Actor · Acting

Walter Reed

Born 1916-02-10

Died 2001-08-20

📍 Fort 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.

Filmography 206

The Streets of San Francisco

as Hotel desk clerk

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)

A Time for Dying

as Dr. Freemont

as Sergeant Dickerson

The Sand Pebbles

as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)

Moment to Moment

as Officer (uncredited)

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Dwight Livingstone

Fort Courageous

Where Love Has Gone

as George Babson

Cheyenne Autumn

as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Scientist (uncredited)

Petticoat Junction

as Grover Woodstock

Petticoat Junction

as Melvin Randall

Arrest and Trial

Arrest and Trial

as Municipal Court Judge

How the West Was Won

as River Pirate (uncredited)

Flashing Spikes

as 2nd Reporter

as Maj. Mallory

as Rev. Nichols

as J.D. Collins

as Mr. Stephens

Saints and Sinners

Advise & Consent

as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

as Wilfred Blake

Miami Undercover

The Case of the Dangerous Robin

as Sad Sam Clark

as Police Sgt. Burke

as Lt. Jim Quinn

as Police Lt. Jim Quinn

as J. Peter Weils

Sergeant Rutledge

as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)

The Untouchables

as Orville Watson

Dennis the Menace

as Newscaster (uncredited)

Dennis the Menace

as Mike Thompson

Dennis the Menace

The Twilight Zone

as Desperate Man

The Horse Soldiers

as Union Officer

as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)

as Chief Hollister

One Step Beyond

as Robert Barton

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

as Phillip Staunton

77 Sunset Strip

as Sheldon Blair

77 Sunset Strip

as Carl Quigley

77 Sunset Strip

as Scott Norton

The Donna Reed Show

as Mr. Boardman

How to Make a Monster

as Detective Thompson

as Paul Clemson

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer

as Case Jarrett

Missile Monsters

as Richard L. Howard

Tombstone Territory

as Corey Muldeen

as Jeff Krail (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

as Loring Kirk (uncredited)

The Restless Gun

as Detective Myers

as Alexander Hill

as States Attorney

as Major Harrison

as Sheriff Miller (uncredited)

as Sheriff Signor

as Master Sgt. Conners

Have Gun, Will Travel

as Charles Healy

The Lawless Eighties

Tales of Wells Fargo

as John Forrester

Dance with Me, Henry

Rock, Pretty Baby

Emergency Hospital

as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Bobby Ware Is Missing

as Charlie Stevens

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon

The Adventures of Champion

The Adventures of Champion

as Price Edwards

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

as Turner Ashby

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Far Horizons

as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)

Buffalo Bill Jr.

The Millionaire

as Dr. Tom Dunlap

The Millionaire

as James Mitchell

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as George Evans

The High and the Mighty

as Mr. Field (uncredited)

The Yellow Tomahawk

as Frank Henshaw

Public Defender

Public Defender

Public Defender

as Jackson Blake

Public Defender

Dangerous Mission

as Ranger Dobson

as Arthur Berkeley

as Henry Hayden

as Deuce Anderson

as Walt Bronson

as Steve Scribner

Those Redheads from Seattle

as Whitey Marks

The Pride of the Family

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

as Dr. Perry Roth

as Trooper Allison

The Man from the Alamo

as Billings (uncredited)

Revlon Mirror Theatre

as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

The Blazing Forest

Biff Baker U.S.A.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

as Arcade Owner

Cavalcade of America

Cavalcade of America

Hopalong Cassidy

Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman

as Bill Corrigan

The Red Ball Express

as Major (uncredited)

as Martin Conroy

as Rudolf Mason

Superman and the Mole Men

as Bill Corrigan

Submarine Command

as Chief O'Flynn

as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

The Sun Sets at Dawn

as The Chaplain

Flying Disc Man from Mars

The Eagle and the Hawk

as Dr. Robert Stanley

Young Man with a Horn

as Jack Chandler

The Lone Ranger

as Deputy Joe Blake

Fighter Squadron

as Capt. Duke Chappell

Angel on the Amazon

Mystery in Mexico

Return of the Bad Men

Western Heritage

as Dr. Robert M. Hartley

Child of Divorce

as Michael Benton

The Bamboo Blonde

Petticoat Larceny

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

as Dennis Lindsay

as Dr. Bill Drake

The Mayor of 44th Street

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

as Dennis Lindsay

My Favorite Spy

as Nightclub Patron

as Leon Errol, Jr.

Love in September