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Hal Reid (born James Halleck Reid; April 14, 1863 – May 22, 1920) was an American playwright and stage and screen actor.

Hal Reid
From a 1922 magazine
Born
James Halleck Reid

(1863-04-14)April 14, 1863
DiedMay 22, 1920(1920-05-22) (aged 57)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationPlaywright, Actor
Years active1880s–1920
Spouse(s)Marylee Withers Cole(m.1879)
Bertha Belle Westbrook(m.1889)
Marcella Frances Russell Timer(m.1916)
ChildrenWallace Reid

Biography


Born in 1863, Reid 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. Many of his plays saw Broadway openings.[1] In 1912, Reid 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 and America Elizabeth Reid. Hal was married three times with each woman bearing him a child. His first wife was Marylee Withers, 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, m. 1889, who produced son Wallace in 1891. Wife three was the much younger Marcella, m. 1916, who also produced a son, James Hillock Reid.[citation needed]

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


Selected plays



Filmography


as actor only


References


  1. Hal Reid(as James Halleck 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. "Logan's Luck". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  5. Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916. Library of Congress. 1918. p. 1299.





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