Elliott Reid (January 16, 1920 – June 21, 2013) was an American character actor from New York City.
Career:
Edgeworth Blair Reid was born on January 16, 1920, the son of Christine Challenger Reid, an artist and Blair Reid, a banker.
In 1935, he debuted on the radio program The March of Time]], which led to him working regularly on radio dramas during the Golden Age of radio. Early on he took "Elliott" as his stage name. His credits include among other, many Orson Welles-directed stage and radio productions, such as The Mercury Theatre on the Air and also acted on The Cavalcade of America, Theatre Guild on the Air, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe,and the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. In some early performances he was credited as "Ted Reid."
Reid’s best-known film role was as Ernie Malone, private detective hired to spy on Marilyn Monroe's character, only to become Jane Russell’s love interest, in the 20th Century-Fox classic Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Variety praised his and Tommy Noonan's performances, citing "Reid and Noonan carry off the romantic male spots nicely."
A member of The Actors Studio from its inception, Reid was a regular in NBC television's That Was the Week That Was (1964–65) and made guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote, The Odd Couple, I Love Lucy, Barney Miller, Small Wonder, Perry Mason and The Munsters.
Among his special skills, Elliot Reid was also an accomplished impressionist. He was so famous with his JFK impersonation that, in 1962, he was invited to perform it in front of John F. Kennedy himself. The president was happy with the performance.
Reid played Professor Shelby Ashton in two Walt Disney movies starring Fred MacMurray: The Absent Minded Professor in 1961, and sequel Son of Flubber in 1963. Reid also played Ralph Hastings in Disney's 1966 movie Follow Me, Boys! He co-starred as Felix Unger in a road production of The Odd Couple with Dan Dailey as Oscar Madison during the late 1960s.
He also appeared in the Seinfeld episode "The Letter" from 1992.
His last role was as Henry on the episode: "Please Re-Lease Me" of the television sitcom, Maybe This Time. Reid subsequently retired in 1995.
Elliott Reid died from heart failure on June 21, 2013, at the age of 93. He had resided in an assisted living facility in Studio City where, according to his nephew, he had been living for the past few years. Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea in the Pacific Ocean.

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