Hal Reid (actor)

Hal Reid
Born James Halleck Reid
April 14, 1863
Cedarville, Ohio
Died May 22, 1920
New York City, New York
Resting place All Saints Memorial Church Cemetery, Monmouth County, Navesink, New Jersey
Occupation Playwright, Actor
Years active 1880s-1920
Spouse(s) Marylee Withers Cole(m.1879)
Bertha Belle Westbrook(m.1889)
Marcella Frances Russell Timer(m.1916)
Children Wallace Reid

Hal Reid (1863-1920) born James Halleck Reid was a playwright and stage and screen actor. Many of his plays saw Broadway openings.[1] He entered the film business in 1910 as an actor, director and writer, bringing along his teen son Wallace Reid, who had aspirations to be a director or cameraman. In 1912, Hal was appointed Censor to the Universal Film Corporation.[2]

Reid was at one time said to be actually Harry Preston and that he had served a prison sentence for an unspecified crime.[3]

His parents were Hugh McMillan Reid (1836-1911) and America Elizabeth Reid (1840-1903). Hal was married three times with each woman bearing him a child. His first wife was Marylee Withers (1866-1943), m. 1879, who at 16 produced a daughter, Hazel Withers Reid in 1882. Hazel died in 1921 a year after her father. Wife two was Bertha Westbrook (1867-1939), m. 1889, who produced son Wallace in 1891 or '92. Wife three was the much younger Marcella (1899-1993), m. 1916, who also produced a son, James Hillock Reid (1918-1969).[4]

His son Wallace Reid became an actor who starred in many films of Hollywood's silent era.

Selected plays

(written by Hal Reid)

Filmography

as actor only

References

  1. ↑ Hal Reid at Internet Broadway Database (IBDb.com)
  2. ↑ Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-76 volume 4 Q-Z page 2,008 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; this 1976 and final version by Gale Research Company
  3. ↑ The Oxford Companion to the American Theatre, 2nd edition p.570 by Gerald Bordman c.1992
  4. ↑ Hal Reid at findagrave.com

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