A Shakpearean and Broadway star. Nomated for numero Emmys. But Ameri never knew "The Brady Bunch" Dad was gay until AIDS took him.
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- ROBERT {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}AMERIN ACTOR ROBERT REED PLAYED QUTSENTIAL FAY MAN MIKE BRADY THE POPULAR S 'THE BRADY BUNCH' OM 1969 TO {MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAY 26, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG PHOTO ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1932-1992){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS ROBERT REED?AMERIN ACTOR ROBERT REED STUDIED ACTG AT NORTHWTERN UNIVERSY AND THE ROYAL AMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS LONDON. HE LAND A ROLE THE DRAMATIC TV SERI THE DEFENRS 1961. REED MA HIS BROADWAY BUT THREE YEARS LATER BAREFOOT THE PARK. IN 1969, HE BEGAN HIS N AS QUTSENTIAL FAY MAN MIKE BRADY THE ENDURG S THE BRADY BUNCH. WHILE STILL WORKG ON THE BRADY BUNCH, REED NCURRENTLY ACTED THE L.A-BASED TECTIVE SERI MANNIX. AFTER THE BRADY BUNCH WENT OFF THE AIR, REED TACKLED CRILLY ACCLAIMED ROL THE MISERI RICH MAN, POOR MAN (1976) AND ROOTS (1977). HE REPRISED HIS ROLE OF MIKE BRADY SEVERAL TIM OVER THE YEARS, CLUDG THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR THE LATE 1970S AND THE BRADYS 1990.EARLY LIFE AND CAREERBORN JOHN ROBERT RIETZ JR. ON OCTOBER 19, 1932, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLOIS, ACTOR ROBERT REED IS BT REMEMBERED AS ONE OF TELEVISN'S MOST ENARG DADS. HE ORIGALLY ASPIRED TO BE A SER ACTOR BEFORE FDG FAME ON THE FAY S THE BRADY BUNCH. REED STUDIED HIS CRAFT AT NORTHWTERN UNIVERSY. MOVG TO LONDON, ENGLAND, HE ATTEND THE ROYAL AMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS FOR TWO YEARS, TURN VELOPG A PASSN FOR SHAKPEARE. RETURNG TO THE UNED STAT, REED JOED AN OFF-BROADWAY THEATRIL GROUP LLED THE SHAKPEAREWRIGHTS, APPEARG SUCH PLAYS AS ROMEO AND JULIET AND A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM WH THE TROUPE. HE MA HIS BROADWAY BUT 1964, TAKG OVER THE LEADG ROLE OM ROBERT REDFORD THE NEIL SIMON EDY BAREFOOT THE PARK. IN ADDN TO HIS STAGE WORK, REED FOUND SUCCS TV ACTG, MAKG HIS SMALL-SCREEN BUT WH A PART AS A YOUNG ATTORNEY ON THE URTROOM DRAMA THE DEFENRS 1961. REED STAYED WH THE SHOW UNTIL S END 1965. AROUND THE SAME TIME, HE HAD A RECURRG ROLE ON DR. KILDARE. THE ACTOR ALSO MA GUT APPEARANC ON SUCH SHOWS AS IRONSIS.'THE BRADY BUNCH'IN 1969, REED WAS ST AS QUTSENTIAL FAY MAN MIKE BRADY ON THE ENDURG S THE BRADY BUNCH. WH A SYPY — ALBE CHARMG — VIEW OF SUBURBAN FAY LIFE, THE BRADY BUNCH (1969-74) BEME A CULTURAL IN OF THE 1970S. OVER S FIVE-YEAR N, THE POPULARY OF THE SERI SWELLED TO A PHENOMENAL LEVEL, BEG CREASGLY WELL-KNOWN THROUGH RE-NS SYNDITN. BEHD THE SCEN, THOUGH, REED WAS UNHAPPY WH THE SHOW. HE BATTLED WH S CREATOR, SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ, OVER S NTENT. IN A 1983 TERVIEW WH THE ASSOCIATED PRS, REED SAID THAT HE AND SCHWARTZ "FOUGHT OVER THE SCRIPTS," AND THAT HE THOUGHT SCHWARTZ FILLED THE SHOW WH "JT GAG L. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT THE BRADY BUNCH WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I HADN'T PROTTED." DPE HIS TRATN WH THE S, REED VELOPED CLOSE NNECTNS WH HIS FELLOW ST MEMBERS: HE TABLISHED A LIFELONG IENDSHIP WH HIS TV WIFE, FLORENCE HENRSON, AND SERVED AS A SURROGATE FATHER FIGURE TO HIS TV CHILDREN, BARRY WILLIAMS, MREEN MCCORMICK, CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, EVE PLUMB, MIKE LOOKLAND AND SAN OLSEN. WHILE STILL WORKG ON THE BRADY BUNCH, REED APPEARED ON THE L.A.-BASED TECTIVE SERI MANNIX OM 1969 TO 1975. IN HIS ROLE AS THE DOUR LITENANT ADAM TOBIAS, REED WAS PART OF THE ST FOR THE SHOW'S ENTIRE SIX-YEAR N. THE ACTOR NTUED TO FD SUCCS WH TV PROJECTS, MOST NOTABLY THE MISERI RICH MAN, POOR MAN (1976), ROOTS (1977) AND SCPL (1980). REED RECEIVED THREE EMMY AWARD NOMATNS DURG HIS REER, FOR HIS WORK ON ROOTS; RICH MAN, POOR MAN; AND MEDIL CENTER. RETURNG TO THE ROLE THAT MA HIM FAMO, REED PLAYED MIKE BRADY ON THE SHORT-LIVED THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR THE LATE 1970S. HE WOULD REPRISE THE ROLE SEVERAL MORE TV MOVI AND SERI OVER THE YEARS.FAL YEARSREED WORKED ON A NUMBER OF TV SERI THE 1980S, CLUDG NURSE AND HUNTER. HE REPRISED HIS ROLE AS MIKE BRADY FOR THE 1990 TV SERI THE BRADYS, BUT THE SHOW FAILED TO FD AN DIENCE. WHILE HIS ACTG ROL TAPERED OFF AROUND THIS TIME, REED FOUND A NEW PASSN AS A DRAMA TEACHER. HE BEGAN TEACHG SHAKPEARE TO STUNTS AT THE UNIVERSY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGEL TOWARD THE END OF HIS LIFE.DEATH REED DIED ON MAY 12, 1992, AT THE AGE OF 59, PASANA, CALIFORNIA. INIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO LON NCER, HIS ATH WAS LATER REVEALED TO HAVE BEEN HASTENED BY AIDS. REED WAS SURVIVED BY HIS DGHTER, KAREN BALDW, OM A SHORT-LIVED MARRIAGE THE 1950S. AS A GAY MAN, REED HAD STGGLED TO HI HIS SEXUALY DURG HIS HOLLYWOOD YEARS. "HE WAS AN UNHAPPY PERSON," FLORENCE HENRSON SAID. "I THK HAD BOB NOT BEEN FORCED TO LIVE THIS DOUBLE LIFE, I THK WOULD HAVE DISSIPATED A LOT OF THAT ANGER AND TRATN."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
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ROBERT {LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:600;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:0.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.25REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.2;}} A{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN-THICKNS:0.0625REM;TEXT-RATN-LOR:HER;TEXT-UNRLE-OFFSET:0.25REM;LOR:HER;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;TRANSN:ALL 0.3S EASE--OUT;} A:HOVER{LOR:#A00000;TEXT-RATN-LOR:BORR-LK-BODY-HOVER;}AMERIN ACTOR ROBERT REED PLAYED QUTSENTIAL FAY MAN MIKE BRADY THE POPULAR S 'THE BRADY BUNCH' OM 1969 TO {MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;} SPAN{LE-HEIGHT:1.6;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;}{FONT-STYLE:NORMAL;PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;FONT-FAY:RALAS,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;LOR:#323232;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.3;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;TEXT-TRANSFORM:PALIZE;}{DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;MARG-LEFT:0.625REM;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}UPDATED: MAY 26, {DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;}{MARG-BOTTOM:0.9375REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 64REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(100VW - (1REM * 2));MARG-LEFT:1REM;MARG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(-1 * 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - (LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 2 * 1REM)) / -2);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 90REM){{MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / 2);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM) - 1REM - 20.625REM) / -2) - 1REM);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 2);MAX-WIDTH:LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM);PADDG-LEFT:1REM;PADDG-RIGHT:1REM;} .E152U5OS0{WIDTH:100VW;MARG-LEFT:LC(LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 + 1REM)) / -2) - LC(2 * 1REM));}[DATA-HAS-SPONSOR] {MARG-LEFT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);MARG-RIGHT:LC((100VW - LC(20.625REM * 2 - 1REM)) / 4);}}{JTIFY-SELF:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG-LEFT:-50VW;MARG-RIGHT:-50VW;WIDTH:100VW;LEFT:50%;RIGHT:50%;}}{HEIGHT:TO;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO LC(50% - 50VW);}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{MARG:TO;}}{POSN:RELATIVE;HEIGHT:TO;}{POSN:RELATIVE;--POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:TO;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:TO;} A{POSN:ABSOLUTE;}{POSN:RELATIVE;WIDTH:100%;HEIGHT:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;VERTIL-ALIGN:TOP;}{BACKGROUND:#C92228;BOTTOM:0;PADDG:.5REM;RIGHT:0;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG:0.39REM;}}{DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:1REM;WIDTH:1REM;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{WIDTH:1.063REM;HEIGHT:1.063REM;}}{LE-HEIGHT:1;MARG-TOP:0.3125REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 73.75REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0.9375REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0;}}{PADDG-RIGHT:0.3125REM;LOR:#595959;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-SIZE:0.75REM;LE-HEIGHT:1;FONT-WEIGHT:800;}PHOTO: WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY IMAG PHOTO ARCHIV/WALT DISNEY TELEVISN VIA GETTY {FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;POSN:RELATIVE;}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{PADDG-LEFT:3.5REM;PADDG-RIGHT:3.5REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{MAX-WIDTH:45.25REM;MARG-LEFT:TO;MARG-RIGHT:TO;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 61.25REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 73.75REM) AND (MAX-WIDTH: 100REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 90REM){{PADDG-LEFT:0REM;PADDG-RIGHT:0REM;}} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;}{CLEAR:BOTH;NTENT:" ";DISPLAY:BLOCK;FONT-SIZE:0.7REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.5REM;HEIGHT:0REM;VISIBILY:HIDN;}{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-SIZE:1.1875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.6;} STRONG{FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM{FONT-STYLE:ALIC;FONT-FAY:CHARTER,GEIA,TIM,SERIF;}(1932-1992){LOR:#323232;FONT-FAY:GILROY,HELVETI,ARIAL,SANS-SERIF;FONT-WEIGHT:800;LETTER-SPACG:0.02EM;MARG-BOTTOM:0.625REM;MARG-TOP:0.625REM;}@MEDIA(MAX-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:1.875REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 48REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}}@MEDIA(M-WIDTH: 64REM){{FONT-SIZE:2REM;LE-HEIGHT:1.1;}} B, STRONG{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-WEIGHT:BOLD;} EM, I{FONT-FAY:HER;FONT-STYLE:ALIC;}WHO WAS ROBERT REED?AMERIN ACTOR ROBERT REED STUDIED ACTG AT NORTHWTERN UNIVERSY AND THE ROYAL AMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS LONDON. HE LAND A ROLE THE DRAMATIC TV SERI THE DEFENRS 1961. REED MA HIS BROADWAY BUT THREE YEARS LATER BAREFOOT THE PARK. IN 1969, HE BEGAN HIS N AS QUTSENTIAL FAY MAN MIKE BRADY THE ENDURG S THE BRADY BUNCH. WHILE STILL WORKG ON THE BRADY BUNCH, REED NCURRENTLY ACTED THE L.A-BASED TECTIVE SERI MANNIX. AFTER THE BRADY BUNCH WENT OFF THE AIR, REED TACKLED CRILLY ACCLAIMED ROL THE MISERI RICH MAN, POOR MAN (1976) AND ROOTS (1977). HE REPRISED HIS ROLE OF MIKE BRADY SEVERAL TIM OVER THE YEARS, CLUDG THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR THE LATE 1970S AND THE BRADYS 1990.EARLY LIFE AND CAREERBORN JOHN ROBERT RIETZ JR. ON OCTOBER 19, 1932, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLOIS, ACTOR ROBERT REED IS BT REMEMBERED AS ONE OF TELEVISN'S MOST ENARG DADS. HE ORIGALLY ASPIRED TO BE A SER ACTOR BEFORE FDG FAME ON THE FAY S THE BRADY BUNCH. REED STUDIED HIS CRAFT AT NORTHWTERN UNIVERSY. MOVG TO LONDON, ENGLAND, HE ATTEND THE ROYAL AMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS FOR TWO YEARS, TURN VELOPG A PASSN FOR SHAKPEARE. RETURNG TO THE UNED STAT, REED JOED AN OFF-BROADWAY THEATRIL GROUP LLED THE SHAKPEAREWRIGHTS, APPEARG SUCH PLAYS AS ROMEO AND JULIET AND A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM WH THE TROUPE. HE MA HIS BROADWAY BUT 1964, TAKG OVER THE LEADG ROLE OM ROBERT REDFORD THE NEIL SIMON EDY BAREFOOT THE PARK. IN ADDN TO HIS STAGE WORK, REED FOUND SUCCS TV ACTG, MAKG HIS SMALL-SCREEN BUT WH A PART AS A YOUNG ATTORNEY ON THE URTROOM DRAMA THE DEFENRS 1961. REED STAYED WH THE SHOW UNTIL S END 1965. AROUND THE SAME TIME, HE HAD A RECURRG ROLE ON DR. KILDARE. THE ACTOR ALSO MA GUT APPEARANC ON SUCH SHOWS AS IRONSIS.'THE BRADY BUNCH'IN 1969, REED WAS ST AS QUTSENTIAL FAY MAN MIKE BRADY ON THE ENDURG S THE BRADY BUNCH. WH A SYPY — ALBE CHARMG — VIEW OF SUBURBAN FAY LIFE, THE BRADY BUNCH (1969-74) BEME A CULTURAL IN OF THE 1970S. OVER S FIVE-YEAR N, THE POPULARY OF THE SERI SWELLED TO A PHENOMENAL LEVEL, BEG CREASGLY WELL-KNOWN THROUGH RE-NS SYNDITN. BEHD THE SCEN, THOUGH, REED WAS UNHAPPY WH THE SHOW. HE BATTLED WH S CREATOR, SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ, OVER S NTENT. IN A 1983 TERVIEW WH THE ASSOCIATED PRS, REED SAID THAT HE AND SCHWARTZ "FOUGHT OVER THE SCRIPTS," AND THAT HE THOUGHT SCHWARTZ FILLED THE SHOW WH "JT GAG L. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT THE BRADY BUNCH WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I HADN'T PROTTED." DPE HIS TRATN WH THE S, REED VELOPED CLOSE NNECTNS WH HIS FELLOW ST MEMBERS: HE TABLISHED A LIFELONG IENDSHIP WH HIS TV WIFE, FLORENCE HENRSON, AND SERVED AS A SURROGATE FATHER FIGURE TO HIS TV CHILDREN, BARRY WILLIAMS, MREEN MCCORMICK, CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, EVE PLUMB, MIKE LOOKLAND AND SAN OLSEN. WHILE STILL WORKG ON THE BRADY BUNCH, REED APPEARED ON THE L.A.-BASED TECTIVE SERI MANNIX OM 1969 TO 1975. IN HIS ROLE AS THE DOUR LITENANT ADAM TOBIAS, REED WAS PART OF THE ST FOR THE SHOW'S ENTIRE SIX-YEAR N. THE ACTOR NTUED TO FD SUCCS WH TV PROJECTS, MOST NOTABLY THE MISERI RICH MAN, POOR MAN (1976), ROOTS (1977) AND SCPL (1980). REED RECEIVED THREE EMMY AWARD NOMATNS DURG HIS REER, FOR HIS WORK ON ROOTS; RICH MAN, POOR MAN; AND MEDIL CENTER. RETURNG TO THE ROLE THAT MA HIM FAMO, REED PLAYED MIKE BRADY ON THE SHORT-LIVED THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR THE LATE 1970S. HE WOULD REPRISE THE ROLE SEVERAL MORE TV MOVI AND SERI OVER THE YEARS.FAL YEARSREED WORKED ON A NUMBER OF TV SERI THE 1980S, CLUDG NURSE AND HUNTER. HE REPRISED HIS ROLE AS MIKE BRADY FOR THE 1990 TV SERI THE BRADYS, BUT THE SHOW FAILED TO FD AN DIENCE. WHILE HIS ACTG ROL TAPERED OFF AROUND THIS TIME, REED FOUND A NEW PASSN AS A DRAMA TEACHER. HE BEGAN TEACHG SHAKPEARE TO STUNTS AT THE UNIVERSY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGEL TOWARD THE END OF HIS LIFE.DEATH REED DIED ON MAY 12, 1992, AT THE AGE OF 59, PASANA, CALIFORNIA. INIALLY ATTRIBUTED TO LON NCER, HIS ATH WAS LATER REVEALED TO HAVE BEEN HASTENED BY AIDS. REED WAS SURVIVED BY HIS DGHTER, KAREN BALDW, OM A SHORT-LIVED MARRIAGE THE 1950S. AS A GAY MAN, REED HAD STGGLED TO HI HIS SEXUALY DURG HIS HOLLYWOOD YEARS. "HE WAS AN UNHAPPY PERSON," FLORENCE HENRSON SAID. "I THK HAD BOB NOT BEEN FORCED TO LIVE THIS DOUBLE LIFE, I THK WOULD HAVE DISSIPATED A LOT OF THAT ANGER AND TRATN."{BORR:0;BORR-BOTTOM:TH SOLID BLACK;MARG:1.875REM 0;CLEAR:BOTH;}QUICK FACTS
As a gay man, Reed had stggled to hi his sexualy durg his Hollywood years. Beg a gay actor. Y – Robert Reed was gay and was pretty much forced to hi his secret bee of the tim he lived .
In an age of same sex marriage, ’s easy today to fet jt how hard was to be a gay actor durg Robert Reed’s time. The early 1990’s may seem like eons ago terms of gay rights but Reed was as pro-LGBT rights that the tim would allow. It was later revealed that he had long lived a closeted gay life and was HIV-posive.
ROBERT REED: GAY ACTOR + 25 FACTS YOU PROBABLY NEVER KNEW
In a 2000 ABC News terview, Henrson talked about Reed’s homosexualy, which she learned about while filmg the “Brady” pilot, and explaed some of the reasons behd his bad behavr on set. He lived his entire life the closet, although those clost to him knew he was gay.
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He stggled wh his sexualy and waed until his athbed to openly adm to beg gay.
Homosexualy wasn’t a subject that was often addrsed on televisn durg that time. ”“I don’t thk The Brady Bunch uld have existed at that time wh the public knowg that Robert Reed was gay, ” adds Henrson.
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She shared the book that Reed, who admted on his ath bed that he was gay, never talked about his sexualy. ”When asked if she knew anythg about his life as a gay man, McCormick said she didn’t have any rmatn. The show’s fay patriarch Mike Brady (Robert Reed) was a gay man, but most people didn’t realize until after his ath.
Florence Henrson knew her -star Robert Reed was gay. I don’t thk The Brady Bunch uld have existed at that time wh the public knowg that Robert Reed was gay. “‘Don’t say anythg or make a big al about this, but Bob’s gay.
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When you thk back to Mike Brady and his ltle stepdghter Cdy Brady the last thg that to md is the fight for gay marriage equaly.
But today actrs San Olsen, who played the rgleted ltle blon, says that “beg gay killed” her TV dad Robert Reed bee keepg his secret forced him to live an unhappy, unfulfilled life. Celebs speak out on gay marriage >>.