Tim Reid
Highest Rated: 100% Live at Mister Kelly's (2021)
Lowest Rated: 33% Dead Bang (1989)
Birthday: Dec 19, 1944
Birthplace: Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Though at times a groundbreaking, if unsung, stand-up comedian and a one-man production company, Tim Reid was forever married in the minds of television viewers as the smooth DJ, Venus Flytrap, on "WKRP in Cincinnati" (CBS, 1978-1982). He came to the role after plying his comedy and acting in nightclubs across the country and in bit parts on various TV variety shows. "WKRP" gave him the break he needed, and Reid ran with it. Dedicated to producing quality programs for and about African-Americans, he went on to star and produce the acclaimed comedy series "Frank's Place" (CBS, 1987-88) and "Linc's" (Showtime, 1998), as well as direct several independent features, most notably the gripping historical drama "Once Upon a Time When We Were Colored" (1995). Reid's dedication to mature, intelligent fare, as well as his easygoing comic talents, made him both a favorite and a figure of distinction in the entertainment industry.
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Tim Reid
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stranger Next Door | Ernest Sellers (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A New Orleans Noel | Marcel Lirette (Character) | - | 2022 |
100% |
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Live at Mister Kelly's | Self | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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A Welcome Home Christmas | General O'Toole (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Radio Christmas | Garrett (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baking Christmas | Phillip (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Check Inn to Christmas | Blake (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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My Christmas Inn | Perry Taylor (Character) | - | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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The Rooftop Christmas Tree | Dale Landis (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Tri | Miles (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chasing Waterfalls | Quincy (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Troop 491: The Adventures of the Muddy Lions |
Pastor Brown (Character), Producer |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Cost of Heaven | Richard Ginyard (Character) | - | 2010 |
33% |
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Trade | Hank Jefferson (Character) | $214.2K | 2007 |
36% |
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Preaching to the Choir | Prophet (Character) | $397.9K | 2005 |
No Score Yet |
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You Wish! | Larry Pendragon (Character) | - | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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For Real |
Mac (Character), Director, Writer |
- | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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Alley Cats Strike! | Mayor McLemore (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Blue Moon | Executive Producer | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Asunder |
Director, Producer |
- | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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About Sarah | Executive Producer | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Spirit Lost | Producer | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again | Downtown Brown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of Sync | Producer | - | 1995 |
71% |
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Once Upon A Time... When We Were Colored |
Director, Producer |
$65.1K | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Race to Freedom: The Story of The Underground Railroad | Frederick Douglass (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Say a Little Prayer | Thug (Character) | - | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Must Remember This | Joe (Character) | - | 1992 |
68% |
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It | Mike Hanlon (Character) | - | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer | Jack Barnett (Character) | - | 1990 |
64% |
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The Fourth War | Lt. Col. Clark (Character) | $1.2M | 1990 |
33% |
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Dead Bang | Chief Dixon (Character) | $7.4M | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ozma of Oz | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Emerald City of Oz | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Director | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock: The Court Martial | Danny Miller (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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The Marvelous Land of Oz | Director | - | 1987 |
TV
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54% | 94% | Dolly Parton's Heartstrings | Unknown (Character) | 2019 |
80% | 92% | Love Is... | Sean (2027) (Character) | 2018 |
63% | 89% | Me, Myself & I | Older Darryl (Guest Star) | 2017-2018 |
97% | 87% | Treme | Judge John A. Gatling (Guest Star) | 2010 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Soul Man | Henry (Guest Star) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Roommates | Mr. Stanley Daniels (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | 81% | That '70s Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 2006 |
70% | No Score Yet | Linc's |
Executive Producer, Writer |
1998-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sister, Sister |
Ray Campbell (Character), Host |
1994-1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Touched by an Angel | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stephen King's It | Mike Hanlon (Character) | 1990 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon |
Det. Marcel "Downtown" Brown (Character), Writer |
1983-1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frank's Place | Frank Parrish (Character) | 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS Summer Playhouse | Host | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Matlock | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | WKRP in Cincinnati | Gordon Sims (Character) | 1978-1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maude | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's Happening!! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rhoda | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That's My Mama! | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |