The son of writer-theater producer-director-actor Hal Reid, Wallace was on stage by the age of four in the act with his parents. He spent most of his early years, not on the stage, but in private schools where he excelled in music and athletics. In 1910, his father went to the Chicago studio of "Selig Ployscope Company" and Wallace decided that he...
The 1920 song "At the Moving Picture Ball" contains the lines; "Handsome Wallace Reid/ Stepped out full of speed" (This was probably just an easy rhyme, but quite an ironic prediction of Reid's fate)
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Double Speed
1920
'Speed' Carr
Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
1919
Anthony Hamilton Hawthorne
The Lottery Man
1919
Jack Wright
The Valley of the Giants
1919
Bryce Cardigan
The Love Burglar
1919
David Strong
You're Fired
1919
Billy Deering
The Roaring Road
1919
Walter Thomas 'Toodles' Walden
Alias Mike Moran
1919
Larry Young
The Dub
1919
John Craig (The 'Dub')
Too Many Millions
1918
Walsingham Van Doren
The Man from Funeral Range
1918
Harry Webb
The Source
1918
Van Twiller Yard
Less Than Kin
1918
Hobart Lee / Lewis Vickers
The Firefly of France
1918
Devereux Bayne
Believe Me, Xantippe
1918
George MacFarland
The House of Silence
1918
Marcel Levington
The Things We Love
1918
Rodney Sheridan
Rimrock Jones
1918
Rimrock Jones
The Devil-Stone
1917
Guy Sterling
Nan of Music Mountain
1917
Henry de Spain
The Woman God Forgot
1917
Alvarado
The Hostage
1917
Lieutenant Kemper
The Squaw Man's Son
1917
Lord Effington, aka Hal
Big Timber
1917
Jack Fife
The World Apart
1917
Bob Fulton
The Penalty of Silence
1917
Short
A Warrior's Bride
1917
Short
The Prison Without Walls
1917
Huntington Babbs
The Tell-Tale Arm
1917
Short
Buried Alive
1917
Short
The Man Who Saved the Day
1917
Short
John King
The Golden Fetter
1917
James Roger Ralston
Joan the Woman
1916
Eric Trent 1431
Eric Trent 1917
The Wrong Heart
1916
Short
The Wall of Flame
1916
Short
Wallace - the Fire Inspector
The Yellow Pawn
1916
James Weldon
The House with the Golden Windows
1916
Tom Wells
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
The Selfish Woman
1916
Tom Morley
Maria Rosa
1916
Andreas
The Love Mask
1916
Dan Derring
To Have and to Hold
1916
Captain Ralph Percy
The Golden Chance
1915/I
Roger Manning
Old Heidelberg
1915
Prince Karl Heinrich
Carmen
1915/I
Don José
The Chorus Lady
1915
Danny Mallory
A Yankee from the West
1915
Billy Milford aka Hell-in-the Mud
Station Content
1915
Short
Jim Manning
Enoch Arden
1915
Short
Phillip Ray
The Lost House
1915
Short
Ford
The Birth of a Nation
1915
Jeff - The Blacksmith (as Wallace Reed)
The Craven
1915
Short
Bud Walton
The Three Brothers
1915
Short
Jean Gaudet / Will
Baby's Ride
1914
Short
Father
The Exposure
1914
Short
The Reporter
The Joke on Yellentown
1914
Short
At Dawn
1914
Short
The Lieutenant
Over the Ledge
1914
Short
Bob
Another Chance
1914
Short
Detective Flynn
The Little Country Mouse
1914
Short
Lieutenant Hawkhurst
The Odalisque
1914
Short
Curtiss
The Niggard
1914
Short
Elmer Kent
Sheriff for an Hour
1914
Short
Jim Jones
A Mother's Influence
1914
Short
Wallace Burton - the Son
For Her Father's Sins
1914
Short
Frank Bell
Her Doggy
1914
Short
The Doctor (unconfirmed)
Her Awakening
1914/I
Short
Bob Turner
Down the Hill to Creditville
1914
Short
Marcus Down
The High Grader
1914
Short
Dick Raleigh
Sierra Jim's Reformation
1914
Short
Tim - the Pony Express Rider
The Second Mrs. Roebuck
1914
Short
Samuel Roebuck
Moonshine Molly
1914
Short
Lawson Keene
The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'
1914
The Doctor (uncredited)
Down by the Sounding Sea
1914
Short
John Ward - the Man from the Sea
The City Beautiful
1914
Short
The Country Boy
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Short
Sullivan
The Den of Thieves
1914
Short
Wallace
'Cross the Mexican Line
1914
Short
Lt. Wallace
A Wife on a Wager
1914
Short
Wally Bristow
Love's Western Flight
1914
Short
Wally - the Ranch Owner
Passing of the Beast
1914
Short
Jacques - the Woodsman
The Man Within
1914
Short
The Outlaw
The Siren
1914
Short
Dane Northrop
The Quack
1914/I
Short
Wallace Rosslyn
Women and Roses
1914
Short
Wallace
The Daughter of a Crook
1914
Short
Neal
The Fruit of Evil
1914
Short
The Skeleton
1914
Short
Jack - the Young Husband
The Test
1914/I
Short
The Poor Man
A Gypsy Romance
1914
Short
Jose - King of the Gypsies
Cupid Incognito
1914
Short
Jack Falkner
The Spider and Her Web
1914
Short
The Mountaineer
1914
Short
Jim - the Mountaineer
The Way of a Woman
1914
Short
Pierre
Heart of the Hills
1914
Short
Dave - the Woodsman
The Voice of the Viola
1914
Short
Wallace
Regeneration
1914/I
Short
The Artist
Breed o' the Mountains
1914
Short
Joe Mayfield
A Flash in the Dark
1914
Short
A Miner
The Greater Devotion
1914
Short
'Devotion'
Fires of Conscience
1914
Short
Ray - the Prospector
The Wheel of Life
1914
Short
The Prospector
The Countess Betty's Mine
1914
Short
Wallace
The Intruder
1914/I
Short
The Woodsman
Whoso Diggeth a Pit
1914
Short
Wally
A Hopi Legend
1913
Short
The Lightning Bolt
1913
Short
Reid
A Cracksman Santa Claus
1913
Short
Gentleman Crook
Retribution
1913/I
Short
Reid
Cross Purposes
1913
Short
Wally
The Fires of Fate
1913
Short
Wally - the Doctor
The Cracksman's Reformation
1913
Short
Gentleman Crook
The Heart of a Cracksman
1913
Short
Gentleman Crook
The Wall of Money
1913
Short
Wallace - McQuarrie's Son
The Gratitude of Wanda
1913
Short
Wally
The Mystery of Yellow Aster Mine
1913
Short
Reid - Rosson's Brother
The Spark of Manhood
1913
Short
The Harvest of Flame
1913
Short
The Inspector
The Animal
1913
Short
The Animal
An Even Exchange
1913
Short
Joe
Man's Duty
1913
Short
Bill, the Selfish One
Mental Suicide
1913
Short
Reid - a Contractor
The Picket Guard
1913
Short
Sentry
A Foreign Spy
1913
Short
The Powder Flash of Death
1913
Short
Captain Bruce Douglas
Pride of Lonesome
1913
Short
Edward Daton
Song Bird of the North
1913
Short
Fowle - a Mission Worker
Calamity Anne Takes a Trip
1913
Short
Policeman
The Guerilla Menace
1913
Short
Captain Bruce Douglas
Women and War
1913
Short
The Boy
In Love and War
1913
Short
David - the Journalist
Hearts and Horses
1913
Short
Bill Walters
The Spirit of the Flag
1913
Short
Dr. Reid
Via Cabaret
1913
Short
Harry Reeder
When Luck Changes
1913
Short
Cal Jim
On the Border
1913
Short
Bill Reeves - the Cowboy
A Modern Snare
1913
Short
Ralph - the New Sheriff
Her Innocent Marriage
1913
Short
Will Wayne
The Kiss
1913
Short
Ralph Walters
Youth and Jealousy
1913
Short
Ben
The Deerslayer
1913
Short
Chingachgook
The Brothers
1913/II
Short
Robert Gregory
The Tattooed Arm
1913
Short
Ben Hart
When Jim Returned
1913
Short
Jim
The Ways of Fate
1913
Short
Jim Conway
The Eye of a God
1913
Short
Frank Hammond
Near to Earth
1913
Short
The Picture of Dorian Gray
1913
Short
Dorian Gray
The Rose of Mexico
1913
Short
Paul Hapgood
Pirate Gold
1913
Short
Their Masterpiece
1913
Short
Jack Sanders
Love and the Law
1913/I
Short
Sheriff John Allen
The Sepoy Rebellion
1912
Extra (uncredited)
The Hidden Treasure
1912
Short
Bill Binks
An Indian Outcast
1912
Short
Wally, a Cowboy
The Tribal Law
1912
Short
Tall Pine aka Jose Seville - Apache Brave
The Cowboy Guardians
1912
Short
A Daughter of the Redskins
1912
Short
Captain Stark, U.S.A.
Hunted Down
1912
Short
John Dayton
Early Days in the West
1912
Short
Dan, a Young Pioneer
Every Inch a Man
1912
Short
Robert Chapman - the Son
His Only Son
1912
Short
Bob Madden
The Indian Raiders
1912
Short
Tom
The Secret Service Man
1912
Short
The Secret Service Man
Making Good
1912/I
Short
Billy Burns
At Cripple Creek
1912
Short
Joe Mayfield
A Man's Duty
1912
Short
Dick Wilson - Union Soldier
Before the White Man Came
1912/I
Short
Wathuma - the Leopard
The Gamblers
1912
Short
Arthur Ingraham
Virginius
1912
Short
Icilius
Kaintuck
1912
Short
The Artist
His Mother's Son
1912
Short
Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
1912
Short
Basil Underwood
Diamond Cut Diamond
1912/I
Short
The Office Clerk
Fortunes of a Composer
1912
Short
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
The Hieroglyphic
1912
Short
The Victoria Cross
1912
Short
Lt. Cholmodeley
Brothers
1912
Short
Undetermined Secondary Role
At Scrogginses' Corner
1912
Short
The Illumination
1912
Short
Giuseppe's Father
The Seventh Son
1912
Short
One of the Beecham Brothers
The Telephone Girl
1912
Short
Jack Watson
Playmates
1912
Short
Party Guest at Piano (uncredited)
Indian Romeo and Juliet
1912
Short
Oniatore / Romeo
Jean Intervenes
1912
Short
Billy Hallock
Chumps
1912
Short
George, the Denouement
The Path of True Love
1912
Short
The Country Boy
A Red Cross Martyr; or, On the Firing Lines of Tripoli