Fog Over Frisco (dialogue director)
    1934
    Jimmy the Gent (dialogue director)
    1930
    Queen High (dialogue director - uncredited)
    1930
    The Sap from Syracuse (dialogue director - uncredited)
    1930
    Young Man of Manhattan (dialogue director - uncredited)
    Writer
    1930
    Young Man of Manhattan (dialogue - uncredited)
    Assistant Director
    1930
    Young Man of Manhattan (assistant director - as Dan Reed)

    References

    Daniel Reed (actor) Wikipedia