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 ''

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'' radio series.

Early years

Reed was a star athlete at

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in Brooklyn and attended college for one year before going into acting. His name was changed after he went to Hollywood.

Acting career

Billed as Milton Leroy, Reed appeared in two Broadway plays: ''Melody'' and ''Ballyhoo of 1932''. Reed played Russ Barrington in the soap opera ''Society Girl'' on

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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. . P. 94. Reed's television appearances include a lead role in the 1955

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series '' Police Call''. He appeared in the ''

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'' episodes "The Derelicts,” "A Bullet for Baldwin" and “Sylvia.” He also appeared as King Toranshah in the 1965

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musical film '' Harum Scarum''.

Death

Reed died in 1996 and was buried at

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in Glendale, California.

Complete filmography

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College Coach ''College Coach'' (UK title ''Football Coach'') is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film starring Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak. The film features John Wayne in his last bit-part role. Plot Calvert College begins taking football more seriously, over ...

'' (1933) - 'Wes' Westerman *''

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'' (1933) - Freddie Claybourne *''

The House on 56th Street ''The House on 56th Street'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film. The film's plot involves a miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction and imprisonment, and alienation of a prisoner from her only living relative. Plot ...

'' (1933) - Freddy *''

Fashions of 1934 ''Fashions of 1934'' is a 1934 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by William Dieterle with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The screenplay by F. Hugh Herbert and Carl Erickson was based on the story ''The Fash ...

'' (1934) - Jimmy *''

Gambling Lady ''Gambling Lady'' is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Archie Mayo, and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea and Pat O'Brien. Plot Mike Lee raises his daughter Lady Lee to be as honest a gambler as he is. When he gets ...

'' (1934) - Steve *'' Jimmy the Gent'' (1934) - Ronny Gatson *''

Journal of a Crime ''Journal of a Crime'' is a 1934 American pre-Code crime drama film produced by First National Pictures. It was directed by William Keighley and stars Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou and Claire Dodd. The film is a remake of the 1933 French film ...

'' (1934) - Young Man at Party *''

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'' (1934) - Bill *'' Glamour'' (1934) - Lorenzo Valenti *''

Affairs of a Gentleman ''Affairs of a Gentleman'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Cyril Hume, Peter Ruric and Milton Krims, adapted from the play by Edith Ellis and Edward Ellis (actor). The film stars Paul Lukas, Le ...

'' (1934) - Carter Vaughn *''

Dr. Monica ''Dr. Monica'' is a 1934 American pre-Code melodrama film produced by Warner Bros. starring Kay Francis, Warren William, and Jean Muir. An obstetrician, who is unable to have children, discovers that the baby she is about to deliver was fathe ...

'' (1934) - 'Bunny' Burton *''

British Agent ''British Agent'' is a 1934 American romantic espionage film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Leslie Howard and Kay Francis. It is based on ''Memoirs of a British Agent'', the 1932 autobiography of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who worked for ...

'' (1934) - Gaston LeFarge *''

A Lost Lady ''A Lost Lady'' is a 1923 novel by American writer Willa Cather. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester, who live in the Western town of Sweet Water along the Transcontinental Railroad. Throughout the st ...

'' (1934) - Ned *''

Big Hearted Herbert ''Big Hearted Herbert'' is a 1934 domestic comedy film starring Aline MacMahon and Guy Kibbee as a middle-aged couple. It is based on the Broadway play of the same name by Sophie Kerr and Anna Steese Richardson, which was in turn based on the sh ...

'' (1934) - Andrew Goodrich *'' Maybe It's Love'' (1935) - Adolph Jr. *'' The Woman in Red'' (1935) - Dan McCall *''

Sweet Music ''Sweet Music'' is a 1935 American musical film directed by Alfred E. Green, written by Jerry Wald, Carl Erickson and Warren Duff, and starring Rudy Vallée, Ann Dvorak, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan, Robert Armstrong and Allen Jenkins. It wa ...

'' (1935) - Grant *''Gypsy Sweetheart'' (1935, Short) - Tom Van Dyke *''

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'' (1935) - Dr. Millbeck *''

The Girl from 10th Avenue ''The Girl from 10th Avenue'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green. The screenplay by Charles Kenyon is based on the 1914 play ''Outcast'' by Hubert Henry Davies. The film was released in the United Kingdom as ''Men on Her M ...

'' (1935) - Tony Hewlett *'' Accent on Youth'' (1935) - Dickie Reynolds *''

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan ''The Murder of Dr. Harrigan'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald and written by Peter Milne and Sy Bartlett. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Kay Linaker, John Eldredge, Mary Astor, Joseph Crehan and Frank Reicher. The f ...

'' (1936) - Dr. Simon *''

Klondike Annie ''Klondike Annie'' is a 1936 American Western film starring Mae West and Victor McLaglen. The film was co-written by West from her play ''Frisco Kate'', which she wrote in 1921 and a story written by the duo Marion Morgan and George Brendan Dowe ...

'' (1936) - Insp. Jack Forrest *''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is a historical romance written by James Fenimore Cooper in 1826. It is the second book of the ''Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder ...

'' (1936) - Uncas *''

The Luckiest Girl in the World ''The Luckiest Girl in the World'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed Edward Buzzell and written by Herbert Fields and Henry Myers. The film stars Jane Wyatt, Louis Hayward, Nat Pendleton, Eugene Pallette, Catherine Doucet and Phillip Reed. ...

'' (1936) - Percy Mayhew *''

Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen twelve times over sixty-five ...

'' (1937) - Jean *''

Merrily We Live ''Merrily We Live'' is a 1938 comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and written by Eddie Moran and Jack Jevne. It stars Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne and features Ann Dvorak, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke, Tom Brown, Alan Mowbray, ...

'' (1938) - Herbert Wheeler *'' My Irish Molly'' (1938) - Bob *'' Aloma of the South Seas'' (1941) - Revo *''

Weekend for Three ''Week-End for Three'' is a 1941 comedy film directed by Irving Reis and starring Dennis O'Keefe and Jane Wyatt. Cast *Dennis O'Keefe as Jim Craig *Jane Wyatt as Ellen *Phillip Reed as Randy *Edward Everett Horton as Stonebraker *ZaSu Pitts as An ...

'' (1941) - Randy Bloodworth *''

A Gentleman After Dark ''A Gentleman After Dark'' is a 1942 crime/drama film starring Brian Donlevy and Miriam Hopkins. Plot We pick up the story when the editor of the ''New York Chronicle'' sits on New Year's Eve 1923 awaiting news on the theft of legendary Mrs. Reg ...

'' (1942) - Eddie Smith *''

Old Acquaintance ''Old Acquaintance'' is a 1943 American drama film released by Warner Bros. It was directed by Vincent Sherman and produced by Henry Blanke with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The film was adapted from a screenplay by John Van Druten, Len ...

'' (1943) - Lucian Grant *''

People Are Funny ''People Are Funny'' is an American radio and television game show, created by John Guedel that ran from 1942 to 1960 in which contestants were asked to carry out stunts in order to prove that "People Are Funny." Many stunts lasted weeks, month ...

'' (1946) - John Guedel *''

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'' (1946) - Chris Bigelow *''

Rendezvous with Annie ''Rendezvous with Annie'' is a 1946 comedy film directed by Allan Dwan and written by and Mary Loos and Richard Sale. The film stars Eddie Albert, Faye Marlowe and Gail Patrick. The supporting cast features C. Aubrey Smith and William Frawley. ...

'' (1946) - Lt. Avery *''

'' (1946) - Steve Wilson *'' Her Sister's Secret'' (1946) - Richard 'Dick' Connolly *''

Song of Scheherazade ''Song of Scheherazade'' is a 1947 American musical film directed by Walter Reisch. It tells the story of an imaginary episode in the life of the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Jean-Pierre Aumont), in 1865, when he was a young naval ...

'' (1947) - Prince Mischetsky *''

I Cover Big Town ''I Cover Big Town'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Maxwell Shane. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery, Robert Shayne, Mona Barrie and Vince Barnett. It was released on Februa ...

'' (1947) - Steve Wilson *''

Song of the Thin Man ''Song of the Thin Man'' is a 1947 murder mystery-comedy directed by Edward Buzzell. The sixth and final film in MGM's '' Thin Man'' series, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett ...

'' (1947) - Tommy Edlon Drake *''

Pirates of Monterey ''Pirates of Monterey'' is a 1947 American Technicolor Western film directed by Alfred L. Werker starring Maria Montez and Rod Cameron. It was the last movie she made for Universal. Plot It is 1840 and California is ruled by the Mexican gove ...

'' (1947) - Lt. Carlos Ortega *''

Big Town After Dark ''Big Town After Dark'' is a 1947 American film noir drama film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Whitman Chambers. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Richard Travis, Ann Gillis, Vince Barnett, Joe Sawyer and Robert Kent. ...

'' (1947) - Steve Wilson *''

Big Town Scandal ''Big Town Scandal'' is a 1948 American crime film directed by William C. Thomas and written by Milton Raison. The film stars Phillip Reed, Hillary Brooke, Stanley Clements, Darryl Hickman, Carl Switzer and Roland Dupree. It was released on May ...

'' (1948) - Steve Wilson *''

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'' (1948) - Freddie Dysen *''

Unknown Island ''Unknown Island'' is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Jack Bernhard and starring Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed and Richard Denning. Shot in Cinecolor it was released by Film Classics and in Britain by General Film Distributors. Plot ...

'' (1948) - Ted Osborne *''

Daughter of the West ''Daughter of the West'' is a 1949 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Harold Daniels and starring Martha Vickers, Phillip Reed and Donald Woods (actor), Donald Woods.Goble p.730 The film's sets were designed by the art director ...

'' (1949) - Navo White Eagle *'' Manhandled'' (1949) - Guy Bayard *''

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout ''Davy Crockett, Indian Scout'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Lew Landers and starring George Montgomery and Ellen Drew. Wartime hero Johnny McKee had a small role in the film, as did Jim Thorpe. The film was shot at the Motion ...

'' (1950) - Red Hawk *''

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'' (1950) - Hamet Karamanly *'' The Bandit Queen'' (1950) - Joaquin Murietta *''Thief in Silk'' (1953) *''Jeunes mariés'' (1953) *''

Take Me to Town ''Take Me To Town'' is a 1953 American Comedy film, Comedy Western (genre), Western film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Ann Sheridan and Sterling Hayden. Plot On the lam after a robbery and needing a place to hide out, Vermilion O'Toole ...

'' (1953) - Newton Cole *''

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing ''The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing'' is a 1955 American film directed by Richard Fleischer from a screenplay by Walter Reisch and Charles Brackett, and starring Joan Collins, Ray Milland, and Farley Granger. The CinemaScope film was released ...

'' (1955) - Robert Collier *''

The Tattered Dress ''The Tattered Dress'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope film noir crime film released by Universal Pictures and directed by Jack Arnold. It stars Jeff Chandler, Jeanne Crain, Jack Carson, Gail Russell and Elaine Stewart. Plot In a California r ...

'' (1957) - Michael Reston *'' Harum Scarum'' (1965) - King Toranshah (final film role)

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