Birth Day: 1891-04-14
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Wallace Reid was an American actor in silent film referred to as "the screen's most perfect lover". Wallace Reid appeared in several films with his father, and as his career in film flourished, he was soon acting and directing with and for early film mogul Allan Dwan. In 1913, while at Universal Pictures, Reid met and married actress Dorothy Davenport. He was featured as Jeff, the blacksmith, in The Birth of a Nation (1915) and had an uncredited role in Intolerance (1916), both directed by D. W. Griffith; he worked with leading ladies such as Florence Turner, Gloria Swanson, Lillian Gish, Elsie Ferguson, and Geraldine Farrar en route to becoming one of Hollywood's major heartthrobs. Already involved with the creation of more than 100 motion picture shorts, Reid was signed by producer Jesse L. Lasky and starred in over 60 films for Lasky's Famous Players film company, which later became Paramount Pictures. Frequently paired with actress Ann Little, his action-hero role as the dashing race-car driver drew young girls and older women alike to theaters to see his daredevil auto thrillers such as The Roaring Road (1919), Double Speed (1920), Excuse My Dust (1920), and Too Much Speed (1921). While en route to a location in Oregon during filming of The Valley of the Giants (1919), Reid was injured in a train wreck near Arcata, California and needed six stitches to close a 3-inch (8 cm) scalp wound. To keep on filming, he was prescribed morphine for relief of his pain and Reid soon became addicted, but kept on working at a frantic pace in films that were growing more physically demanding, and changing from 15–20 minutes in duration to as much as an hour. Reid's morphine addiction worsened at a time when drug rehabilitation programs were non-existent. He died in a sanatorium while attempting to recover.
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As Self (archive footage)
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As Self (archive footage)
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As (archive footage)
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As John Floyd
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As William Burroughs
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As Walter Jarvis, a Ghost Breaker
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As Brooke Travers
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As Self
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As Jimmy Dent
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As Buell Arnister Jr
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As Captain Billy Wade
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As Self
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As Clarence Smith
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As Peter Ibbetson
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As Anatol Spencer
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As Cullen Dale
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As Austin Bevans
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As 'Dusty' Rhoades
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As Teddy Darman
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As Jim Glover
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As 'Speed' Carr
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As Reginald Jay
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As Perry Dayton / 'Slim' Attucks
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As Dusty Rhoades
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As Sylvester Tibble
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As 'Toodles' Walden
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As Bryce Cardigan
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As John Craig (The 'Dub')
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As Larry Young
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As Jack Wright
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As Billy Deering
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As Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
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As Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
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As David Strong
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As Rimrock Jones
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As Van Twiller Yard
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As The Husband
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As George MacFarland
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As Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
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As Devereux Bayne
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As Harry Webb
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As Marcel Levington
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As Walsingham Van Doren
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As Rodney Sheridan
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As Lord Effington, aka Hal
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As Lieutenant Kemper
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As Huntington Babbs
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As John King
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As James Roger Ralston
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As Bob Fulton
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As Jack Fife
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As Henry de Spain
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As Alvarado
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As Guy Sterling
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As Tom Morley
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As Dan Derring
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As Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
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As Captain Ralph Percy
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As Eric Trent 1431 / Eric Trent 1917
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As Tom Wells
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As Andreas
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As James Weldon
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As Wallace - the Fire Inspector
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As Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
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As Bud Walton
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As Walter Fenn
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As Ford
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As Jean Gaudet / Will
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As Jeff, the Blacksmith
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As Don Jose
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As Roger Manning
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As Prince Karl Heinrich
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As Danny Mallory
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As Jim Manning
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As The Prospector
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As Neal
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As Ray - the Prospector
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As Wally - the Ranch Owner
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As Jacques - the Woodsman
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As The Outlaw
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As Dane Northrop
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As Wallace Rosslyn
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As Sullivan
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As Wallace
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As Jose - King of the Gypsies
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As Jack - the Young Husband
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As The Poor Man
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As Jack Falkner
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As Jim - the Mountaineer
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As Pierre
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As Wallace
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As The Artist
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As Joe Mayfield
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As A Miner
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As 'Devotion'
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As Detective Flynn
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As Bob
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As Wally Bristow
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As Frank Bell
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As Father
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As Lieutenant Hawkhurst
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As The Reporter
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As The Lieutenant
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As The Woodsman
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As Wally
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As Curtiss
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As Elmer Kent
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As Wallace Burton - the Son
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As Bob Turner
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As Dave - the Woodsman
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As The Doctor (unconfirmed)
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As Marcus Down
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As Dick Raleigh
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As Tim - the Pony Express Rider
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As Samuel Roebuck
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As Lawson Keene
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As The Doctor (uncredited)
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As John Ward - the Man from the Sea
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As The Country Boy
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As Wallace
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As Lt. Wallace
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As Wallace
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As Dorian Gray
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As Reid
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As The Animal
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As Gentleman Crook
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As Jim
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As Cal Jim
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As Bill Reeves - the Cowboy
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As Ralph - the New Sheriff
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As Will Wayne
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As Ralph Walters
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As Ben
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As Robert Gregory
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As Ben Hart
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As Jim Conway
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As Bill Walters
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As Frank Hammond
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As Paul Hapgood
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As Jack Sanders
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As Sheriff John Allen
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As Reid
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As Chingachgook
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As Dr. Reid
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As Harry Reeder
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As David - the Journalist
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As The Boy
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As Joe
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As Captain Bruce Douglas
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As Gentleman Crook
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As Wally
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As Wallace - McQuarrie's Son
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As Wally
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As Reid - Rosson's Brother
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As The Inspector
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As Wally - the Doctor
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As Bill, the Selfish One
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As Edward Daton
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As Policeman
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As Fowle - a Mission Worker
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As Gentleman Crook
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As Captain Bruce Douglas
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As Sentry
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As Reid - a Contractor
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As Jack Watson
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As Lt. Cholmodeley
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As Giuseppe's Father
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As One of the Beecham Brothers
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As Oniatore / Romeo
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As Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
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As Billy Hallock
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As George - the Denouement
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As Clerk
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As Robert Chapman - the Son
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As The Country Boy
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As Dick Wilson - Union Soldier
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As Opera Attendee (uncredited)
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As Bob Madden
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As Extra
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As Bill Binks
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As Captain Stark, U.S.A.
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As Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave
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As Basil Underwood
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As Dan, a Young Pioneer
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As John Dayton
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As Tom
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As The Secret Service Man
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As Billy Burns
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As Joe Mayfield
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As Wathuma - the Leopard
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As Arthur Ingraham
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As Icilius
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As The Artist
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As Wally, a Cowboy
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As Midas
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As The Mother's Friend Back East
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As Cohn, Jones' Assistant
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As Young Reporter