A Mercury Theater player turned comic actor,
Elliott Reid may be best known as the thorn in Fred MacMurray's side in THE
ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR (1961) and SON OF FLUBBER (1963). Reid starred in
director William Cameron Menzies' Cold War sci-fi thriller THE WHIP HAND
(1951), GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953), INHERIT THE WIND (1960), THE THRILL OF IT ALL (1963), THE WHEELER
DEALERS (1963), MOVE OVER, DARLING (1963), WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED?
(1963), BLACKBEARD'S GHOST (1968) and SOME KIND OF A NUT (1969). Reid also
made countless TV appearances, notably DESIGN FOR LOVING, a classic 1958 episode
of ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS based on a story by Ray Bradbury. Reid last
appeared onscreen in a 1992 episode of SEINFELD and in a 1995 episode of MAYBE
THIS TIME with Bette White.- Harvey Chartrand
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