Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American stage and television actor.
Reed was born John Robert Rietz, in Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Helen (née Teaverbaugh) and John R. Rietz. Reed spent much of his childhood in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and later studied Shakespeare in college. He was educated at Northwestern University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and later transferred to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in ...
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Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American stage and television actor.
Reed was born John Robert Rietz, in Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Helen (née Teaverbaugh) and John R. Rietz. Reed spent much of his childhood in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and later studied Shakespeare in college. He was educated at Northwestern University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi, and later transferred to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, in London.
He first gained fame in the early 1960s for starring along with E. G. Marshall in the television drama series The Defenders from 1961 to 1965.
He gained his greatest fame as the father, Mike Brady, on the sitcom The Brady Bunch, on which he appeared from 1969 to 1974. From the beginning of The Brady Bunch he was unhappy with the part, feeling that acting in the often silly sitcom was beneath his serious Shakespearean training. Despite his discontent with the show, by most accounts he genuinely liked his co-stars, and became beloved as...
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