Acting
Walter Reed
EN cinema · 78 credits
Born
10 February 1916
Died
20 August 2001 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Fort Ward, Washington, USA
Also known as Walter Reed Smith
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
Filmography
Tora! Tora! Tora!
as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)
A Time for Dying
as Mayor
The Monk
as Director
Moment to Moment
as Hendricks
The Sand Pebbles
as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)
Convict Stage
as Sam Gill
Mirage
as Reporter (uncredited)
Cheyenne Autumn
as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
Where Love Has Gone
as George Babson
How the West Was Won
as River Pirate (uncredited)
Advise & Consent
as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)
Flashing Spikes
as 2nd Reporter
Macumba Love
as J. Peter Weils
Sergeant Rutledge
as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Westbound
as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)
Arson for Hire
as Chief Hollister
The Horse Soldiers
as Union Officer
Missile Monsters
as Kent Fowler
How to Make a Monster
as Detective Thompson
The Deep Six
as Paul Clemson
Summer Love
as Mr. Reid
The Lawless Eighties
as Capt. North
Slim Carter
as Richard L. Howard
The Helen Morgan Story
as Loring Kirk (uncredited)
7 Men from Now
as John Greer
Dance with Me, Henry
as Drake
Emergency Hospital
as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
Rock, Pretty Baby
as Mr. Reid
Hell's Island
as Lawrence
Bobby Ware Is Missing
as Max Goodwin
The Far Horizons
as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)
Dangerous Mission
as Ranger Dobson
The High and the Mighty
as Mr. Field (uncredited)
The Yellow Tomahawk
as Keats
War Paint
as Trooper Allison
Those Redheads from Seattle
as Whitey Marks
Sangaree
as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)
The Clown
as Joe Hoagley
The Man from the Alamo
as Billings (uncredited)
Horizons West
as Layton
Target
as Martin Conroy
Desert Passage
as John Carver
Caribbean
as Evans
The Red Ball Express
as Major (uncredited)
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
as Hal Duncan
Superman and the Mole Men
as Bill Corrigan
Go for Broke!
as Captain (uncredited)
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
as Ed Hines
Submarine Command
as Chief O'Flynn
The Racket
as Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)
Young Man with a Horn
as Jack Chandler
The Sun Sets at Dawn
as The Chaplain
The Lawless
as Jim Wilson
The Torch
as Dr. Robert Stanley
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Kent Fowler
Captain China
as Martin
Tripoli
as Wade
Return of the Bad Men
as Bob Dalton
Mystery in Mexico
as Glenn Ames
Angel on the Amazon
as Jerry Adams
Western Heritage
as Joe Powell
Night Song
as Jimmy
Fighter Squadron
as Capt. Duke Chappell
Banjo
as Dr. Robert M. Hartley
Child of Divorce
as Michael Benton
The Bamboo Blonde
as Montgomery
Bombardier
as Jim Carter
Petticoat Larceny
as Bill Morgan
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
as Dennis Lindsay
Framing Father
as Leon Errol, Jr.
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
as Dennis Lindsay
Army Surgeon
as Dr. Bill Drake
The Mayor of 44th Street
as Lou Luddy
My Favorite Spy
as Nightclub Patron