Wallace Reid Jr. | |
Birth Date: | 18 June 1917 |
Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, US |
Death Place: | Santa Monica Bay, California, US |
Father: | Wallace Reid |
Mother: | Dorothy Davenport |
Relatives: | Hal Reid (paternal grandfather), Harry Davenport (maternal grandfather), Alice Davenport (maternal grandmother), Edward Loomis Davenport (maternal great-grandfather), Fanny Vining Davenport (maternal great-grandmother) |
Years Active: | 1920–1943 |
Occupation: | Actor, Architect |
William Wallace Reid Jr. (June 18, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American actor.
The son of actors Dorothy Davenport and Wallace Reid Sr., from 1920–1943 (ages 3–26) he appeared in 10 films, later becoming an architect. Reid was born in Los Angeles, California in 1917. He died at age 72 when his home-built Rutan Long-EZ airplane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, near his home, during heavy fog.[1]