R. D. Reid

R. D. Reid (September 22, 1944 – June 20, 2017)^[1] was a Canadian character actor known for his portrayal of Sergeant Purley Stebbins in the A&E TV original series, A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002), and the series pilot, The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2000). He appeared in Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, and George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead. His other film appearances include Santa Who? (2000), Capote (2005) Half Baked (1998), Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and You Are Here (2010). He also starred in the indie horror film Silent But Deadly.

Reid died on June 20, 2017, in Canada.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Murder One	Mike
1989	The Dream Team	Kenny	Uncredited
1990	Love & Murder	Man in the House
1990	Beautiful Dreamers	Karl Jessop
1992	The Cutting Edge	Calgary Cop
1993	Searching for Bobby Fischer	Final Tournament Director
1993	Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould	Trucker #3
1994	Replikator	Wino
1998	Half Baked	Scientist
1999	Prisoner of Love	Ed
2000	The Wonderful World of Disney	Grady	Episode: "Santa Who?"
2001	The Shipping News	Alvin Yark
2004	Dawn of the Dead	Glen
2004	Sugar	Lyle
2005	A History of Violence	Pat
2005	Cinderella Man	Hooverville Cop
2005	Capote	Roy Church
2007	Stuck	Manager
2007	Diary of the Dead	Farmer
2007	Lars and the Real Girl	Reverend Bock
2008	The Baby Formula	Dr. Oldenfield
2010	You Are Here	The Lecturer
2011	Silent But Deadly	Ed
2011	Man on the Train	Barber
2012	The Conspiracy	William Jensen
2015	Coconut Hero	Funeral Director