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)
- 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
- Hazel as Fred Garson
- Ben Casey as Wilfred Blake
- 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
- Sergeant Rutledge as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
- Macumba Love as J. Peter Weils
- The Case of the Dangerous Robin as Sad Sam Clark
- Coronado 9 as Lt. Jim Quinn
1959
- Bonanza as Tim Fisher
- The Twilight Zone as Desperate Man
- The Untouchables as Orville Watson
- Hawaiian Eye as Samuel Drum
- Dennis the Menace as Newscaster (uncredited)
- One Step Beyond as Robert Barton
- Westbound as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
- The Horse Soldiers as Union Officer
- Arson for Hire as Chief Hollister
- Not for Hire
1958
- Lawman as James Chase
- The Donna Reed Show as Mr. Boardman
- Sea Hunt as Case Jarrett
- 77 Sunset Strip as Bill Foster
- Peter Gunn
- Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer as Stratton
- Summer Love as Mr. Reid
- The Deep Six as Paul Clemson
- How to Make a Monster as Detective Thompson
- Missile Monsters as Kent Fowler
1957
- Perry Mason as Detective Myers
- Wagon Train as Major Harrison
- Have Gun, Will Travel as Captain
- Maverick as Bledsoe
- Tales of Wells Fargo as John Forrester
- Tombstone Territory as Corey Muldeen
- M Squad as States Attorney
- The Restless Gun as Ned Landy
- Trackdown as Jeff Krail (uncredited)
- The Helen Morgan Story as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
- Slim Carter as Richard L. Howard
- Official Detective as Lt. Al Copeland
- Casey Jones as Philips
- The Lawless Eighties as Capt. North
- Meet McGraw as Charles Healy
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Sam Cluny
- State Trooper as William Baxter
- Emergency Hospital as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
- Broken Arrow as Fred Neilson
- Dance with Me, Henry as Drake
- Rock, Pretty Baby as Mr. Reid
- Seven Men from Now as John Greer
1955
- Cheyenne as Price Edwards
- Gunsmoke as Joe Garrett
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Fury as Charlie Stevens
- The Millionaire as Dr. Tom Dunlap
- The Far Horizons as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
- Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
- Hell's Island as Lawrence
- Bobby Ware Is Missing as Max Goodwin
- Buffalo Bill Jr.
- The Adventures of Champion as Lance Ward
1954
- Lassie as George Evans
- Dangerous Mission as Ranger Dobson
- Studio 57
- Public Defender as Attorney
- The High and the Mighty as Mr. Field (uncredited)
- Annie Oakley as Ben Cobey
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Capt. James
- The Yellow Tomahawk as Keats
- The Lone Wolf as Frank Henshaw
- Passport to Danger as Standish
1953
- The Clown as Joe Hoagley
- Sangaree as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
- War Paint as Trooper Allison
- The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse as William Martin
- Those Redheads from Seattle as Whitey Marks
- The Man from the Alamo as Billings (uncredited)
- Letter to Loretta as Paul
- City Detective
- The Pride of the Family as Cunningham
- Revlon Mirror Theatre
- General Electric Theater
1952
- Adventures of Superman as Gen. Barrel
- The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet as Mr. Andrews
- Cavalcade of America
- Caribbean as Evans
- Desert Passage as John Carver
- Horizons West as Layton
- Target as Martin Conroy
- Hopalong Cassidy
- The Red Ball Express as Major (uncredited)
- Chevron Theatre
- Biff Baker U.S.A.
- The Blazing Forest as Mac
1951
- Dragnet
- The Racket as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
- Submarine Command as Chief O'Flynn
- Go for Broke! as Captain
- Superman and the Mole Men as Bill Corrigan
- Wells Fargo Gunmaster as Ed Hines
- Government Agents vs Phantom Legion as Hal Duncan
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Patsy
1950
- The Torch as Dr. Robert Stanley
- Captain China as Martin
- Tripoli as Wade
- The Lawless as Jim Wilson
- Young Man with a Horn as Jack Chandler
- The Eagle and the Hawk as Jones
- Flying Disc Man from Mars as Kent Fowler
- The Sun Sets at Dawn as The Chaplain
1949
- The Lone Ranger as Deputy Joe Blake
1948
- Fighter Squadron as Capt. Duke Chappell
- Night Song as Jimmy
- Mystery in Mexico as Glenn Ames
- Return of the Bad Men as Bob Dalton
- Angel on the Amazon as Jerry Adams
- Western Heritage as Joe Powell
1947
- Banjo as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
1946
- The Bamboo Blonde as Montgomery
- Child of Divorce as Michael Benton
1943
- Bombardier as Jim Carter
- Petticoat Larceny as Bill Morgan
- Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event as Dennis Lindsay
1942
- Framing Father as Leon Errol, Jr.
- Army Surgeon as Dr. Bill Drake
- My Favorite Spy as Nightclub Patron
- Mexican Spitfire's Elephant as Dennis Lindsay
- The Mayor of 44th Street as Lou Luddy