Rhodes Reason

Rhodes Reason

Japanese Name ローズ・リーズン
Born April 19, 1930
Glendale, California, United States
Died December 26, 2014 (84)
Palm Springs, California, United States

American actor, younger brother of actor Rex Reason (of This Island Earth fame). Rhodes acted primarily in television, playing guest roles in Bus Stop, Sky King, Sugarfoot, Frontier Doctor, Maverick, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, The Time Tunnel, and Star Trek.

He’s best known to film fans as the lead scientist (surrounded by Japanese co-stars) studying King Kong in King Kong Escapes (1967). In an interview with author Stuart Galbraith IV, Reason commented on the extravagant set design of the film’s submarine (including an incongruous vase of flowers!) and the experience of being made-up by Japanese make-up artists (lots of eyeliner).

Reason played the role of Daddy Warbucks in the Broadway production of Annie, replacing the original actor Reid Shelton for the remainder of its original run.

Japanese Name ローズ・リーズン
Born April 19, 1930
Glendale, California, United States
Died December 26, 2014 (84)
Palm Springs, California, United States

American actor, younger brother of actor Rex Reason (of This Island Earth fame). Rhodes acted primarily in television, playing guest roles in Bus Stop, Sky King, Sugarfoot, Frontier Doctor, Maverick, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, The Time Tunnel, and Star Trek.

He’s best known to film fans as the lead scientist (surrounded by Japanese co-stars) studying King Kong in King Kong Escapes (1967). In an interview with author Stuart Galbraith IV, Reason commented on the extravagant set design of the film’s submarine (including an incongruous vase of flowers!) and the experience of being made-up by Japanese make-up artists (lots of eyeliner).

Reason played the role of Daddy Warbucks in the Broadway production of Annie, replacing the original actor Reid Shelton for the remainder of its original run.