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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 10, 1916
Died
August 20, 2001
Place of Birth
Fort Ward, Washington, USA
Also Known As
- Walter Reed Smith
Walter Reed
0.8 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Hotel desk clerk
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
7.1
Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
7.5
Director
The Monk
1969
6.3
Mayor
A Time for Dying
1969
6.8
Dr. Freemont
Ironside
1967
6.8
Sergeant Dickerson
Ironside
1967
6.8
Major
The Invaders
1967
7.2
Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
The Sand Pebbles
1966
6.7
Mr. Burgess
Family Affair
1966
4.8
Hendricks
Moment to Moment
1966
Credits
The Streets of San Francisco
as Hotel desk clerk
1972
7.0
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
1970
7.1
The Monk
as Director
1969
7.5
A Time for Dying
as Mayor
1969
6.3
Ironside
as Dr. Freemont
1967
6.8
Ironside
as Sergeant Dickerson
1967
6.8
The Invaders
as Major
1967
6.8
The Sand Pebbles
as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
1966
7.2
Family Affair
as Mr. Burgess
1966
6.7
Moment to Moment
as Hendricks
1966
4.8
Batman
as Officer
1966
7.3
Batman
as Officer (uncredited)
1966
7.3
Mirage
as Reporter (uncredited)
1965
7.0
The F.B.I.
as Jack Zander
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Dwight Livingstone
1965
5.4
The F.B.I.
as Al McClure
1965
5.4
Fort Courageous
as Doc
1965
4.9
Convict Stage
as Sam Gill
1965
6.1
Where Love Has Gone
as George Babson
1964
5.9
Cheyenne Autumn
as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
1964
6.7
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Scientist (uncredited)
1964
7.7
Petticoat Junction
as Grover Woodstock
1963
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Melvin Randall
1963
5.7
Arrest and Trial
as Judge
1963
7.7
Arrest and Trial
as Municipal Court Judge
1963
7.7
How the West Was Won
as River Pirate (uncredited)
1962
7.0
Flashing Spikes
as 2nd Reporter
1962
6.0
The Virginian
as Maj. Mallory
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Caleb
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Rev. Nichols
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as J.D. Collins
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Mr. Stephens
1962
6.4
Saints and Sinners
as Bill Sutton
1962
6.0
Advise & Consent
as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
1962
7.2
Ben Casey
as Wilfred Blake
1961
5.6
Hazel
as Fred Garson
1961
6.8
Hazel
as Mr. Murray
1961
6.8
87th Precinct
as Walters
1961
7.5
Miami Undercover
as Sandor
1961
6.0
Mister Ed
as Mr. Maloney
1961
6.7
The Case of the Dangerous Robin
as Sad Sam Clark
1960
0.0
My Three Sons
as Dean of Men
1960
6.5
My Three Sons
as Roy Davis
1960
6.5
My Three Sons
as John Hunter
1960
6.5
Thriller
as Police Sgt. Burke
1960
6.6
Coronado 9
as Lt. Jim Quinn
1960
6.0
Coronado 9
as Police Lt. Jim Quinn
1960
6.0
Macumba Love
as J. Peter Weils
1960
5.0
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
1960
7.1
🎬
Not for Hire
1959
0.0
The Untouchables
as Orville Watson
1959
7.8
Hawaiian Eye
as Samuel Drum
1959
5.2
Dennis the Menace
as Newscaster (uncredited)
1959
6.5
Dennis the Menace
as Mike Thompson
1959
6.5
Dennis the Menace
as Newscaster
1959
6.5
The Twilight Zone
as Desperate Man
1959
8.5
Bonanza
as Tim Fisher
1959
7.5
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Officer
1959
7.0
Westbound
as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
1959
6.2
Arson for Hire
as Chief Hollister
1959
5.0
One Step Beyond
as Robert Barton
1959
5.6
77 Sunset Strip
as Bill Foster
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Phillip Staunton
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Sheldon Blair
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Carl Quigley
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Scott Norton
1958
6.7
Lawman
as James Chase
1958
5.6
The Donna Reed Show
as Mr. Boardman
1958
6.2
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
How to Make a Monster
as Detective Thompson
1958
5.6
Summer Love
as Mr. Reid
1958
5.0
The Deep Six
as Paul Clemson
1958
5.5
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Stratton
1958
6.6
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Joe Stanley
1958
6.6
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
as Fred Rankin
1958
6.6
Sea Hunt
as Case Jarrett
1958
6.6
Missile Monsters
as Kent Fowler
1958
3.0
Slim Carter
as Richard L. Howard
1957
0.0
Tombstone Territory
as Corey Muldeen
1957
6.2
Casey Jones
as Philips
1957
5.5
Trackdown
as Jeff Krail (uncredited)
1957
6.4
The Helen Morgan Story
as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
1957
5.0
The Restless Gun
as Ned Landy
1957
3.0
Maverick
as Bledsoe
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Detective Myers
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Alexander Hill
1957
7.7
M Squad
as States Attorney
1957
5.2
Wagon Train
as Major Harrison
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Sheriff Miller (uncredited)
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Simms
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Sheriff Signor
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Master Sgt. Conners
1957
6.6
Wagon Train
as Mr. Burke
1957
6.6
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Captain
1957
7.3
Meet McGraw
as Charles Healy
1957
5.0
The Lawless Eighties
as Capt. North
1957
0.0
Tales of Wells Fargo
as John Forrester
1957
6.9
🎬
Official Detective
as Lt. Al Copeland
1957
7.0
🎬
Official Detective
as Gilson
1957
7.0
Dance with Me, Henry
as Drake
1956
5.1
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Mr. Reid
1956
4.5
Emergency Hospital
as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
1956
6.5
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sam Cluny
1956
6.0
🎬
State Trooper
as William Baxter
1956
5.0
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Fred Neilson
1956
5.0
Seven Men from Now
as John Greer
1956
6.8
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Max Goodwin
1955
7.0
Fury
as Charlie Stevens
1955
6.2
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
1955
6.3
The Adventures of Champion
as Lance Ward
1955
5.3
The Adventures of Champion
as Ed Neely
1955
5.3
Cheyenne
as Price Edwards
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Ray Landers
1955
6.0
Cheyenne
as Jack Riggs
1955
6.0
Gunsmoke
as Joe Garrett
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Turner Ashby
1955
6.8
The Far Horizons
as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
1955
6.2
Hell's Island
as Lawrence
1955
5.4
Buffalo Bill Jr.
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Dr. Tom Dunlap
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as James Mitchell
1955
5.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
as Capt. James
1954
6.9
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Studio 57
as Chad
1954
0.0
Studio 57
as Ben Craine
1954
0.0
Lassie
as George Evans
1954
6.1
Lassie
as Doug Walker
1954
6.1
The High and the Mighty
as Mr. Field (uncredited)
1954
5.9
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Keats
1954
6.0
The Lone Wolf
as Frank Henshaw
1954
7.0
🎬
Passport to Danger
as Standish
1954
6.0
Public Defender
as Attorney
1954
5.7
Public Defender
as Cassidy
1954
5.7
Public Defender
as Jackson Blake
1954
5.7
Public Defender
as Doctor
1954
5.7
Dangerous Mission
as Ranger Dobson
1954
5.8
Annie Oakley
as Ben Cobey
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Arthur Berkeley
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Henry Hayden
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Jim Miller
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Deuce Anderson
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Rufe
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Walt Bronson
1954
5.2
Annie Oakley
as Steve Scribner
1954
5.2
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Whitey Marks
1953
5.3
🎬
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
as William Martin
1953
7.0
The Pride of the Family
as Cunningham
1953
5.0
Letter to Loretta
as Paul
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Dr. Perry Roth
1953
6.5
City Detective
1953
7.0
War Paint
as Trooper Allison
1953
5.5
The Man from the Alamo
as Billings (uncredited)
1953
6.5
Revlon Mirror Theatre
1953
0.0
Sangaree
as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
1953
6.4
The Clown
as Joe Hoagley
1953
5.3
The Blazing Forest
as Mac
1952
6.0
Biff Baker U.S.A.
1952
7.5
Horizons West
as Layton
1952
6.2
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Mr. Andrews
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Colonel
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Man on TV
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Captain
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as King
1952
5.9
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
as Arcade Owner
1952
5.9
Cavalcade of America
1952
3.5
Cavalcade of America
as Capt. Marsh
1952
3.5
Adventures of Superman
as Gen. Barrel
1952
6.6
Adventures of Superman
as Bill Corrigan
1952
6.6
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
Caribbean
as Evans
1952
5.8
The Red Ball Express
as Major (uncredited)
1952
5.8
Desert Passage
as John Carver
1952
4.2
Target
as Martin Conroy
1952
5.8
🎬
Chevron Theatre
1952
10.0
🎬
Chevron Theatre
as William Martin
1952
10.0
Dragnet
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Paul Barton
1951
6.4
Dragnet
as Rudolf Mason
1951
6.4
Superman and the Mole Men
as Bill Corrigan
1951
5.3
Submarine Command
as Chief O'Flynn
1951
5.6
The Racket
as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
1951
6.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Patsy
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
as Hal Duncan
1951
6.0
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Ed Hines
1951
0.0
Go for Broke!
as Captain
1951
5.8
Tripoli
as Wade
1950
5.6
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as The Chaplain
1950
6.0
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Kent Fowler
1950
5.0
The Eagle and the Hawk
as Jones
1950
5.4
The Torch
as Dr. Robert Stanley
1950
4.8
The Lawless
as Jim Wilson
1950
5.8
Young Man with a Horn
as Jack Chandler
1950
6.4
Captain China
as Martin
1950
4.6
The Lone Ranger
as Deputy Joe Blake
1949
6.8
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Duke Chappell
1948
5.9
Angel on the Amazon
as Jerry Adams
1948
4.8
Mystery in Mexico
as Glenn Ames
1948
5.8
Return of the Bad Men
as Bob Dalton
1948
6.3
Western Heritage
as Joe Powell
1948
6.3
Night Song
as Jimmy
1948
6.2
Banjo
as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
1947
7.5
Child of Divorce
as Michael Benton
1946
6.0
The Bamboo Blonde
as Montgomery
1946
5.0
Petticoat Larceny
as Bill Morgan
1943
6.7
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Dennis Lindsay
1943
5.7
Bombardier
as Jim Carter
1943
5.6
Army Surgeon
as Dr. Bill Drake
1942
5.8
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Lou Luddy
1942
4.3
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Dennis Lindsay
1942
5.2
My Favorite Spy
as Nightclub Patron
1942
5.2
Framing Father
as Leon Errol, Jr.
1942
0.0
Love in September
1936
0.0