Tim Reid
Known for acting · Born 19 December 1944 · 81 · Norfolk, Virginia, USA
73 credits
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
Sister, Sister
1994
Simon & Simon
1981
WKRP in Cincinnati
1978
That '70s Show
1998
My Christmas Inn
2018
The Fourth War
1990
Check Inn to Christmas
2019
It
1990
Frank's Place
1987
The Rooftop Christmas Tree
2016
Stream
2024
You Wish!
2003
Acting (59)
2024StreamDaveFilm
2023Stranger Next DoorErnest SellersFilm
2022A New Orleans NoelMarcelFilm
2021Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’HimselfFilm
2020A Welcome Home ChristmasGeneral O'TooleFilm
2019Check Inn to ChristmasBlakeFilm
2019Dolly Parton's HeartstringsSeries
2019Radio ChristmasGarrettFilm
2018My Christmas InnPerry TaylorFilm
2016GreenleafBishop Lionel Jeffries · 5 episodesSeries
201693 DaysDr. Adeniyi JonesFilm
2016The Rooftop Christmas TreeDale LandisFilm
2016TRIMilesFilm
2016Chasing WaterfallsQuincyFilm
2012The Soul ManHenrySeries
2010TremeSeries
2007TradeHank JeffersonFilm
2005Grey's AnatomyJulianSeries
2005The Reading RoomDouglasFilm
2005Black in the 80sSelf · 3 episodesSeries
2003That's So RavenSheriff JeffersonSeries
2003You Wish!LarryFilm
2003For RealFilm
2000Alley Cats StrikeMayor McLemoreFilm
1998That '70s ShowWilliam Barnett · 9 episodesSeries
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
1995Out-of-SyncDet. WilsonFilm
1995Simon & Simon: In Trouble AgainDowntown BrownFilm
1994Touched by an AngelBuddy BakerSeries
1994Sister, SisterRay Campbell · 119 episodesSeries
1993Highlander: The GatheringSgt. BennettFilm
1992Highlander: The SeriesSgt. Bennett · 3 episodesSeries
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelfSeries
1992Color AdjustmentSelfFilm
1992MastergateChip ChatworthFilm
1992You Must Remember ThisJoeFilm
1991The New WKRP in CincinnatiSeries
1990ItMike Hanlon · 2 episodesSeries
1990The Fourth WarLt. Col. ClarkFilm
1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced SingerJack BarnettFilm
1989Dead BangChief DixonFilm
1989SnoopsChance Dennis · 13 episodesSeries
1987Frank's PlaceFrank Parrish · 22 episodesSeries
1987CBS Summer PlayhouseSelf - Host · 3 episodesSeries
1986MatlockDanny Miller · 2 episodesSeries
1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, ForeverSelfFilm
1982Teachers OnlyMichael Horne · 13 episodesSeries
1981Simon & Simon · 11 episodes, Marcel "Downtown" Brown · 91 episodes, Lt. Marcel 'Downtown' Brown · 2 episodesSeries
1979You Can't Take it With YouDonaldFilm
1978WKRP in CincinnatiVenus Flytrap · 90 episodesSeries
1978Little LuluTillsonFilm
1977The Richard Pryor Show · 5 episodesSeries
1976What's Happening!!Dr. ClaymoreSeries
1976Battle of the Network Stars · 2 episodesSeries
1976Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon · 4 episodesSeries
1974RhodaSeries
1974That's My MamaSeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 2 episodesSeries
—The CashierCharlesFilm
Creator (1)
1998Linc'sCreatorSeries
Directing (6)
2024Miss Cleo: Her Rise and FallDirectorFilm
2003For RealDirector, WriterFilm
1998AsunderDirectorFilm
1996Once Upon a Time... When We Were ColoredDirectorFilm
1987The Wonderful Wizard of OzDirector, WriterFilm
1987The Emerald City of OzDirectorFilm
Production (5)
2018Out of GasProducerFilm
2002Paul Mooney: Analyzing White AmericaProducerFilm
1998About SarahExecutive ProducerFilm
1989SnoopsProducer, CreatorSeries
1987Frank's PlaceExecutive Producer, CreatorSeries
Writing (2)
1987Ozma of OzWriter, DirectorFilm
1987The Marvelous Land of OzWriter, DirectorFilm