Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid

 Edgeworth Blair "Elliott" Reid (January 16, 1920 – June 21, 2013)

In 1935, Reid debuted on the radio program The March of Time, which led to him working regularly on radio dramas during the Golden Age of radio. Early on he took "Elliott" as his stage name. His credits include among other, many Orson Welles-directed stage and radio productions, such as The Mercury Theatre on the Air and also acted on Theatre Guild on the Air, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Suspense, and the CBS Radio Mystery Theater. In some early performances he was credited as "Ted Reid". Reid's best-known film role was as Ernie Malone, private detective hired to spy on Marilyn Monroe's character, only to become Jane Russell's love interest, in the 20th Century Fox classic Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). Reid played Professor Shelby Ashton in two Walt Disney movies starring Fred MacMurray: The Absent-Minded Professor in 1961, and sequel Son of Flubber in 1963. Reid also played Ralph Hastings in Disney's 1966 movie Follow Me, Boys! Reid was a regular in NBC television's That Was the Week That Was (1964–1965) and made guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote, The Odd Couple, I Love Lucy, Barney Miller, Small Wonder, Perry Mason, and The Munsters.

Among his special skills, Elliot Reid was also an accomplished impressionist. He was so famous with his John F. Kennedy impersonation that, in 1962, he was invited to perform it in front of Kennedy in person; Kennedy was happy with the performance. One reference book said, "His mimicking of John F. Kennedy opened up a mini-career in clubs in the early 1960s." Reid died from heart failure on June 21, 2013, at the age of 93. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean .