Robert Reed
Robert Reed at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, in 1989.
Born	John Robert Rietz October 19, 1932(1932-10-19) Highland Park, Illinois, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 12, 1992 (aged 59) Pasadena, California, California, U.S.
Spouse(s)	Marilyn Rosenberg (1957-1959)

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Biography

Born John Robert Rietz, Jr. in Highland Park, Illinois, Reed spent much of his childhood in Muskogee, Oklahoma and later studied Shakespeare in college. He was educated at Northwestern University and later transferred to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK. ^[1] Incorporated City in 1869. ... Location within the state of Oklahoma Coordinates: , Country State County Muskogee Government  - Mayor Wren Stratton Area  - Total 38. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Northwestern University (NU) is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Performing arts education in London ... London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...

Career

He first gained fame in the early 1960s for starring along with E.G. Marshall in the television drama series The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 and later on the sitcom The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. After winning the role of Mike Brady, he later became unhappy with his part, feeling that acting in the often silly sitcom was beneath his serious Shakespearean training. Despite his discontent with the show as a whole, by most accounts he genuinely liked and was beloved as a father figure by his fellow cast members on The Brady Bunch. As a result of his unhappiness with the Brady Bunch’s content, Reed constantly argued with the show's creator, Sherwood Schwartz, and he would frequently present Schwartz with multi-page memos detailing why a character's motivation did not make sense, or why it was wrong for one episode to combine elements of different styles, such as farce and satire. One such argument even resulted in his being completely written out of the show's final episode.^[2] Reed was happy when the show ended, but he did return for The Brady Bunch Hour and the made-for-TV movies and series that reunited the Brady cast in the years to come. Everett Gunnar Marshall (June 18, 1910 - August 24, 1998) was an American actor who starred in 1957 movie 12 Angry Men. Marshall was born in Owatonna, Minnesota. ... The Defenders was an American television series, a courtroom drama which ran on CBS from 1961-1964. ... The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... The following is a list of characters from the American television series The Brady Bunch. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Sherwood Charles Schwartz (b. ... ...

During the run of The Brady Bunch, Reed also had a recurring role as Lt. Adam Tobias on the television drama Mannix from 1967 to 1975 for most of its run. Mannix was a television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller (who also created Mission: Impossible), the title character, Joe Mannix, is an Armenian-American private investigator. ...

After the end of The Brady Bunch in 1974, Reed acted on the stage and made many guest star appearances on other television shows and television movies, including Pray for the Wildcats (1974). He won critical acclaim for his portrayal of a doctor who wants to undergo a sex-change operation in a two-part episode of Medical Center in 1975. Reed also appeared in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976), Rich Man, Poor Man(1976) and Roots (1977). He also guest starred on Wonder Woman (1976), playing the Falcon. Other notable guest appearances include: Hawaii 5-0 (1979), Charlie's Angels (1980), Vega$ (1981), and Murder, She Wrote for at least three appearances. Reed played the regular role of Dr. Adam Rose in the hospital drama Nurse during the 1981-1982 television season. In 1986, he played the role of Lloyd Kendall on the daytime soap opera Search for Tomorrow. “Telefilm” redirects here. ... Pray for the Wildcats is a 1974 U.S. television movie originally aired on ABC. The movie was an action-drama and was directed by Robert Michael Lewis and starred William Shatner and Andy Griffith. ... Medical Center was a dramatic television series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. ... The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-TV movie inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who had to live in containers that protected them from all pathogens, since they lacked effective immune systems. ... Rich Man, Poor Man is a 1969 novel written by Irwin Shaw. ... Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haleys work Roots: The Saga of an American Family, his critically acclaimed genealogical novel. ... Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book character Wonder Woman (which was co-created by William Moulton Marston and Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston). ...  ? Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ... This article is about the television series. ... Vega$ was a TV show that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981. ... Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher Murder, She Wrote was a popular, long-running television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. ... Search for Tomorrow was a soap opera which started airing on Monday, September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS, its original broadcaster, on Friday, March 26, 1982, with NBC picking it up on the following Monday, March 29, 1982. ...

Robert Reed in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble (1976).

In 1971, Reed was the defendant in Anglia TV v. Reed, an important case in English contract common law. Reed lost the lawsuit for £2,750.^[3] Image File history File links Robert_Reed_in_The_Boy_in_the_Plastic_Bubble_1. ... Image File history File links Robert_Reed_in_The_Boy_in_the_Plastic_Bubble_1. ... The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 made-for-TV movie inspired by the lives of David Vetter and Ted DeVita, who had to live in containers that protected them from all pathogens, since they lacked effective immune systems. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Personal life

Reed was briefly married to Marilyn Rosenberg (1957-1959). The union produced one daughter, Caroline Reed, who was born 1958. Caroline had a small role in an episode of The Brady Bunch entitled, "The Slumber Caper." Her character's name was Karen and she is credited as "Carolyn Reed". This episode also reunited Reed with his co-star from The Defenders, E.G. Marshall. Reed was secretive about his sexuality.^[4] Several of his partners have since come out and stated that he threatened them after sex, that he wanted his homosexuality to remain hidden. On the Brady Bunch anniversary, "Still Brady after All these Years," the cast mentioned him taking co-star Florence Henderson out to dinner several times. The Brady Bunch is an American television situation comedy, based around a large blended family. ... The Defenders was an American television series, a courtroom drama which ran on CBS from 1961-1964. ... Everett Gunnar Marshall (June 18, 1910 - August 24, 1998) was an American actor who starred in 1957 movie 12 Angry Men. Marshall was born in Owatonna, Minnesota. ... Florence Agnes Henderson (b. ...

Robert Reed died in 1992 at age 59 in Pasadena, California, from bladder cancer; he was suffering from complications of AIDS at the time. He is buried in Skokie, Illinois. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ... Bladder cancer refers to any of several types of malignant growths of the urinary bladder. ... For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). ... For the film of the same name, see Skokie (Movie). ...

References

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External links

• Robert Reed at the Internet Movie Database
• Robert Reed at the Internet Broadway Database
• Robert Reed at Find A Grave