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 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.
Acting (78 movies)
Seven Men from Now
1956
Young Man with a Horn
1950
Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
1951
Superman and the Mole Men
1951
Framing Father
1942
The Sun Sets at Dawn
1950
Bombardier
1943
Cheyenne Autumn
1964
The Lawless
1950
Love in September
1936
Hell's Island
1955
How the West Was Won
1962
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Where Love Has Gone
1964
Go for Broke!
1951
Bobby Ware Is Missing
1955
Dangerous Mission
1954
How to Make a Monster
1958
Missile Monsters
1958
Horizons West
1952
Return of the Bad Men
1948
Child of Divorce
1946
The Lawless Eighties
1957
Convict Stage
1965
Target
1952
The Torch
1950
Petticoat Larceny
1943
Desert Passage
1952
Flying Disc Man from Mars
1950
Macumba Love
1960
The Blazing Forest
1952
Banjo
1947
Caribbean
1952
Westbound
1959
Mystery in Mexico
1948
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
Fort Courageous
1965
Army Surgeon
1942
Slim Carter
1957
Sergeant Rutledge
1960
Wells Fargo Gunmaster
1951
Dance with Me, Henry
1956
The High and the Mighty
1954
Arson for Hire
1959
Angel on the Amazon
1948
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event
1943
Western Heritage
1948
The Red Ball Express
1952
Advise & Consent
1962
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
War Paint
1953
Those Redheads from Seattle
1953
A Time for Dying
1969
Emergency Hospital
1956
Rock, Pretty Baby
1956
My Favorite Spy
1942
Moment to Moment
1966
Captain China
1950
Sangaree
1953
The Clown
1953
Submarine Command
1951
Night Song
1948
The Racket
1951
Tripoli
1950
The Bamboo Blonde
1946
The Monk
1969
Fighter Squadron
1948
The Far Horizons
1955
The Horse Soldiers
1959
The Deep Six
1958
Mirage
1965
The Man from the Alamo
1953
The Sand Pebbles
1966
Flashing Spikes
1962
Summer Love
1958
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
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