
R.D. Reid
Known for: Acting
Born: September 22, 1944
Died: June 20, 2017
R.D. Reid was a prominent Canadian character actor, best known for his portrayal of Sergeant Purley Stebbins in the A Nero Wolfe Mystery series. Throughout his career, he became a familiar face in both major Hollywood productions and independent Canadian projects, often playing authoritative or grounded figures.
Known for

You Are Here
2011

The Night Before the Night Before Christmas
2010

Lars and the Real Girl
2007

Cradle of Lies
2006

Roxy Hunter and the Mystery of the Moody Ghost
2007

The Cry of the Owl
2009

Santa Who?
2000

Stuck
2007

Victor
2008

Half Baked
1998

Dick Francis: Blood Sport
1989

Summer's End
1999

A Separate Peace
2004

Homecoming
1996

Dirty Pictures
2000

The Sweetest Gift
1998

An Amish Murder
2013

Freak City
1999

The Cutting Edge
1992

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2000

Dawn of the Dead
2004

The Conspiracy
2012

The Skulls II
2002

The Baby Formula
2008

A History of Violence
2005

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
1993

The Park Is Mine
1986

Diary of the Dead
2007

Small Vices
1999

Sugar
2004

Betrayal of Silence
1988

Capote
2005

Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993

Goosebumps
1995

FX: The Series
1996

Remedy
2014

The Kids of Degrassi Street
1979

Lives of the Saints
2004

Killjoys
2015

Twice in a Lifetime
1999

My Own Country
1998

The Famous Jett Jackson
1998

Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye
2002

War of the Worlds
1988

Twitch City
1998

Lost Girl
2010

Due South
1994

Earth: Final Conflict
1997

A Nero Wolfe Mystery
2001

This Is Wonderland
2004

Little Men
1998

Seasons of Love
1999

Cinderella Man
2005