Robert Reed Biography

Fast Facts

• Was trained in acting at Northwestern University and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts
• Quote: "''Every television actor says the same thing when you ask him why he's doing theater: to work up the juices․ ''But the basic reason is the script․ In television, the scripts just aren't very good""
• Was primarily known for portraying fatherly figures in his various roles
• Beat out Gene Hackman for the role of Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch․"
• In the 1960s, he became a member of the Actors Studio
• Raised by a family of farmers, he was a member of the 4-H agricultural club in his youth
• Would take his onscreen "Brady Bunch" children on vacations while the show was on hiatus