Tim Reid

Tim Reid

b. 1944 (age 82) Norfolk, Virginia, United States
Actor Writer

Timothy L. "Tim" Reid (born December 19, 1944) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-82), Marcel "Downtown" Brown on Simon & Simon (1983-87), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister (1994-99) and William Barnett on That 70's Show (2004-2006).

Known For

Filmography

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A Christmas Prayer
2025 Actor
Bruce
Stream
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★ 5.7
Stream
2024 Actor
Dave Burnham
Call Me Now: The Rise and Fall of Miss Cleo
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★ 7.0
Call Me Now: The Rise and Fall of Miss Cleo
2024 Director
A New Orleans Noel
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★ 5.9
A New Orleans Noel
2022 Actor
Marcel
Stranger Next Door
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★ 5.2
Stranger Next Door
2022 Actor
Ernest Sellers
A Welcome Home Christmas
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★ 6.7
A Welcome Home Christmas
2020 Actor
General O'Toole
Check Inn to Christmas
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★ 6.8
Check Inn to Christmas
2019 Actor
Blake
Radio Christmas
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★ 6.1
Radio Christmas
2019 Actor
Garrett
Baking Christmas
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★ 6.1
Baking Christmas
2019 Actor
Phillip
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Slave Cry
2019 Actor
Marvin
My Christmas Inn
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★ 5.6
My Christmas Inn
2018 Actor
Perry Taylor
Pennywise: The Story of It
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★ 7.4
Pennywise: The Story of It
2018 Self
The Rooftop Christmas Tree
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★ 6.3
The Rooftop Christmas Tree
2016 Actor
Dale Landis
Chasing Waterfalls
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★ 6.7
Chasing Waterfalls
2016 Actor
Quincy
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Crushed
2016 Actor
Russell Black
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The Life and Times of Elizabeth Keckly
2014 Director
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★ 8.1
For Colored Boys, Redemption
2013 Actor
William Boyd
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Habeas Corpus
2013 Actor
Ray Senior
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Blues in the Night
2013 Director Writer
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Moton Museum Strike
2010 Director
Trade
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★ 7.3
Trade
2007 Actor
Hank Jefferson
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State of the Black Union: Jamestown - The First 400 Years
2007 Self
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Valaida Snow: Queen of the Trumpet
2004 Self Director Writer
You Wish!
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★ 6.0
You Wish!
2003 Actor
Larry Pendragon
For Real
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★ 6.0
For Real
2003 Actor Director Writer
Mac
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Behind the Scenes of You Wish!
2003 Self
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★ 4.2
The Mark Twain Prize: Whoopi Goldberg
2001 Self
Alley Cats Strike
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★ 6.0
Alley Cats Strike
2000 Actor
Mayor McLemore
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The 8th Annual Movieguide Awards
2000 Self
Asunder
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★ 5.2
Asunder
1999 Director
Linc's
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★ 7.0
Linc's
1998 Writer Director
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★ 6.6
Save Our Streets
1997 Actor
Narrator
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
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★ 7.4
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
1995 Director
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
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★ 6.9
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
1995 Actor
Downtown Brown
Sister, Sister
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★ 6.3
Sister, Sister
1994 Actor
Ray Campbell
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Will You Marry Me?
1994 Self
Mastergate
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★ 7.4
Mastergate
1992 Actor
Chip Chatworth
Just Deserts
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★ 5.5
Just Deserts
1992 Actor
Scott Waring
IT
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★ 6.8
IT
1990 Actor
Mike Hanlon
The Fourth War
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★ 5.5
The Fourth War
1990 Actor
Lt. Col. Clark
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
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★ 7.0
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
1990 Actor
Jack Barnett
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The American Red Cross Emergency Test
1990 Self
Snoops
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★ 6.8
Snoops
1989 Actor Writer
Chance Dennis
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Memories Then and Now
1988 Self
Frank's Place
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★ 8.5
Frank's Place
1987 Actor Writer
Frank Parrish
CBS Summer Playhouse
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★ 6.6
CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 Self
Comic Cabby
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★ 7.3
Comic Cabby
1987 Actor
John
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1987 CBS Cotton Bowl Festival Parade
1987 Self
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CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
1987 Self
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CBS All-American Thanksgiving Day Parade
1984 Self
Just Men!
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★ 6.2
Just Men!
1983 Self
Teachers Only
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★ 5.7
Teachers Only
1982 Actor
Michael Horne
Simon & Simon
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★ 7.1
Simon & Simon
1981 Actor Writer
Lt. Marcel 'Downtown' Brown
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★ 7.6
Games People Play
1980 Self
WKRP in Cincinnati
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★ 8.0
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978 Actor Writer
Venus Flytrap
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★ 6.9
The Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis, Jr. Show
1977 Self
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Bumpers
1977 Actor
Jay
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Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon
1976 Self
The Red Ball Express
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The Red Ball Express
1952 Actor Director Writer
Host
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Tim and Tom
Self Writer
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The Cashier
Actor
John