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)
(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)
(1960)
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
(1960)
Macumba Love
as J. Peter Weils
(1959)
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Officer
(1959)
Westbound
as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
(1959)
Arson for Hire
as Chief Hollister
(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)
Seven Men from Now
as John Greer
(1956)
Dance with Me, Henry
as Drake
(1956)
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Mr. Reid
(1956)
Emergency Hospital
as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
(1955)
The Far Horizons
as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
(1955)
Hell's Island
as Lawrence
(1955)
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Max Goodwin
(1954)
The High and the Mighty
as Mr. Field (uncredited)
(1954)
Dangerous Mission
as Ranger Dobson
(1954)
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Keats
(1953)
(1953)
War Paint
as Trooper Allison
(1953)
Sangaree
as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
(1953)
The Clown
as Joe Hoagley
(1953)
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Whitey Marks
(1952)
Horizons West
as Layton
(1952)
The Red Ball Express
as Major (uncredited)
(1952)
Desert Passage
as John Carver
(1952)
Caribbean
as Evans
(1952)
Target
as Martin Conroy
(1952)
The Blazing Forest
as Mac
(1951)
The Racket
as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
(1951)
Superman and the Mole Men
as Bill Corrigan
(1951)
Submarine Command
as Chief O'Flynn
(1951)
Go for Broke!
as Captain
(1951)
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
as Hal Duncan
(1951)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Ed Hines
(1950)
Young Man with a Horn
as Jack Chandler
(1950)
Tripoli
as Wade
(1950)
The Lawless
as Jim Wilson
(1950)
The Torch
as Dr. Robert Stanley
(1950)
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Jones
(1950)
Captain China
as Martin
(1950)
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Kent Fowler
(1950)
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as The Chaplain
(1948)
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Duke Chappell
(1948)
Western Heritage
as Joe Powell
(1948)
Mystery in Mexico
as Glenn Ames
(1948)
Night Song
as Jimmy
(1948)
Return of the Bad Men
as Bob Dalton
(1948)
Angel on the Amazon
as Jerry Adams
(1947)
Banjo
as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
(1946)
Child of Divorce
as Michael Benton
(1946)
The Bamboo Blonde
as Montgomery
(1943)
Bombardier
as Jim Carter
(1943)
Petticoat Larceny
as Bill Morgan
(1943)
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Dennis Lindsay
(1942)
My Favorite Spy
as Nightclub Patron
(1942)
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Dennis Lindsay
(1942)
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Lou Luddy
(1942)
Framing Father
as Leon Errol, Jr.
(1942)
Army Surgeon
as Dr. Bill Drake
(1936)