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Phillip Reed

{{short description|American actor}}

{{similar names|Phil Reid (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Phillip Reed

| image = Phillip reed paulette goddard 1957.JPG

| alt = Phillip Reed and Paulette Goddard

| caption = Reed with Paulette Goddard from The Joseph Cotten Show, 1957

| birth_name = Milton LeRoy

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|03|25|mf=y}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|12|07|1908|03|25|mf=y}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| years_active = 1932–1965

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| spouse = Audrey Reed (?–1996; his death){{cite news| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-12-24-mn-12236-story.html | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Phillip Reed; Actor Appeared in Films as a Leading Man From 1930s to 1960s | date=December 24, 1996 | access-date = September 12, 2021}}

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Phillip Reed (born Milton LeRoy; March 25, 1908 – December 7, 1996) was an American actor. He played Steve Wilson in a series of four films (1947–1948) based on the Big Town radio series.

Early years

Reed was a star athlete at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and attended college for one year before going into acting. His name was changed after he went to Hollywood.{{cite journal|title=Say Hello to ...|journal=Radio and Television Mirror|date=November 1940|volume=15|issue=1|page=46|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Mirror/40/Mirror-1940-Nov.pdf#page=54|access-date=13 March 2015}}

Acting career

Billed as Milton Leroy, Reed appeared in two Broadway plays: Melody and Ballyhoo of 1932.{{cite web|title=Milton Leroy|url=http://www.playbill.com/searchpage/search?q=Milton+LeRoy&sort=Relevance&shows=on&qasset=00000150-ac83-d16d-a550-ecbfb8770003|website=Playbill|access-date=25 March 2016}} Reed was also often credited as Philip Reed, such as in his appearances in the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

Reed played Russ Barrington in the soap opera Society Girl on CBS radio and Brian Wells in the soap opera David Harum, also on CBS.Terrace, Vincent (1999). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-4513-4}}. P. 94.

Reed's television appearances include a lead role in the 1955 anthology drama series Police Call.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/detail/tv-show.aspx?tvobjectid=203819&more=ucepisodelist&episodeid=739433|title=TV Guide, Police Call episodes listing|access-date=August 1, 2010}} He appeared in the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes "The Derelicts,” "A Bullet for Baldwin" and “Sylvia.” He also appeared as King Toranshah in the 1965 Elvis Presley musical film Harum Scarum.

Death

Reed died in 1996 and was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

Complete filmography

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  • {{IMDb name|0715637}}
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  • {{Find a Grave|19208}}

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Category:1908 births

Category:1996 deaths

Category:American male film actors

Category:American male radio actors

Category:American male television actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:Male actors from New York City

Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

Category:Erasmus Hall High School alumni