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
- A Time for Dying as Mayor
- The Monk as Director
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)
- Fort Courageous as Doc
- Convict Stage as Sam Gill
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
- Ben Casey as Wilfred Blake
- Hazel as Fred Garson
- Mister Ed as Mr. Maloney
- 87th Precinct as Walters
- Miami Undercover as Sandor
1960
- My Three Sons as Dean of Men
- Thriller as Police Sgt. Burke
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Sad Sam Clark
- Coronado 9 as Lt. Jim Quinn
- 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)
- Not for Hire
- The Horse Soldiers as Union Officer
- Westbound as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
- Arson for Hire as Chief Hollister
1958
- Lawman as James Chase
- The Donna Reed Show as Mr. Boardman
- Peter Gunn
- Sea Hunt as Case Jarrett
- 77 Sunset Strip as Bill Foster
- 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
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Captain
- Trackdown as Jeff Krail (uncredited)
- Tombstone Territory as Corey Muldeen
- Tales of Wells Fargo as John Forrester
- M Squad as States Attorney
- Official Detective as Lt. Al Copeland
- The Restless Gun as Ned Landy
- Casey Jones as Philips
- Meet McGraw as Charles Healy
- The Helen Morgan Story as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
- Slim Carter as Richard L. Howard
- The Lawless Eighties as Capt. North
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
- Dance with Me, Henry as Drake
- Rock, Pretty Baby as Mr. Reid
- Emergency Hospital as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
1955
- Cheyenne as Price Edwards
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp as Turner Ashby
- Gunsmoke as Joe Garrett
- Fury as Charlie Stevens
- The Millionaire as Dr. Tom Dunlap
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- The Adventures of Champion as Lance Ward
- 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
- Public Defender as Attorney
- Annie Oakley as Ben Cobey
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Capt. James
- The Lone Wolf as Frank Henshaw
- Passport to Danger as Standish
- The High and the Mighty as Mr. Field (uncredited)
- Dangerous Mission as Ranger Dobson
- The Yellow Tomahawk as Keats
1953
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as William Martin
- City Detective
- Letter to Loretta as Paul
- General Electric Theater
- Revlon Mirror Theatre
- The Clown as Joe Hoagley
- The Pride of the Family as Cunningham
- The Man from the Alamo as Billings (uncredited)
- Those Redheads from Seattle as Whitey Marks
- War Paint as Trooper Allison
- Sangaree as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
1952
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Mr. Andrews
- Adventures of Superman as Gen. Barrel
- Cavalcade of America
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Biff Baker U.S.A.
- Chevron Theatre
- The Red Ball Express as Major (uncredited)
- Horizons West as Layton
- Caribbean as Evans
- The Blazing Forest as Mac
- Target as Martin Conroy
- Desert Passage as John Carver
1951
- Dragnet
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Patsy
- The Racket as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
- Superman and the Mole Men as Bill Corrigan
- Submarine Command as Chief O'Flynn
- Government Agents vs Phantom Legion as Hal Duncan
- Go for Broke! as Captain
- Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Ed Hines
1950
- Tripoli as Wade
- The Lawless as Jim Wilson
- Captain China as Martin
- Young Man with a Horn as Jack Chandler
- Flying Disc Man from Mars as Kent Fowler
- The Torch as Dr. Robert Stanley
- The Eagle and the Hawk as Jones
- The Sun Sets at Dawn as The Chaplain
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Deputy Joe Blake
1948
- Return of the Bad Men as Bob Dalton
- Fighter Squadron as Capt. Duke Chappell
- Mystery in Mexico as Glenn Ames
- Night Song as Jimmy
- Angel on the Amazon as Jerry Adams
- Western Heritage as Joe Powell
1947
- Banjo as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
1946
- Child of Divorce as Michael Benton
- The Bamboo Blonde as Montgomery
1943
- Bombardier as Jim Carter
- Petticoat Larceny as Bill Morgan
- 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.