![]() After the show was canceled in 1982, Reid joined the cast of another successful series, the detective drama Simon & Simon. A year later, however, Reid landed a spot on a hit show, playing DJ Gordon "Venus Flytrap" Sims on WKRP in Cincinnati. Due to controversy and creative differences between NBC and the show’s namesake, the show was cancelled after only four episodes. He was subsequently cast on the Richard Pryor Show. In 1976, Reid moved to Los Angeles, and picked up regular work on various television shows. Reid and Dreesen toured from 1971 to 1975, before disbanding to pursue other interests. Receptive to the idea, the duo began to write comedic material, and formed Tim and Tom, arguably the first interracial comedic duo. After a presentation in 1969, an eighth-grade student told the duo she thought they were funny, and should become comedians. Devastated by the high rates of drug abuse and violence among Harvey’s teenagers, Dreesen and Reid developed an anti-drug program for students. That year, as part of the Junior Chamber of Commerce of Harvey, Illinois, Reid met Tom Dreesen, a white native of Chicago’s South Side. degree in business administration from Norfolk State University.Īfter college, Reid moved to Chicago, taking a position as one of the first black marketing representatives with DuPont Corporation. In 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Reid received his B.A. ![]() As a teenager growing up in Norfolk, Reid dealt with the horrors of segregation during the height of the Civil Rights Movement in Virginia’s Tidewater area. Reid was born on Decemin Norfolk, Virginia. Actor, writer, producer and director Timothy L. ![]()
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