Cliff Reid

Cliff Reid

Known for: Production
Biography: 1891-09-07
Deathday: 1959-08-22 (67 years old)

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Cliff Reid (September 7, 1891 – August 22, 1959), also known as George Clifford Reid, was an American film producer and film production studio founder during the 1930s and 1940s. In addition he also directed film shorts, and was the assistant director on several feature films.


Reid was born and raised in Delaware, Ohio, and graduated from high school there. He entered the film industry in the 1910s and worked as a film distributor, before beginning to produce silent films in 1921.


Reid began in the film industry at the very beginning of the sound era, producing and directing film shorts. His first film was The Suppressed Crime, a 1930 mystery short, which was produced by Reid's own company, George Clifford Reid Productions. During 1930 and 1931 Reid's company would produce 19 film shorts, which Reid produced and directed. He even wrote one of the shorts, 1931's The Bank Swindle. Reid began working for RKO in 1933. Reid's first involvement in a feature film being as the associate producer on John Ford's war film, The Lost Patrol. He would work mostly as an associate producer for RKO over the next few years, before being given the producing helm in 1937 on the drama, The Man Who Found Himself, directed by Lew Landers. Reid remained at RKO through 1942 as a producer, his last film for them being an installment of the Mexican Spitfire series, Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost. Other notable films on which Reid worked include: the 1935 version of The Three Musketeers; the western The Arizonian, starring Richard Dix; on John Ford's Oscar-winning war film, The Informer, starring Victor McLaglen; and Howard Hawks' 1938 screwball comedy, Bringing Up Baby, starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn.


Reid left RKO after the Mexican Spitfire film, and by 1944 he was part of the stable of producers at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He only worked on a few films at MGM, but they included the John Ford war classic, They Were Expendable, starring John Wayne and Robert Montgomery. His final producing credit would also be at MGM the following year, producing the Norman Taurog drama The Hoodlum Saint, starring William Powell and Esther Williams. He retired after The Hoodlum Saint.


He was married to Mary Reid, and they had at least two children, Clifford Jr. and Marguerite. Clifford Jr. would follow his father into the film industry, beginning at his father's old studio, RKO, where he was an assistant director to Edward Dmytryk on his classic 1947 Academy Award nominated film, Crossfire.


In 1957, Reid suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and was hospitalized at the Motion Picture House and Hospital. He remained in the hospital for the remainder of his life. Two years later he suffered a heart attack, from which he did not recover. He died at the Motion Picture Hospital in Woodland Hills, California on August 22, 1959, at the age of 67. He was buried at San Fernando Mission Cemetery.

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Filmography

all 54

Movies 54

Producer 53

Director 1

Executive Producer
Fear

Fear (2023)

Movie
Producer
The Hoodlum Saint

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

Movie
Producer
The Mayor of 44th Street

The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)

Movie
Producer
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost

Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost (1942)

Movie
Producer
Powder Town

Powder Town (1942)

Movie
Producer
Mexican Spitfire at Sea

Mexican Spitfire at Sea (1942)

Movie
Producer
Sing Your Worries Away

Sing Your Worries Away (1942)

Movie
Producer
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby (1941)

Movie
Producer
Lady Scarface

Lady Scarface (1941)

Movie
Producer
Repent at Leisure

Repent at Leisure (1941)

Movie
Producer
Play Girl

Play Girl (1941)

Movie
Producer
Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)

Movie
Producer
Wildcat Bus

Wildcat Bus (1940)

Movie
Producer
One Crowded Night

One Crowded Night (1940)

Movie
Producer
Cross-Country Romance

Cross-Country Romance (1940)

Movie
Producer
Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)

Movie
Producer
You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

Movie
Producer
The Saint's Double Trouble

The Saint's Double Trouble (1940)

Movie
4.78
Producer
Laddie

Laddie (1940)

Movie
Producer
Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire (1940)

Movie
Producer
Two Thoroughbreds

Two Thoroughbreds (1939)

Movie
Producer
Sued for Libel

Sued for Libel (1939)

Movie
Producer
Conspiracy

Conspiracy (1939)

Movie
Producer
The Spellbinder

The Spellbinder (1939)

Movie
Producer
The Girl and the Gambler

The Girl and the Gambler (1939)

Movie
Producer
Panama Lady

Panama Lady (1939)

Movie
Producer
Fixer Dugan

Fixer Dugan (1939)

Movie
Producer
Almost a Gentleman

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

Movie
Producer
The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes (1939)

Movie
Producer
Next Time I Marry

Next Time I Marry (1938)

Movie
Producer
The Law West of Tombstone

The Law West of Tombstone (1938)

Movie
Producer
Crime Ring

Crime Ring (1938)

Movie
Producer
Blind Alibi

Blind Alibi (1938)

Movie
Producer
This Marriage Business

This Marriage Business (1938)

Movie
Associate Producer
Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Movie
4.2
Producer
Crashing Hollywood

Crashing Hollywood (1938)

Movie
Producer
Hideaway

Hideaway (1937)

Movie
Producer
Behind The Headlines

Behind The Headlines (1937)

Movie
Associate Producer
China Passage

China Passage (1937)

Movie
Associate Producer
Criminal Lawyer

Criminal Lawyer (1937)

Movie
Associate Producer
The Plough and the Stars

The Plough and the Stars (1936)

Movie
Associate Producer
Wanted: Jane Turner

Wanted: Jane Turner (1936)

Movie
Associate Producer
Yellow Dust

Yellow Dust (1936)

Movie
Associate Producer
Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley (1935)

Movie
8
Associate Producer
The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers (1935)

Movie
Associate Producer
His Family Tree

His Family Tree (1935)

Movie
Associate Producer
The Arizonian

The Arizonian (1935)

Movie
Producer
The Informer

The Informer (1935)

Movie
6
Associate Producer
Chasing Yesterday

Chasing Yesterday (1935)

Movie
Producer
West of the Pecos

West of the Pecos (1934)

Movie
Associate Producer
Red Morning

Red Morning (1934)

Movie
Associate Producer
Their Big Moment

Their Big Moment (1934)

Movie
Associate Producer
The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol (1934)

Movie
Director
The Black Widow

The Black Widow (1931)

Movie

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1937
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Information

Known For
Production

Gender
Male

Birthday
1891-09-07

Deathday
1959-08-22 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Delaware, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
G. C. Reid, George Clifford Reid


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