Walter Reed
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1916-02-10
Day of Death
2001-08-20 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Ward, Washington, USA
Walter Reed
Biography
Walter Reed (born Walter Reed Smith), was an American stage, film and television actor. Reed was born in 1916 in Fort Ward, Washington. Following a stint as a Broadway actor, Reed broke into films in 1941. He appeared in several features for RKO Radio Pictures, including the last two Mexican Spitfire comedies (in which Reed replaced Buddy Rogers as the Spitfire's husband). Perhaps his most memorable role was as the spineless wagon driver husband of Gail Russell in the western Seven Men from Now. Reed also appeared in the very first Superman theatrical feature film Superman and the Mole Men in 1951.
In 1951, Reed made two film serials for Republic Pictures; Reed strongly resembled former Republic leading man Ralph Byrd, enabling Republic to insert old action scenes of Byrd into the new Reed footage. Republic wanted to sign Reed for additional serials but Reed declined, preferring not to be typed as a serial star.
After appearing in 90 films and numerous television programs, such as John Payne's The Restless Gun, Reed changed careers and became a real estate investor and broker in Santa Cruz, California in the late 1960s.
Known For
Acting
(1970)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
(1969)
A Time for Dying
as Mayor
(1969)
The Monk
as Director
(1966)
The Sand Pebbles
as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
(1966)
Moment to Moment
as Hendricks
(1965)
Mirage
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1965)
Convict Stage
as Sam Gill
(1965)
Fort Courageous
as Doc
(1964)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
(1964)
Where Love Has Gone
as George Babson
(1962)
How the West Was Won
as River Pirate (uncredited)
(1962)
Advise & Consent
as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
(1962)
Flashing Spikes
as 2nd Reporter
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
(1960)
Macumba Love
as J. Peter Weils
(1959)
Arson for Hire
as Chief Hollister
(1959)
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Officer
(1959)
Westbound
as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
(1958)
The Deep Six
as Paul Clemson
(1958)
How to Make a Monster
as Detective Thompson
(1958)
Missile Monsters
as Kent Fowler
(1957)
Slim Carter
as Richard L. Howard
(1957)
The Lawless Eighties
as Capt. North
(1956)
Dance with Me, Henry
as Drake
(1956)
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Mr. Reid
(1956)
Emergency Hospital
as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
(1956)
Seven Men from Now
as John Greer
(1955)
The Far Horizons
as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
(1955)
Hell's Island
as Lawrence
(1955)
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Max Goodwin
(1954)
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Keats
(1954)
Dangerous Mission
as Ranger Dobson
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
as Mr. Field (uncredited)
(1953)
Sangaree
as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
(1953)
The Man from the Alamo
as Billings (uncredited)
(1953)
The Clown
as Joe Hoagley
(1953)
War Paint
as Trooper Allison
(1953)
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Whitey Marks
(1952)
The Red Ball Express
as Major (uncredited)
(1952)
Target
as Martin Conroy
(1952)
The Blazing Forest
as Mac
(1952)
Caribbean
as Evans
(1952)
Desert Passage
as John Carver
(1952)
Horizons West
as Layton
(1951)
The Racket
as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
(1951)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Bill Corrigan
(1951)
Go for Broke!
as Captain
(1951)
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
as Hal Duncan
(1951)
Submarine Command
as Chief O'Flynn
(1951)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Ed Hines
(1950)
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Jones
(1950)
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Kent Fowler
(1950)
The Torch
as Dr. Robert Stanley
(1950)
Captain China
as Martin
(1950)
The Lawless
as Jim Wilson
(1950)
Young Man with a Horn
as Jack Chandler
(1950)
Tripoli
as Wade
(1950)
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as The Chaplain
(1948)
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Duke Chappell
(1948)
Western Heritage
as Joe Powell
(1948)
Night Song
as Jimmy
(1948)
Angel on the Amazon
as Jerry Adams
(1948)
Mystery in Mexico
as Glenn Ames
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as Bob Dalton
(1947)
Banjo
as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
(1946)
The Bamboo Blonde
as Montgomery
(1946)
Child of Divorce
as Michael Benton
(1943)
Bombardier
as Jim Carter
(1943)
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Dennis Lindsay
(1943)
Petticoat Larceny
as Bill Morgan
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as Nightclub Patron
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Dennis Lindsay
(1942)
Framing Father
as Leon Errol, Jr.
(1942)
Army Surgeon
as Dr. Bill Drake
(1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Lou Luddy
(1936)