Walter Reed
Born: 1916-02-10 in Fort Ward, Washington, USA
Died: 2001-08-20
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1972
- The Streets of San Francisco as Hotel desk clerk
1970
- Tora! Tora! Tora! as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
1969
- The Monk as Director
- A Time for Dying as Mayor
1967
- Ironside as Dr. Freemont
- The Invaders as Major
1966
- Batman as Officer
- Family Affair as Mr. Burgess
- The Sand Pebbles as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
- Moment to Moment as Hendricks
1965
- The F.B.I. as Jack Zander
- Mirage as Reporter (uncredited)
- Convict Stage as Sam Gill
- Fort Courageous as Doc
1964
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea as Scientist (uncredited)
- Cheyenne Autumn as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
- Where Love Has Gone as George Babson
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Grover Woodstock
- Arrest and Trial as Judge
1962
- The Virginian as Maj. Mallory
- How the West Was Won as River Pirate (uncredited)
- Saints and Sinners as Bill Sutton
- Advise & Consent as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
- Flashing Spikes as 2nd Reporter
1961
- Mister Ed as Mr. Maloney
- Ben Casey as Wilfred Blake
- Hazel as Fred Garson
- 87th Precinct as Walters
- Miami Undercover as Sandor
1960
- My Three Sons as Dean of Men
- Thriller as Police Sgt. Burke
- Coronado 9 as Lt. Jim Quinn
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Sad Sam Clark
- Sergeant Rutledge as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
- Macumba Love as J. Peter Weils
1959
- Bonanza as Tim Fisher
- The Twilight Zone as Desperate Man
- The Untouchables as Orville Watson
- One Step Beyond as Robert Barton
- Hawaiian Eye as Samuel Drum
- Dennis the Menace as Newscaster (uncredited)
- The Horse Soldiers as Union Officer
- Not for Hire
- Westbound as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
- Arson for Hire as Chief Hollister
1958
- Peter Gunn
- The Donna Reed Show as Mr. Boardman
- Lawman as James Chase
- 77 Sunset Strip as Bill Foster
- Sea Hunt as Case Jarrett
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Stratton
- The Deep Six as Paul Clemson
- Summer Love as Mr. Reid
- How to Make a Monster as Detective Thompson
- Missile Monsters as Kent Fowler
1957
- Perry Mason as Detective Myers
- Maverick as Bledsoe
- Wagon Train as Major Harrison
- Tales of Wells Fargo as John Forrester
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Captain
- Trackdown as Jeff Krail (uncredited)
- Official Detective as Lt. Al Copeland
- M Squad as States Attorney
- Tombstone Territory as Corey Muldeen
- The Restless Gun as Ned Landy
- Meet McGraw as Charles Healy
- Casey Jones as Philips
- The Helen Morgan Story as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
- The Lawless Eighties as Capt. North
- Slim Carter as Richard L. Howard
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Cluny
- State Trooper as William Baxter
- Broken Arrow as Fred Neilson
- 7 Men from Now as John Greer
- Emergency Hospital as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
- Dance with Me, Henry as Drake
- Rock, Pretty Baby as Mr. Reid
1955
- Cheyenne as Price Edwards
- Gunsmoke as Joe Garrett
- The Millionaire as Dr. Tom Dunlap
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Turner Ashby
- Fury as Charlie Stevens
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- The Adventures of Champion as Lance Ward
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- The Far Horizons as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
- Hell's Island as Lawrence
- Bobby Ware Is Missing as Max Goodwin
1954
- Lassie as George Evans
- Studio 57
- Annie Oakley as Ben Cobey
- Public Defender as Attorney
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Capt. James
- The Lone Wolf as Frank Henshaw
- The High and the Mighty as Mr. Field (uncredited)
- Passport to Danger as Standish
- The Yellow Tomahawk as Keats
- Dangerous Mission as Ranger Dobson
1953
- City Detective
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as William Martin
- Letter to Loretta as Paul
- General Electric Theater
- Revlon Mirror Theatre
- The Pride of the Family as Cunningham
- The Man from the Alamo as Billings (uncredited)
- The Clown as Joe Hoagley
- War Paint as Trooper Allison
- Those Redheads from Seattle as Whitey Marks
- Sangaree as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
1952
- Adventures of Superman as Gen. Barrel
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Mr. Andrews
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Chevron Theatre
- Cavalcade of America
- Biff Baker U.S.A.
- Horizons West as Layton
- The Red Ball Express as Major (uncredited)
- Caribbean as Evans
- The Blazing Forest as Mac
- Desert Passage as John Carver
- Target as Martin Conroy
1951
- Dragnet
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Patsy
- Superman and the Mole Men as Bill Corrigan
- The Racket as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
- Submarine Command as Chief O'Flynn
- Go for Broke! as Captain
- Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Ed Hines
- Government Agents vs Phantom Legion as Hal Duncan
1950
- Young Man with a Horn as Jack Chandler
- The Lawless as Jim Wilson
- The Eagle and the Hawk as Jones
- The Torch as Dr. Robert Stanley
- Captain China as Martin
- Tripoli as Wade
- The Sun Sets at Dawn as The Chaplain
- Flying Disc Man from Mars as Kent Fowler
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Deputy Joe Blake
1948
- Return of the Bad Men as Bob Dalton
- Western Heritage as Joe Powell
- Fighter Squadron as Capt. Duke Chappell
- Angel on the Amazon as Jerry Adams
- Mystery in Mexico as Glenn Ames
- Night Song as Jimmy
1947
- Banjo as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
1946
- The Bamboo Blonde as Montgomery
- Child of Divorce as Michael Benton
1943
- Petticoat Larceny as Bill Morgan
- Bombardier as Jim Carter
- Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event as Dennis Lindsay
1942
- My Favorite Spy as Nightclub Patron
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Dennis Lindsay
- Army Surgeon as Dr. Bill Drake
- The Mayor of 44th Street as Lou Luddy
- Framing Father as Leon Errol, Jr.