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Elliott Reid is a Actor American born on 16 january 1920 at New York City (USA)

Elliott Reid

Elliott Reid
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Birth name Edgeworth Blair Reid
Nationality USA
Birth 16 january 1920 at New York City (USA)
Death 21 june 2013 (at 93 years)

Elliott Reid (January 16, 1920 – June 21, 2013) was an American character actor from New York City.

Biography

Au théâtre, Elliott Reid joue à Broadway (New York) dans cinq pièces et deux revues. Il débute en 1937 sur les planches new-yorkaises, dans Jules César de William Shakespeare (auteur qu'il joue de nouveau à Broadway en 1948), avec Orson Welles — également metteur en scène et producteur — qu'il retrouve l'année suivante (1938). Il se produit pour la dernière fois à Broadway en 1960, dans la revue From A to Z , dont l'un des auteurs du livret est le jeune Woody Allen.

Au cinéma, il contribue à seulement vingt-et-un films (américains, sauf le dernier, australien), répartis entre 1940 et 1988, notamment quatre productions des Studios Disney dans les années 1960 (ainsi, Le Fantôme de Barbe-Noire en 1968). Un de ses films les mieux connus est Les hommes préfèrent les blondes (1953), où il interprète le détective Ernie Malone, aux côtés de Marilyn Monroe et Jane Russell.

À la télévision, Elliott Reid joue dans cinquante-neuf séries, de 1954 à 1995, ainsi que dans un téléfilm en 1977. En outre, dans les années 1980, il collabore à cinq séries comme scénariste (voir sa filmographie ci-dessous).

Enfin, durant sa carrière, il est aussi acteur à la radio.

Best films

Usually with

Bill Walsh
Bill Walsh
(3 films)
Yahoo Serious
Yahoo Serious
(1 films)
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
(5 films)
Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Elliott Reid (22 films)

Display filmography as list

Actor

Young Einstein, 1h27
Directed by Yahoo Serious
Origin Australie
Genres Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Howard, Elliott Reid, Yahoo Serious, Su Cruickshank, Christian Manon, Lulu Pinkus
Roles Asylum Guard
Rating51% 2.5999852.5999852.5999852.5999852.599985
Albert Einstein, the son of an apple farmer in Tasmania in the early 1900s, splits a beer atom with a chisel in order to add bubbles to beer, discovers the theory of relativity and travels to Sydney to patent it. While there, he invents the electric guitar and surfing while romancing Marie Curie. He invents rock and roll and uses it to save the world from being destroyed due to misuse of a nuclear reactor under the watchful eye of Charles Darwin.
Heaven Can Wait, 1h37
Directed by Warren Beatty, Craig R. Baxley, Buck Henry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Sports films, American football films, Ghost films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon
Roles Waiter (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.447423.447423.447423.447423.44742
Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a backup quarterback for the American football team Los Angeles Rams, is looking forward to leading his team to the Super Bowl. While riding his bicycle through the Mulholland Drive tunnel under Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles, he collides with a truck. An over-anxious guardian angel (Buck Henry) on his first assignment plucks Joe out of his body early, in the mistaken belief that his death is imminent, and Pendleton arrives in the afterlife.
Some Kind of a Nut, 1h30
Directed by Garson Kanin, Walter Mirisch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Angie Dickinson, Rosemary Forsyth, Elliott Reid, Zohra Lampert, Pippa Scott
Roles Gardner Anders
Rating43% 2.183782.183782.183782.183782.18378
Fred Amidon is a New York City bank teller whose wife Rachel is divorcing him. Fred already has a new fiancee, bank colleague Pamela Anders, with whom he is about to embark on a vacation.
Blackbeard's Ghost, 1h46
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Paul Cameron, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Elsa Lanchester, Richard Deacon, Elliott Reid
Roles TV Commentator
Rating67% 3.3980253.3980253.3980253.3980253.398025
Steve Walker (Dean Jones) arrives in a North Carolina seacoast town to take the position of track coach at Godolphin College. The night of his arrival coincides with a charity bazaar at the hotel where he will be boarding — Blackbeard's Inn, named after the notorious English pirate Captain Edward Teach and now run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers, elderly descendants of the pirate's crew. The owners are attempting to pay off their mortgage to keep the inn from being bought by the local crime boss, Silky Seymour (Joby Baker), who wants to build a casino on the land. Steve quickly discovers his track team's shortcomings and runs afoul of the dean of Godolphin College, its football coach, and Seymour. He also makes the acquaintance of attractive Godolphin professor Jo Anne Baker (Suzanne Pleshette), who is anxious to help the elderly ladies save Blackbeard's Inn.
Follow Me, Boys!, 2h11
Directed by Norman Tokar
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Scoutisme, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Vera Miles, Donald May, Lillian Gish, Charles Ruggles, Elliott Reid
Roles Ralph Hastings
Rating70% 3.544473.544473.544473.544473.54447
In 1930, Lemuel "Lem" Siddons (Fred MacMurray) is a saxophonist in a traveling band who dreams of becoming a lawyer. When the band's bus reaches Hickory, a small town, Lem suddenly decides to leave the band and settle down, finding a job as a clerk in the general store.
Son of Flubber, 1h40
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romance, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about education, Comedy science fiction films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Kirk
Roles Shelby Ashton
Rating60% 3.048313.048313.048313.048313.04831
Professor Ned Brainard's discovery of Flubber has not quite brought him or his college the riches he thought. The Pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and the IRS has slapped him with a huge tax bill, even if he has yet to receive a cent. He thinks he may have found the solution in the form of "Flubbergas," (the "son" of Flubber) which can change the weather. His wife Betsy becomes fed up with all the stress and starts separating from him, and the professor's old rival Shelby starts trying to woo her again. Brainard's experiments continue, by making it rain inside people's houses, as well as in Shelby's car too while he's driving, which causes him to get into an accident with a police car. It also helps Medfield College's football team to win a game, but it also has one unfortunate side effect: It shatters glass, which eventually places Brainard on the lam. At home, his wife Betsy is jealous of the attention lavished on him by an old high school girlfriend. On trial, Ned's future seems hopeless, until a farmer shows the court that his crops grew extra large because of Ned's experiment, which the farmer names "Dry Rain", and the professor is acquitted, and he and Betsy are reunited.
Move Over, Darling, 1h43
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter, Don Knotts, Chuck Connors
Roles Dr. Herman Schlick
Rating68% 3.447143.447143.447143.447143.44714
Ellen Wagstaff Arden (Doris Day), a mother of two young girls named Jenny and Didi, was believed to be lost at sea following an airplane accident. Her husband, Nick Arden (James Garner), was one of the survivors.
The Wheeler Dealers, 1h47
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors James Garner, Lee Remick, Phil Harris, Chill Wills, Jim Backus, Elliott Reid
Roles Leonard
Rating64% 3.24623.24623.24623.24623.2462
Molly Thatcher (Lee Remick) is a stockbroker languishing in a company run by sexist Bullard Bear (Jim Backus). When the company does poorly, he has to fire somebody. Molly is the obvious choice, but to avoid charges of sex discrimination, he assigns her the seemingly impossible task of unloading shares of an obscure company called Universal Widgets, figuring that when she fails, he will have an excuse to dismiss her.
The Thrill of It All, 1h48
Directed by Norman Jewison
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Doris Day, James Garner, Arlene Francis, Edward Andrews, Reginald Owen, Zasu Pitts
Roles Mike Palmer
Rating68% 3.4491953.4491953.4491953.4491953.449195
The story centers around suburban housewife Beverly Boyer (Doris Day) and her husband, a successful obstetrician and devoted family man, Gerald (James Garner). Beverly is offered the opportunity to star in a television commercial advertising soap. After a shaky start, she gets a contract for nearly $80,000 per year to appear in weekly TV commercials. Soon the TV studio places greater and greater demands on the unlikely TV star. Gerald resents the fact that the appearances are taking up an increasing amount of her time, and becomes jealous of the level of attention that her new-found stardom has brought her. Their relationship slowly deteriorates until she decides to return as a housewife.
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, 2h34
Directed by Stanley Kramer, Carey Loftin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Heist films, Chase films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Moe Howard
Roles Dr. Chadwick (voice only) (scenes deleted)
Rating74% 3.7462153.7462153.7462153.7462153.746215
"Smiler" Grogan (Jimmy Durante), wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and on the run from the police, careens his 1957 Ford Victoria off twisting, mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Springs in Southern California and crashes. Five motorists stop to help him - Melville Crump (Sid Caesar), a dentist, Lennie Pike (Jonathan Winters), a furniture mover, Dingy Bell (Mickey Rooney) and Benjy Benjamin (Buddy Hackett), two friends on their way to Las Vegas, and J. Russell Finch (Milton Berle), who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno. Just before he dies, Grogan tells the five about $350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under a mysterious "big W".
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, 1h43
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films
Actors Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Carol Burnett, Martin Balsam, Jill St John, Richard Conte
Roles Tom Edwards
Rating58% 2.902832.902832.902832.902832.90283
Jason Steele is an actor who plays a doctor on TV. He is so convincing at it, women of all kinds won't leave him alone.
The Absent-Minded Professor, 1h37
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about education, Sports films, Comedy science fiction films, Basketball films, Children's films
Actors Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Leon Ames, Wally Brown, Elliott Reid
Roles Shelby Ashton
Rating66% 3.3469353.3469353.3469353.3469353.346935
Professor Brainard (pronounced BRAY-nerd) is an absent-minded professor of physical chemistry at Medfield College who invents a substance that gains energy when it strikes a hard surface. This discovery follows some blackboard scribbling in which he reverses a sign in the equation for enthalpy to energy plus pressure times volume. Brainard names his discovery Flubber, which is a portmanteau of "flying rubber." In the excitement of his discovery, he misses his own wedding to Betsy Carlisle, not for the first time. Subplots include another professor wooing the disappointed Miss Carlisle, Biff Hawk's ineligibility for basketball due to failing Brainard's class, Alonzo Hawk's schemes to gain wealth by means of Flubber, the school's financial difficulties and debt to Mr. Hawk, and Brainard's attempts to interest the government and military in uses for Flubber.
Inherit the Wind, 2h8
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan
Roles Prosecutor Tom Davenport
Rating80% 4.0471254.0471254.0471254.0471254.047125
In a small Southern town, a school teacher, Bertram Cates, is about to stand trial. His offense: violating a state law by introducing to his students the concept that man descended from the apes, a theory of the naturalist Charles Darwin. Cates is vigorously denounced by town leaders such as the Rev. Jeremiah Brown.
Woman's World, 1h34
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Clifton Webb, June Allyson, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, Fred MacMurray, Arlene Dahl
Roles Tony Andrews
Rating68% 3.4452953.4452953.4452953.4452953.445295
When the general manager of Gifford Motors dies, company owner Ernest Gifford (Clifton Webb) invites the three candidates for the position to New York so he can personally evaluate them and their wives. Bill and Katie Baxter (Cornel Wilde and June Allyson) are a loving couple from Kansas City. Elizabeth Burns (Lauren Bacall) is becoming estranged from her driven husband Sidney (Fred MacMurray) because his work is consuming him and undermining his health; she fears a promotion would eventually kill him. Jerry Talbot (Van Heflin), who has a sexy, ambitious wife, Carol (Arlene Dahl), rounds out the trio.