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Robert Reed

Robert Reed at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, in 1989.
Birth nameJohn Robert Rietz
BornSeptember 19 1932(1932--)
Highland Park, Illinois, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 12 1992 (aged 61)
Pasadena, California, California, U.S.
Resting placeMemorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
Spouse(s)Marilyn Rosenberg (1957-1959)
Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an Emmy Award-nominated American stage and television actor.

Biography

Born John Robert Rietz, Jr. in Highland Park, Illinois, Reed spent much of his childhood in Oklahoma and later studied Shakespeare in college, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Career

He first gained fame in the early 1960s for starring along with E.G. Marshall in the television drama series The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 and later on the sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. After winning the role of Mike Brady, he later became unhappy with his part, feeling that acting in the often silly sitcom was beneath his serious Shakespearean training. Despite his discontent with the show as a whole, by most accounts he genuinely liked and was beloved as a father figure by his fellow cast members on The Brady Bunch. As a result of his unhappiness with the Brady Bunch’s content, Reed constantly argued with the show's creator, Sherwood Schwartz. One such argument even resulted in his being completely written out of the show's final episode. Reed was happy when the show ended, but he did return for the Brady Bunch Variety Hour and the made-for-TV movies and series that reunited the Brady cast in the years to come.

During the run of The Brady Bunch, Reed also had a recurring role as Lt. Adam Tobias on the television drama Mannix from 1967 to 1975 for most of its run.

After the end of The Brady Bunch in 1974, Reed acted on the stage and made many guest star appearances on other television shows and television movies, including Pray for the Wildcats (1974). He won critical acclaim for his portrayal of a doctor who wants to undergo a sex-change operation in a two-part episode of Medical Center in 1975. Reed also appeared in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976) and Roots (1977). He also guest starred on Wonder Woman (1976), playing the Falcon. Other notable guest appearances include: Hawaii 5-0 (1979), Charlie's Angels (1980), Vega$ (1981), and Murder, She Wrote for at least three appearances. Reed played the regular role of Dr. Adam Rose in the hospital drama Nurse during the 1981-1982 television season. In 1986, he played the role of Lloyd Kendall on the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow.

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Robert Reed in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976).


In 1971, Reed was the defendant in Anglia TV v. Reed, an important case in English contract common law.[1]

Personal life

Like many actors of the time, Reed was secretive about his being gay.[2] Reed was briefly married to Marilyn Rosenberg (1957-1959). The union produced one daughter, Caroline Reed, who was born 1958. Caroline had a small role in an episode of The Brady Bunch entitled, "The Slumber Caper." Her character's name was Karen and she is credited as "Carolyn Reed". This episode also reunited Reed with his co-star from The Defenders, E.G. Marshall.

Robert Reed contracted AIDS and died in 1992 at age 59 in Pasadena, California, from colorectal cancer. He is buried in Skokie, Illinois.

References

1. ^ Anglia Television Ltd. v. Reed. Retrieved on 2007-08-18.
2. ^ Rutledge, Leigh W. (2003), The Gay Book of Lists, Alyson Publishing, ISBN 1555837409

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