Danny Reed — Holiday Inn Character Profile

About Danny Reed

Ted Hanover's calculating agent who actively promotes Ted's career and attempts to strategically pair him with rising talent like Linda Mason to secure Hollywood contracts.

Character Facts

Played by

Walter Abel

Appears in

Holiday Inn (1942)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Danny Reed — Professional Agent & Client — Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire)

  Manager-client relationship where Danny strategically promotes Ted's career.

• Danny Reed — Professional Recruiter & Talent — Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds)

  Danny recognizes Linda's potential and facilitates her entry into the entertainment circuit.

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More characters from Holiday Inn

• Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby)
• Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire)
• Linda Mason (Marjorie Reynolds)
• Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale)
• Vanderbilt (Shelby Bacon)
• Assistant Director (uncredited) (Keith Richards)
• Girl (uncredited) (Lynda Grey)
• Guest at Inn (uncredited) (Julia Faye)
• In montage (archive footage) (uncredited) (Douglas MacArthur)
• Daphne (Joan Arnold)
• Second Dancer Ted Bumps Into (uncredited) (Edward Arnold Jr.)
• Orchestra Leader (uncredited) (Ronald R. Rondell)