Dean Reed

Known for ActingBorn 1938-09-22Died 1986-06-13Denver, Colorado, USA

Dean Reed was born September 22, 1938, in Denver Colorado. He went to Hollywood where he signed a record contract with Capitol Records in 1958, but his third single, "Our Summer Romance" was so popular in South America he went to tour there. More popular than Elvis Presley, he stayed to enjoy his incredible fame in Chile, Peru, Argentina. He made albums, starred in movies and had his own television show in Buenos Aires. He was known as Mr. Simpatia because he worked free in barrios and prisons and protested US policy, nuclear bomb tests etc. His politics moved to the left but he never joined the Communist party. He was deported from Argentina in 1966 and ended up in Rome, where he made "spaghetti westerns" for several years. He made his first concert tour of the Soviet Union in 1966 and became a mega star there and in Eastern Europe. He continually got into trouble with US State Department for protesting Vietnam War and attending International Peace Conferences. He moved to East Germany (GDR) in 1973, made numerous albums, starred in several films, and wrote and directed his own. His last visit to the States in late 1985 encouraged him to dream of making a career for himself back home, especially if he could return with his current project in hand, a movie about the war between AIM and the FBI at Wounded Knee, 1973. A GDR/Soviet Union co-production, the film had taken years to get off the ground. Just days before shooting was due to start in the Crimea, Dean Reed's body was found in the lake near his home outside of East Berlin. He had been missing for several days. Many close to him in the GDR suspected suicide; his family and friends in America believed he was murdered.Read more

Movies & web series

American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story

The Lineage of Cain

Sotto a chi tocca!

The Red Elvis

Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy

Twenty Paces to Death

Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola

Die Vergnügungsspalte

Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive

La banda de los tres crisantemos

Guadalajara en verano

Adiós, Sabata

The Singer

The Corsairs

Kit & Co.

Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts

Red Gringo

My First Girlfriend

Blood Brothers

The Nephews of Zorro

Sing, Cowboy, Sing

God Made Them... I Kill Them

Windy Story

Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte

Karate, Fist and Beans

Secret Diary of Fanny

Death Knocks Twice

Ein Kessel Buntes

Dean Reed - Sänger des anderen Amerika