William Wallace Reid Jr. (June 18, 1917 – February 28, 1990) was an American actor.

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.

[4] Reid's entry into the film industry came when he worked for independent producer Willis Kent.

He died at age 72 when his home-built Rutan Long-EZ airplane crashed into Santa Monica Bay, near his home, during heavy fog.

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