Robert Reed


Actor

About

Also Known As
John Robert Rietz Jr.
Birth Place
Highland Park, Illinois, USA
Born
October 19, 1932
Died
May 12, 1992
Cause of Death
Colon Cancer And Complications From Aids

Biography

Tall, curly-haired actor, often cast as business-suited paternal types. Reed worked on mainly forgettable TV series from the 1960s, first gaining widespread notice as a crusading lawyer in "The Defenders." He is best remembered as "a man named Brady, with three boys of his own" on that corny 70s ode to the suburban family, "The Brady Bunch." Reed subsequently had major supporting roles o...

Photos & Videos

Notes

"The Brady Bunch" was the first show to have husband and wife sleeping in the same bed together.

Biography

Tall, curly-haired actor, often cast as business-suited paternal types. Reed worked on mainly forgettable TV series from the 1960s, first gaining widespread notice as a crusading lawyer in "The Defenders." He is best remembered as "a man named Brady, with three boys of his own" on that corny 70s ode to the suburban family, "The Brady Bunch." Reed subsequently had major supporting roles on the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1976) and "Roots" (1977).

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Quincy's Quest (1979)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Prime Target (1991)
Agent Harrington
A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
Mike Brady
International Airport (1985)
Death Of A Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
David Palmer
The Brady Girls Get Married (1981)
Casino (1980)
Conquest of the Earth (1980)
Nurse (1980)
Love's Savage Fury (1979)
Mandrake (1979)
Arkadian
Bud and Lou (1978)
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery (1978)
SST -- Death Flight (1977)
The Hunted Lady (1977)
Dr Arthur Sills
The Love Boat II (1977)
Stephen Palmer
Law and Order (1976)
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976)
Revenge for a Rape (1976)
Nightmare in Badham County (1976)
Lanigan's Rabbi (1976)
Morton Galen
The Secret Night Caller (1975)
Freddy Durant
Pray For The Wildcats (1974)
Paul Mcilvian
The Man Who Could Talk to Kids (1973)
Tom Lassiter
Snatched (1973)
Frank Mccloy
Assignment: Munich (1972)
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
The City (1971)
Sealy Graham
The Maltese Bippy (1969)
Lieut. Tim Crane
Star! (1968)
Charles Fraser
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Lars Finchley
Bloodlust (1961)
Johnny Randall
The Hunters (1958)
Jackson

Music (Feature Film)

Stage Door Canteen (1943)
Composer

Film Production - Construction/Set (Feature Film)

The Neon Bible (1995)
Carpenter

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Let's Dance (1950)
Mike grip
Union Station (1950)
Mike grip
The Great Gatsby (1949)
Mike grip
The Remarkable Andrew (1942)
Grip

Cast (Special)

The 41st Annual Emmy Awards (1989)
Performer
Between Two Loves (1982)
The Brady Girls Get Married (1981)
The Way They Were (1981)
Intertect (1973)
Blake Hollister

Cast (TV Mini-Series)

Scruples (1980)
The Seekers (1979)
Roots (1977)
Rich Man, Poor Man (1975)

Life Events

1992

Last acting role, onstage in "Love Letters" opposite Betsy Palmer

1992

Made last TV appearance as guest star on "Jake and the Fatman" detective series

Family

Helen Rietz
Mother
Karen Baldwin
Daughter

Bibliography

Notes

"The Brady Bunch" was the first show to have husband and wife sleeping in the same bed together.