Walter Reed (actor)

Walter Reed (actor)
Walter Reed (born Walter Reed Smith, February 10, 1916 – August 20, 2001) was an American stage, film and television actor.
Biography
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 Perry Mason, John Payne's The Restless Gun, and Gunsmoke (as Joe Garrett in 1957, series 2, episode 22), Reed changed careers and became a real estate investor and broker in Santa Cruz, California in the late 1960s.
Selected filmography
Redskin (1929) - Indian Boy (uncredited)
My Favorite Spy (1942) - Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942) - Lou Luddy
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant (1942) - Dennis Lindsay
Army Surgeon (1942) - Dr. Bill Drake
Seven Days' Leave (1942) - Ralph Bell
Bombardier (1943) - Jim Carter
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event (1943) - Dennis Lindsay
Petticoat Larceny (1943) - Bill Morgan
The Bamboo Blonde (1946) - Montgomery, Magazine Reporter (uncredited)
Child of Divorce (1946) - Michael Benton
Banjo (1947) - Dr. Bob
Night Song (1947) - Jimmy
Western Heritage (1948) - Joe Powell
Return of the Bad Men (1948) - Bob Dalton
Mystery in Mexico (1948) - Glenn Ames
Angel on the Amazon (1948) - Jerry Adams
Fighter Squadron (1948) - Capt. Duke Chappell
Captain China (1950) - Martin
Young Man with a Horn (1950) - Jack Chandler
The Eagle and the Hawk (1950) - Jones
The Torch (1950) - Dr. Robert Stanley
The Lawless (1950) - Jim Wilson
Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950, Serial) - Kent Fowler
The Sun Sets at Dawn (1950) - The Chaplain
Tripoli (1950) - Wade
Charlie's Haunt (1950) - Larry (uncredited)
Go for Broke! (1951) - Captain (uncredited)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster (1951) - Ed Hines
Government Agents vs. Phantom Legion (1951, Serial) - Hal Duncan
The Racket (1951) - Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole-Men (1951) - Bill Corrigan
Submarine Command (1951) - Chief O'Flynn
Bronco Buster (1952) - Fred Wharton, Phoenix Announcer (uncredited)
Target (1952) - Martin Conroy
Red Ball Express (1952) - Major (uncredited)
Desert Passage (1952) - John Carver
Caribbean Gold (1952) - Evans, MacAllister's Foreman
Horizons West (1952) - Layton
Thunderbirds (1952) - Lt. Hammond
The Blazing Forest (1952) - Max
The Clown (1953) - Joe Hoagley
Seminole (1953) - Farmer (uncredited)
Sangaree (1953) - Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
The Man from the Alamo (1953) - Billings (uncredited)
Latin Lovers (1953) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
War Paint (1953) - Trooper Allison
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953) - Whitey Marks
Forever Female (1953) - Leading Man (uncredited)
Dangerous Mission (1954) - Ranger Dobson
The High and the Mighty (1954) - Mr. Field (uncredited)
The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) - Keats
Return from the Sea (1954) - Captain
The Eternal Sea (1955) - Operations Officer
Hell's Island (1955) - Lawrence
The Far Horizons (1955) - Cruzatte (helmsman)
The Last Command (1955) - Irate Texan in Cantina (uncredited)
Bobby Ware Is Missing (1955) - Max Goodwin
Seven Men from Now (1956) - John Greer
Emergency Hospital (1956) - Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
Dance with Me, Henry (1956) - Drake
Three Brave Men (1956) - George Pryor (uncredited)
Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956) - Mr. Reid
Last of the Badmen (1957) - Fleming (Dillon's aide) (uncredited)
The Lawless Eighties (1957) - Capt. Ellis North
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) - Loring Kirk (uncredited)
Slim Carter (1957) - Richard L. Howard
The Deep Six (1958) - Paul Clemson
Summer Love (1958) - Mr. Reid
How to Make a Monster (1958) - Detective Thompson
Arson for Hire (1959) - Chief Hollister
Westbound (1959) - Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
The Horse Soldiers (1959) - Union Officer
13 Fighting Men (1960) - Col. Jeffers
Sergeant Rutledge (1960) - Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Macumba Love (1960) - J. Peter Weils
Posse from Hell (1961) - Olly (uncredited)
Sea Hunt (1961, Season 4, Episode: "Imposter") - Case Jarrett
Advise & Consent (1962) - Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
How the West Was Won (1962) - River Pirate (uncredited)
The Carpetbaggers (1964) - Monica's Lay-out Artist (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) - Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
Where Love Has Gone (1964) - George Babson
Fort Courageous (1965) - Doc
Mirage (1965) - Reporter (uncredited)
Convict Stage (1965) - Sam Gill
The Money Trap (1965) - Detective (uncredited)
Moment to Moment (1966) - Hendricks
The Oscar (1966) - Pereira (uncredited)
The Sand Pebbles (1966) - Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
The Destructors (1968) - Admiral
Star! (1968) - Photographer (uncredited)
Panic in the City (1968) - Frank Devers
A Time for Dying (1969) - Mayor
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
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Male actors from Santa Cruz, California
American male film actors
American male television actors
American male stage actors
20th-century American male actors
1916 births
2001 deaths
People from Bainbridge Island, Washington
Male actors from Washington (state)