Background
He was born in Englewood, Colorado.
He was born in Englewood, Colorado.
Foreign the American Bishop of the Methodist Church, see Marshall Russell Reed. Reed"s parents were Walter George Reed and Ruth Dustin. By age 10, he was acting in children"s theater, and he managed two drama groups while he was in high school.
Before becoming a professional actor, "he held various odd jobs such as horse trainer, meter reader, bookkeeper, and mail clerk." Summer stock theatre at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado, provided Reed"s first professional experience with acting.
Besides appearing in plays there, he made costumes and constructed scenery. Later he worked with other theatrical groups in the Denver area, writing and producing as well as acting.
Still later, he had his own stock company on the West Coast and acted in summer stock in New York and Los Los Angeles Reed "died of a massive hemorrhage following a brain tumor" April 15, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 62. son