Brady Bunch Dad
He played kenneth preston on the legal drama the defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside e. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarch mike brady, opposite florence. To the world, the brady bunch was born into existence the moment mike and carol brady fell in love, combining their two families into one during the process. But the man who played mike brady on the brady bunch, robert reed, had a real life that was not as picture perfect. Sherwood schwartz was the creator of the brady bunch and wanted gene hackman to play the father in the series.
Late actor robert reed, known for playing logical patriarch mike brady on the brady bunch, died from colon cancer 31 years ago at 59 years old. The tv dad of six only had. He played mike brady on the brady bunch. An only child, reed was born in. Robert reed, who became a surrogate father to a generation as the head of an exceptionally large household on television's brady bunch, died on tuesday night at. He returned to this role in several of the sitcom's sequels and. Robert reed, patriarch of televisions beloved the brady bunch, died tuesday night at huntington memorial hospital in pasadena, his daughter, karen baldwin, said.
