Walter Reed

Known for ActingBorn 1916-02-10Died 2001-08-20Fort Ward, Washington, USA

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.Read more

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Wells Fargo Gunmaster

Love in September

The Twilight Zone

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

Arrest and Trial

The Monk

Slim Carter

Bobby Ware Is Missing

Studio 57

The Lone Wolf

Chevron Theatre

The Untouchables

Framing Father

87th Precinct

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Perry Mason

Biff Baker U.S.A.

Banjo

Bonanza

Macumba Love

Official Detective

Passport to Danger

City Detective

Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

Batman

Emergency Hospital

Have Gun, Will Travel

The Sand Pebbles

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Advise & Consent

The Streets of San Francisco

Mirage

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

77 Sunset Strip

Tales of Wells Fargo

Saints and Sinners

How the West Was Won

Arson for Hire

Sergeant Rutledge

The Lawless Eighties

Ironside

The Horse Soldiers

The Invaders

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Maverick

Western Heritage

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