For other people named Robert Reed, see Robert Reed (disambiguation).
Robert Reed
Reed in 1971
Born
John Robert Rietz Jr.
(1932-10-19)October 19, 1932
Highland Park, Illinois, U.S.
Died
May 12, 1992(1992-05-12) (aged 59)
Pasadena, California, U.S.
Resting place
Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater
Northwestern University Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupations
Years active
1957–1992
Known for
The Defenders The Brady Bunch Rich Man, Poor Man Roots A Very Brady Christmas The Bradys
Spouse
Marilyn Rosenberger
(m. 1954; div. 1959)
Children
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Robert Reed (born John Robert Rietz Jr.; October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarch Mike Brady, opposite Florence Henderson's role as Carol Brady, on the ABC sitcom The Brad •
Mathew Brady
Mathew Brady is often referred to as the father of photojournalism and is most well known for his documentation of the Civil War. His photographs, and those he commissioned, had a tremendous impact on society at the time of the war, and continue to do so today. He and his employees photographed thousands of images including battlefields, camp life, and portraits of some of the most famous citizens of his time including Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee.
Brady was born in Warren County, New York in the early 1820’s to Irish immigrants, Andrew and Julia Brady. Little is known about his early life, but historians believe that during a trip to the Albany area, in search of a cure for an eye inflammation, he met portrait painter William Page. It is also believed that through William Page, Brady met Samuel F.B. Morse. Morse, a professor of art, painting, and design at New York University and the inventor of the telegraph likely tutored Brady in the newly developed technology of daguerreotypy, the process of creating a mirror image on a silver-surfaced copper plate.