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).

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1985
Grey's Anatomy
2019
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
2008
Touched by an Angel
1997
That '70s Show
2004
Highlander: The Series
1992
Matlock
1987
That's So Raven
2006
Simon & Simon
1983
Sister, Sister
1994
Rhoda
1976
Greenleaf
2017

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
61
Directing
8
Writing
4
Producing
5
2024
Stream
as Dave
2023
Stranger Next Door
as Ernest Sellers
2022
A New Orleans Noel
as Marcel
2021
Pennywise: The Story of ‘It’
as Himself
2020
A Welcome Home Christmas
as General O'Toole
2019
Radio Christmas
as Garrett
2019
Check Inn to Christmas
as Blake
2019
Grey's Anatomy
as Julian
2019
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
2018
My Christmas Inn
as Perry Taylor
2017
Greenleaf
as Bishop Lionel Jeffries
2016
TRI
as Miles
2016
Chasing Waterfalls
as Quincy
2016
The Rooftop Christmas Tree
as Dale Landis
2016
93 Days
as Dr. Adeniyi Jones
2012
The Soul Man
as Henry
2010
Treme
2008
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self
2007
Trade
as Hank Jefferson
2006
That's So Raven
as Sheriff Jefferson
2005
The Reading Room
as Douglas
2005
Black in the 80s
as Self
2004
That '70s Show
as William Barnett
2003
You Wish!
as Larry
2003
For Real
2001
E! True Hollywood Story
2000
Alley Cats Strike
as Mayor McLemore
1997
Touched by an Angel
as Buddy Baker
1995
Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again
as Downtown Brown
1995
Out-of-Sync
as Det. Wilson
1994
Sister, Sister
as Ray Campbell
1993
Highlander: The Gathering
as Sgt. Bennett
1992
Color Adjustment
as Self
1992
Mastergate
as Chip Chatworth
1992
You Must Remember This
as Joe
1992
The New WKRP in Cincinnati
1992
Highlander: The Series
as Sgt. Bennett
1990
Perry Mason: The Case of the Silenced Singer
as Jack Barnett
1990
The Fourth War
as Lt. Col. Clark
1990
It
as Mike Hanlon
1989
Dead Bang
as Chief Dixon
1989
Snoops
as Chance Dennis
1987
Matlock
as Danny Miller
1987
Frank's Place
as Frank Parrish
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse
as Self - Host
1985
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1984
Simon & Simon
as Lt. Marcel 'Downtown' Brown
1983
Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
as Self
1983
Simon & Simon
1983
Teachers Only
as Michael Horne
1983
Simon & Simon
as Marcel "Downtown" Brown
1979
You Can't Take it With You
as Donald
1978
Little Lulu
as Tillson
1978
WKRP in Cincinnati
as Venus Flytrap
1978
Battle of the Network Stars
1977
The Richard Pryor Show
1977
What's Happening!!
as Dr. Claymore
1976
Rhoda
1976
Easy Does It... Starring Frankie Avalon
1974
That's My Mama
The Cashier
as Charles