Tim Reid

ActorDirectorProducerWriter Dec 19 (age 81) Norfolk, Virginia, USA 1962–2024 (62 year career)

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Biography

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

Film

It

Mike Hanlon

Film

Trade

Hank Jefferson

Film

Sister, Sister

Ray Campbell

Film

WKRP in Cincinnati

Venus Flytrap

Film

Simon & Simon

Marcel "Downtown" Brown

Film

Dead Bang

Chief Dixon

Film

My Christmas Inn

Perry Taylor

Film

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

Himself

Filmography

Acting (57)

Movies (27)

Stream

as Dave

Stranger Next Door

as Ernest Sellers

A New Orleans Noel

as Marcel

Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’

2021

as Himself

7.4

A Welcome Home Christmas

2020

as General O'Toole

6.4

Check Inn to Christmas

as Blake

Radio Christmas

as Garrett

My Christmas Inn

as Perry Taylor

93 Days

as Dr. Adeniyi Jones

TRI

as Miles

The Rooftop Christmas Tree

as Dale Landis

Chasing Waterfalls

as Quincy

Trade

as Hank Jefferson

The Reading Room

as Douglas

You Wish!

as Larry

For Real

Alley Cats Strike

as Mayor McLemore

Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again

1995

as Downtown Brown

Out-of-Sync

as Det. Wilson

Mastergate

as Chip Chatworth

Color Adjustment

as Self

You Must Remember This

as Joe

The Fourth War

as Lt. Col. Clark

Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer

as Jack Barnett

Dead Bang

as Chief Dixon

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever

1983

as Self

8.5

You Can't Take it With You

1979

as Donald

Television (30)

Dolly Parton's Heartstrings

2019

6.9

Greenleaf

2016

as Bishop Lionel Jeffries

The Soul Man

as Henry

Treme

Grey's Anatomy

as Julian

Black in the 80s

That's So Raven

as Sheriff Jefferson

That '70s Show

as William Barnett

E! True Hollywood Story

Touched by an Angel

as Buddy Baker

Sister, Sister

as Ray Campbell

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self

5.4

Highlander: The Series

1992

as Sgt. Bennett

7.4

The New WKRP in Cincinnati

as Mike Hanlon

Snoops

as Chance Dennis

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Self - Host

Frank's Place

as Frank Parrish

Matlock

as Danny Miller

Teachers Only

as Michael Horne

Simon & Simon

as Marcel "Downtown" Brown

Simon & Simon

WKRP in Cincinnati

as Venus Flytrap

The Richard Pryor Show

What's Happening!!

Battle of the Network Stars

1976

6.0

Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon

Rhoda

That's My Mama

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Crew (17)

Movies (15)

Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall

2024

Director

Out of Gas

2018

Producer

1.0

For Real

2003

Director

For Real

2003

Writer

Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America

Producer

About Sarah

Executive Producer

Asunder

Director

Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

1996

Director

3.6

The Marvelous Land of Oz

1987

Director

The Marvelous Land of Oz

1987

Writer

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

1987

Director

4.7

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

1987

Writer

4.7

Ozma of Oz

1987

Director

Ozma of Oz

1987

Writer

The Emerald City of Oz

1987

Director

Television (2)

Snoops

Producer

Frank's Place

Executive Producer