Walter Reed

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-02-10 (85 years old)

Deathday

2001-08-20

Place of Birth

Fort Ward, Washington, USA

Walter Reed

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 Re...

Acting

1956

Seven Men from Now

as John Greer

1950

Young Man with a Horn

as Jack Chandler

1951

1942

Framing Father

as Leon Errol, Jr.

1950

The Sun Sets at Dawn

as The Chaplain

1943

Bombardier

as Jim Carter

1964

Cheyenne Autumn

as Lt. Peterson (uncredited)

1950

The Lawless

as Jim Wilson

1955

Hell's Island

as Lawrence

1962

How the West Was Won

as River Pirate (uncredited)

1970

Tora! Tora! Tora!

as Vice Adm. William S. Pye (uncredited)

1964

Where Love Has Gone

as George Babson

1951

Go for Broke!

as Captain

1955

Bobby Ware Is Missing

as Max Goodwin

1954

Dangerous Mission

as Ranger Dobson

1958

Missile Monsters

as Kent Fowler

1958

How to Make a Monster

as Detective Thompson

1952

Horizons West

as Layton

1948

1946

Child of Divorce

as Michael Benton

1957

The Lawless Eighties

as Capt. North

1965

Convict Stage

as Sam Gill

1952

Target

as Martin Conroy

1950

The Torch

as Dr. Robert Stanley

1943

Petticoat Larceny

as Bill Morgan

1952

Desert Passage

as John Carver

1950

1960

Macumba Love

as J. Peter Weils

1947

Banjo

as Dr. Robert M. Hartley

1952

Caribbean

as Evans

1959

Westbound

as Julesburg Doctor (uncredited)

1948

Mystery in Mexico

as Glenn Ames

1942

1965

1942

Army Surgeon

as Dr. Bill Drake

1957

Slim Carter

as Richard L. Howard

1960

Sergeant Rutledge

as Capt. McAfee (uncredited)

1951

1954

The High and the Mighty

as Mr. Field (uncredited)

1959

Arson for Hire

as Chief Hollister

1948

Angel on the Amazon

as Jerry Adams

1948

Western Heritage

as Joe Powell

1952

The Red Ball Express

as Major (uncredited)

1962

Advise & Consent

as Senate Staff Clerk (uncredited)

1942

1953

War Paint

as Trooper Allison

1953

1969

1956

Emergency Hospital

as Police Sgt. Paul Arnold

1956

1942

My Favorite Spy

as Nightclub Patron

1966

Moment to Moment

as Hendricks

1950

Captain China

as Martin

1953

Sangaree

as Conspirator in Boat (uncredited)

1953

The Clown

as Joe Hoagley

1951

Submarine Command

as Chief O'Flynn

1948

Night Song

as Jimmy

1951

The Racket

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

1950

Tripoli

as Wade

1946

The Bamboo Blonde

as Montgomery

1969

The Monk

as Director

1948

Fighter Squadron

as Capt. Duke Chappell

1955

The Far Horizons

as Helmsman Cruzatte (uncredited)

1959

The Horse Soldiers

as Union Officer

1958

The Deep Six

as Paul Clemson

1965

1966

The Sand Pebbles

as Bidder at Red Kettle Bar (uncredited)

1962

Flashing Spikes

as 2nd Reporter

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