Bob Reeves (actor) explained

Bob Reeves
Birth Date:28 January 1892
Birth Place:Marlin, Texas, U.S.
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1919–1959
Spouse:Mary Turner

Robert Reeves (January 28, 1892  - April 12, 1960) was an American Western movie actor.[1]

Early years

Robert Jasper Reeves was born in Marlin, Texas, the son of George Patton Reeves and Frances Luella Garrett, in 1892. He attended Marlin High School and Texas A&M University. During World War I he served in the United States Army in the Coast Artillery in California, and was discharged in December, 1918.[2]

Career

Reeves won championships in rodeo competition and worked as a stunt double for Universal Pictures before he became an actor.[3] His film career began as early as 1919, when he starred in an 18-chapter serial, The Great Radium Mystery. He appeared in a number of silent films and sixteen sound films. In 1921 he was teamed with Marion Aye in a series of 18 Cactus Features directed by Albert S. Rogell. He worked through the 1940s and 1950s, including an appearance as an extra in Miracle on 34th Street in 1947. In the 1950s he appeared in television westerns including episodes of Maverick, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, and Wyatt Earp. In 1959 he appeared in an uncredited role as a townsman on the television show Lawman ("The Gang"). His last known appearance was in the film Rio Bravo in 1959.

Personal life and death

Reeves was married to Mary Lee Turner; the couple had no children but Mary had two daughters from a previous marriage. Reeves died of a heart attack in Los Angeles in 1960.[4] He is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.

Selected filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Katchmer . George A. . A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses . 2009 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-4693-3 . 318–319 . June 13, 2018.
  2. Web site: Anderson . Chuck . Bob Reeves . The Old Corral . June 13, 2018.
  3. Web site: Wollstein . Hans J. . Bob Reeves . AllMovie . June 18, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114031436/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/bob-reeves-p187750 . January 14, 2021.
  4. https://books.google.com/books?id=73xZAAAAMAAJ The Strong, Silent Type

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