Elliott Reid, early Mercury Theatre member, dead at 93

Elliott “Ted” Reid, who co-starred with Jane Russell in the hit 1953 film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,” died on Friday in Studio City, Calif. He was 93. As a teenager, Reid worked on the “The March of Time,” where he met Orson Welles, who invited him to join his new stage company, the Mercury Theatre. The … Continue reading Elliott Reid, early Mercury Theatre member, dead at 93