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Robert Reed is a Actor and Director American born on 19 october 1932 at Highland Park (USA)

Robert Reed

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Birth name John Robert Rietz, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 19 october 1932 at Highland Park (USA)
Death 12 may 1992 (at 59 years) at Pasadena (USA)

Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American stage, film, and television actor, and television director.

From 1961 to 1965, he portrayed Kenneth Preston on the popular legal drama, The Defenders, alongside E. G. Marshall. He is best known as the father Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson's Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom The Brady Bunch, which aired from 1969 to 1974. He reprised the role of Mike Brady in later reunion programs. In 1976, he earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his guest-starring role in a two-part episode of Medical Center and for his work on the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. The following year, Reed earned a third Emmy nomination for his role in the miniseries Roots.

Biography

Reed was gay but kept this fact private, fearing it would damage his career. In July 1954, Reed married fellow Northwestern student Marilyn Rosenberger. The couple had one daughter, Karen, before divorcing in 1959.

After his death, Reed's Brady Bunch co-stars – most notably Barry Williams and Florence Henderson – publicly acknowledged Reed's sexual orientation, and admitted that most of the cast and crew of The Brady Bunch were aware, but they did not discuss it with Reed. Barry Williams said, "Robert didn't want to go there. I don't think he talked about it with anyone. I just don't think it was a discussion – period."

Reed was the defendant in a notable case in American and English contract law, Anglia Television Ltd. v. Reed (1971). The case concerned the circumstances under which a victim of breach of contract can recover a "reliance interest" from the breaching party -- that is, a sum of money equivalent to the amount the victim of breach spent in reliance on the breaching party's promise. In the case, Anglia Television had arranged to stage and film the performance of a play, which was to be shown on TV. The station incurred substantial expenses in preparation for the performance before hiring Reed as the lead actor. Reed's manager had made a mistake in booking him for the role, failing to realize that Reed's other acting arrangements and commitments were such that he would not be able to star in the play. Reed breached and acknowledged his liability for doing so, but his lawyers contended that he was not responsible for the costs Anglia Television incurred prior to hiring him for the lead role. Reed's lawyers argued that such expenses could not be deemed a "reliance interest," as the expenses were incurred prior to Reed's agreeing to star in the play, and thus they were not incurred in reliance on his promise, as he had not yet concluded an agreement with Anglia Television. A party cannot rely on a promise that has not yet been made, so the argument goes. The court rejected this argument, holding that Reed must have known at the time of contract that Anglia Television had already incurred significant expenses prior to his contract and that such resources (i.e., the money Anglia Television spent in preparation for his performance) would be wasted in the event of his breach. Reed thus was deemed liable for those expenses and had to pay Anglia Television substantial damages.

Usually with

Edward Asnere
Edward Asnere
(3 films)
Lorne Greene
Lorne Greene
(2 films)
David Greene
David Greene
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Reed (21 films)

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Actor

Bloodshed
Bloodshed (2005)
, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Robert Reed
Roles Fred
Rating34% 1.733851.733851.733851.733851.73385
In a small town, the bully Luke and the troublemaker son of the sheriff Rodney are very aggressive with the outcast Frank and his moron brother, Donnie while dating the waitresses Katie and Beth, but Sheriff Greene resolves the situation. On the next day, Luke, Katie and Rodney are having a threesome in Luke's car and Donnie watches them; Luke and Rodney leave the car and beat up on him. However, Frank arrives and defends his brother, defeating the two guys. They drive away leaving Katie who had to run to the woods. Later, Sheriff
A Very Brady Christmas, 1h40
Directed by Peter Baldwin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, Ann B. Davis, Barry Williams, Maureen McCormick, Christopher Knight
Roles Mike Brady
Rating59% 2.952232.952232.952232.952232.95223
Mike and Carol Brady have a savings account, which both spouses planned to use to bankroll a vacation for the other; Carol wanted to take Mike to Greece, while Mike wanted to treat Carol to a trip to Japan. When they realize their ideas collide, they use the money to try to reunite the entire family for Christmas by paying for airline tickets for their children, grandchildren and their children's spouses.
Streamers
Streamers (1983)
, 1h49
Directed by Robert Altman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Matthew Modine, George Dzundza, Michael Wright, Mitchell Lichtenstein, David Alan Grier, Guy Boyd
Roles Député
Rating63% 3.196333.196333.196333.196333.19633
Four young soldiers waiting to be shipped to Vietnam deal with racial tension and their own intolerance when one soldier reveals he's gay.
The Seekers
Directed by Sidney Hayers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Randolph Mantooth, Ed Harris, Delta Burke, Edie Adams, Neville Brand, Martin Milner
Roles Daniel Clapper
Rating63% 3.190893.190893.190893.190893.19089
The sons and grandchildren of Philip Kent make a life for themselves in America.
Love's Savage Fury, 1h40
Directed by Joseph Hardy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Jennifer O'Neill, Perry King, Jennifer O'Dell, Raymond Burr, Robert Reed, Debbi Morgan
Roles Cmdr. Marston
Rating56% 2.8455352.8455352.8455352.8455352.845535
Pendant la Guerre de Sécession, une jeune femme sudiste essaie de tenir son foyer quand les Nordistes envahissent la région.
Roots (TV miniseries), 9h30
Directed by Gilbert Moses, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, David Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about slavery, Films about racism
Actors John Amos, Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Georg Stanford Brown, Leslie Uggams
Roles Dr. William Reynolds
Rating83% 4.198614.198614.198614.198614.19861
In The Gambia, West Africa, in 1750 Kunta Kinte is born to Omoro Kinte (Thalmus Rasulala), a Mandinka warrior, and his wife, Binta (Cicely Tyson). When Kunta (LeVar Burton) reaches the age of 15, he and a group of other adolescent boys take part in tribal manhood training, ending with a ceremony, after which they become recognized as men and Mandinka warriors. While trying to carry out a task to catch a bird and take it home unharmed, Kunta sees white men carrying firearms, along with their black collaborators. Later, while fetching wood outside his village to make a drum for his younger brother, Kunta is captured by black collaborators under the direction of white men. He is then sold to a slave trader and placed aboard a ship under the command of Capt. Thomas Davies (Edward Asner) for a three-month journey to Colonial America. During the voyage a group of rebels among the human cargo try but fail to stage a mutiny and to take over the ship.
SST: Death Flight, 1h29
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Aviation films, Musical films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Barbara Anderson, Peter Graves, Bert Convy, Lorne Greene, Tina Louise, Season Hubley
Roles Captain Jim Walsh
Rating41% 2.074462.074462.074462.074462.07446
On the flight of Maiden 1, the first American supersonic transport, Captain Jim Walsh (Robert Reed) is the assigned pilot on an attempt to set a world speed record from New York to Paris. The flight crew includes the navigator (Robert Ito), stewardess Mae (Tina Louise) and steward (Billy Crystal). The select group on the ceremonial first flight include passengers and executives. On board is Willy Basset (Burgess Meredith), the designer of the SST, Tim Vernon (Bert Convy), the Cutlass Airlines head of publicity who is having an affair with "Miss SST" Angela Garland (Misty Rowe), the model who is the public face of the new aircraft. Hank Fairbanks (Doug McClure), an ex-pilot who now works for an airline group in South America as an aircraft buyer, accompanies the other VIPs, and wants to renew an earlier romance with Mae.
Nightmare in Badham County, 1h40
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Chuck Connors, Deborah Raffin, Lynne Moody, Robert Reed, Fionnula Flanagan, Tina Louise
Roles Supt Dancer
Rating61% 3.0517353.0517353.0517353.0517353.051735
Two girls, Cathy Phillips (Deborah Raffin) and Diane Emery (Lynne Moody) get engine car trouble in a small town. When they spurn the sheriff Slim Danen's (Chuck Connors) advances, they are thrown in prison on false accusations, where they endure atrocities at the hands of the administrators and prison guards. All hope seems very lost unless the girls find a way to escape.
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble, 1h37
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors John Travolta, Diana Hyland, Robert Reed, Ralph Bellamy, Glynnis O'Connor, P. J. Soles
Roles Johnny Lubitch
Rating57% 2.8503752.8503752.8503752.8503752.850375
The film centers on the life of Tod Lubitch, who was born with an improperly functioning immune system. This means that contact with unfiltered air may kill him, so he must live out his life in incubator-like conditions. He lives with his parents, since they decided to move him from Texas Children's Hospital where he was being kept as a boy. He is constricted to staying in his room all his life, where he eats, learns, reads, and exercises, while being protected from the outside world by various coverings.
Pray for the Wildcats, 1h40
Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Andy Griffith, William Shatner, Robert Reed, Marjoe Gortner, Angie Dickinson, Janet Margolin
Roles Paul McIlvain
Rating61% 3.098493.098493.098493.098493.09849
Sam Farragut (Griffith) is a sociopathic business executive in Southern California who forces a team of advertising agency employees (Shatner, Reed, Gortner) to embark on a dangerous dirtbike trip to the Baja California desert in order to compete for his business.
Snatched
Snatched (1973)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Howard Duff, John Saxon, Leslie Nielsen, Sheree North, Barbara Parkins, Robert Reed
Roles Frank McCloy
Rating64% 3.2270753.2270753.2270753.2270753.227075
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom. One of the wives, a diabetic, needs medication or she will soon die. One of the husbands refuses to pay his share of the ransom. There is also an unseen mastermind behind the kidnapping.
Haunts of the Very Rich, 1h15
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Edward Asnere, Anne Francis, Tony Bill, Donna Mills
Roles Reverend John Fellows
Rating63% 3.1913453.1913453.1913453.1913453.191345
A group of rich tourists and businesspeople fly to a mysterious tropical resort, the Portals of Eden, hosted by Seacrist (Moses Gunn). There, they spend their time relaxing and being pampered in paradise. Following a storm after their first night, the guests suddenly find themselves all alone, with dwindling supplies, without communication with the outside world, and abandoned by the resort staff. The guests discover they have each recently experienced a brush with death, and they trhy to determine what it means.