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Bobby Reed is a lifer. In show business performing since 1965, he's managed to squeeze in 100+ plays (in London, New York, Los Angeles and Nashville), 150+ movies, 25+ television shows, and now the new frontier, the Internet, with scores of web series and pilots currently running all over that Web.
- January 1, 1
- 1.73 m
- New York City, New York, USA
Dec 15, 2000 · But the man who played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch, Robert Reed, had a real life that was not as picture perfect. Reed kept it a secret that he was gay until he died in 1992.
Bobby Reed is a lifer. In show business performing since 1965, he's managed to squeeze in 100+ plays (in London, New York, Los Angeles and Nashville), 150+ movies, 25+ television shows, and now the new frontier, the Internet, with scores of web series and pilots currently running all over that Web. It's been a magical blast, of course, and ...
- September 26, 1956
- Who Was Robert Reed?
- Early Life and Career
- 'The Brady Bunch'
- Final Years
- Death
American actor Robert Reed studied acting at Northwestern University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He landed a role in the dramatic TV series The Defenders in 1961. Reed made his Broadway debut three years later in Barefoot in the Park. In 1969, he began his run as quintessential family man Mike Brady in the enduring sitcom The ...
Born John Robert Rietz Jr. on October 19, 1932, in Highland Park, Illinois, actor Robert Reed is best remembered as one of television's most endearing dads. He originally aspired to be a serious actor before finding fame on the family sitcom The Brady Bunch. Reed studied his craft at Northwestern University. Moving to London, England, he attended t...
In 1969, Reed was cast as quintessential family man Mike Brady on the enduring sitcom The Brady Bunch. With a syrupy — albeit charming — view of suburban family life, The Brady Bunch(1969-74) became a cultural icon of the 1970s. Over its five-year run, the popularity of the series swelled to a phenomenal level, becoming increasingly well-known thro...
Reed worked on a number of TV series in the 1980s, including Nurse and Hunter. He reprised his role as Mike Brady for the 1990 TV series The Bradys, but the show failed to find an audience. While his acting roles tapered off around this time, Reed found a new passion as a drama teacher. He began teaching Shakespeare to students at the University of...
Reed died on May 12, 1992, at the age of 59, in Pasadena, California. Initially attributed to colon cancer, his death was later revealed to have been hastened by AIDS. Reed was survived by his daughter, Karen Baldwin, from a short-lived marriage in the 1950s. As a gay man, Reed had struggled to hide his sexuality during his Hollywood years. "He was...
Robert Reed (born November 14, 1939) is a former American football halfback who played college football for Pacific and professional football for, among others, the Minnesota Vikings (1962–1963) of the National Football League (NFL) and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1964) of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- 187 lb (85 kg)
- Vallejo (CA)
- November 14, 1939 (age 83), New Orleans
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May 14, 1992 · Robert Reed, who became a surrogate father to a generation as the head of an exceptionally large household on television's "Brady Bunch," died on Tuesday night at Huntington Memorial Hospital...
