John Reddie

MacIvor Reddie of Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA was born on January 4, 1899 in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California United States, and died at age 67 years old on November 7, 1966 in Cohasset, Norfolk County, MA. MacIvor Reddie was buried in November 1966 Ashes scattered at sea - Atlantic Ocean.

Archibald - known to most as "Fergus" Reddie, was born in Philadelphia, PA on July 11, 1869. He was taught acting skills by an uncle, and eventually wound up as an acting coach, director and Professor of Public Speaking at Emerson, Valparaiso, and he University of Oregon. One of his students in Oregon was well-known character actor Edgar Buchanan, and he credited Fergus with giving him the acting bug, as well as the desire to abandon his studies in dentistry, to become an actor instead. Fergus wrote several plays, including one called "The Little Dog Laughed", and was often -almost always, in fact - in productions he directed at the colleges where he taught. Newspaper articles from the era portray him as an excellent Shakespearean actor, but also able to handle many other kinds of roles with ease. In later life, he was director and participant in many different theater groups in Pennsylvania and Boston, MA. I have some newspaper clippings that indicate he was also in stage productions at the Orpheum in Los Angeles in the 1920's. Fergus died from from cancer of the gall bladder in Los Angeles, CA on March 18, 1949.

Born in Pennsylvania, Elizabeth married Henry Norcross Magoun Jr. of Pembroke, MA on October 29, 1912 in Whitemarsh, PA. She died under mysterious (and very possibly nefarious) circumstances in May of 1918 at the age of 25.