Reid Smith

Reid Smith (May 8, 1949 - October 16, 2001) was a Los Angeles, California, real estate businessman, who maintained a sporadic acting career from 1970 until about 1990.

Acting career

In 1973, Smith was cast in the supporting role of Officer Norm Hamilton in twenty episodes of Jack Webb’s NBC police drama, Chase, starring Mitchell Ryan in the title role of Captain Chase Reddick. Wayne Maunder had a recurring role as Sergeant Sam MacCray. At mid-season, Smith was fired because Webb considered him lacking in motivation and dedication to acting. "I quit my acting lessons, quit trying to learn. I had a great opportunity, and I blew it," Smith later rued.

By 1980, he was cast to replace Charles Frank in the role of Lester Hackett in the CBS western miniseries, The Chisholms, with Robert Preston in the lead as the patriarch of a Virginia family headed by wagon train to California.

Other Smith roles included that of “Wells” in the 1972 episode "A Place to Hide" on NBC’s Bonanza, as “Wheels” in the 1980 episode “Duelling Skates” of ABC’s Mork and Mindy, as “Vic McGraw” in the 1980 episode “Mrs. Rosco P. Coltrane” of CBS’s The Dukes of Hazard, and as “Slade” in the episode entitled “Annie Oakley” on CBS’s Airwolf, with Jan-Michael Vincent.