| Wallace Reid Jr. | |
| Birth Date: | 18 June 1917 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Death Place: | Santa Monica Bay, California, US |
| Father: | Wallace Reid |
| Mother: | Dorothy Davenport |
| Relatives: | Hal Reid (paternal grandfather), Harry Davenport (maternal grandfather), Alice Davenport (maternal grandmother), Edward Loomis Davenport (maternal great-grandfather), Fanny Vining Davenport (maternal great-grandmother) |
| Years Active: | 1920–1943 |
| Occupation: | Actor, Architect |
William Wallace Reid Jr. (June 18, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American actor.
Reid's father was actor Wallace Reid Sr.. His mother, Dorothy Davenport, and his grandmother, Alice Davenport, were actresses.[1]
By the time he was 15 years old, Reid was interested in automobiles. When he came home from school he regularly changed clothes and began working on a four-cylinder racing car that he and a friend were building by using parts from old cars.[2] In 1936 he served a 15-day jail sentence for reckless driving.[3]
Reid's entry into the film industry came when he worked for independent producer Willis Kent.[4]
He appeared in 10 films, later becoming an architect. He died at age 72 when his home-built Rutan Long-EZ airplane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, near his home, during heavy fog.[5]
