Timothy L. "Tim" Reid (born December 19, 1944) is an American actor, comedian and film director best known for his roles in prime time American television programs, such as Venus Flytrap on WKRP in Cincinnati (1978-82), Marcel "Downtown" Brown on Simon & Simon (1983-87), Ray Campbell on Sister, Sister (1994-99) and William Barnett on That 70's Show (2004-2006).

Filmography

• 2024Miss Cleo: Her Rise and Fall — Director
• 2024Stream — Dave
• 2023Stranger Next Door — Ernest Sellers
• 2022A New Orleans Noel — Marcel
• 2020A Welcome Home Christmas — General O'Toole
• 2019Check Inn to Christmas — Blake
• Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
• 2019Radio Christmas — Garrett
• 2018My Christmas Inn — Perry Taylor
• 2018Out of Gas — Producer
• 201693 Days — Dr. Adeniyi Jones
• 2016Chasing Waterfalls — Quincy
• Greenleaf — Bishop Lionel Jeffries
• 2016TRI — Miles
• 2016The Rooftop Christmas Tree — Dale Landis
• The Soul Man — Henry
• Treme
• 2007Trade — Hank Jefferson
• Grey's Anatomy — Julian
• 2005The Reading Room — Douglas
• 2003For Real — Director, Writer
• That's So Raven — Sheriff Jefferson
• 2003You Wish! — Larry
• 2002Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America — Producer
• 2000Alley Cats Strike — Mayor McLemore
• 1998About Sarah — Executive Producer
• 1998Asunder — Director
• Linc's — Creator
• That '70s Show — William Barnett
• E! True Hollywood Story
• 1996Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored — Director
• 1995Out-of-Sync — Det. Wilson
• 1995Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again — Downtown Brown
• Sister, Sister — Ray Campbell
• Touched by an Angel — Buddy Baker
• 1993Highlander: The Gathering — Sgt. Bennett
• Highlander: The Series — Sgt. Bennett
• 1992Mastergate — Chip Chatworth
• 1992You Must Remember This — Joe
• The New WKRP in Cincinnati
• It — Mike Hanlon
• 1990Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer — Jack Barnett
• 1990The Fourth War — Lt. Col. Clark
• 1989Dead Bang — Chief Dixon
• Snoops — Chance Dennis, Producer, Creator
• Frank's Place — Frank Parrish, Executive Producer, Creator
• 1987Ozma of Oz — Director, Writer
• 1987The Emerald City of Oz — Director
• 1987The Marvelous Land of Oz — Director, Writer
• 1987The Wonderful Wizard of Oz — Director, Writer
• Matlock — Danny Miller
• Teachers Only — Michael Horne
• Simon & Simon — Marcel "Downtown" Brown, Lt. Marcel 'Downtown' Brown
• 1979You Can't Take it With You — Donald
• 1978Little Lulu — Tillson
• WKRP in Cincinnati — Venus Flytrap
• The Richard Pryor Show
• Battle of the Network Stars
• Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon
• What's Happening!! — Dr. Claymore
• Rhoda
• That's My Mama
• The Cashier — Charles

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2021Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’ — Himself
• Black in the 80s — Self
• 1992Color Adjustment — Self
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self
• CBS Summer Playhouse — Self - Host
• 1983Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self