Walter Sande

Acting

Born Jul 09, 1906

From Denver, Colorado, USA

Died Nov 22, 1971

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walter Sande (July 9, 1906 - November 22, 1971) was an American actor, notable for film roles including Paul Revere in Walt Disney's Johnny Tremain. Born in Denver, Colorado, he was one of those stern, heavyset character actors in Hollywood no person could recognize by name. He showed an early interest in music as a youth and by his college years managed to start his own band. This led to a job as musical director for 20th Century-Fox's theater chain, which, in turn, led him to acting in films beginning in 1937. Usually providing atmospheric bits with no billing, he made an initial impression in serial cliffhangers as a third-string heavy with the popular The Green Hornet Strikes Again! and Sky Raiders. His first top featured role, however, would come with The Iron Claw as Jack "Flash" Strong, a photographer who, uncharacteristically for Walter, served as a comic sidekick to our serial hero. Best of all would be his role in another serial as Red Pennington, the amusing sidekick to Don Winslow of the Navy. He repeated his role again in Don Winslow of the Coast Guard, the successful sequel. The Pennington role would spark a long and steady career in movies, usually a step or two behind Hollywood's elite, in To Have and Have Not (prominently featured as the fisherman who tries to cheat Bogie), in Along Came Jones, The Blue Dahlia, Dark City and Bad Day at Black Rock, among hundreds of others. A regular authoritative presence in these classic sci-fi films Red Planet Mars, The War of the Worlds and Invaders from Mars. He also had a recurring featured part in the 1940s Boston Blackie film series playing Detective Matthews alongside 'Chester Morris former thief-turned-crime hero. A primary support player during the 'golden age' of TV, Walter worked on nearly every popular western and crime show available throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He had a regular series role on "The Adventures of Tugboat Annie" as Captain Horatio Bullwinkle, Annie's tugboat rival, and a recurring one as Lars "Papa" Holstrum, on "The Farmer's Daughter". He died of a heart attack in 1971 at age sixty-five in Chicago, Illinois. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Sande, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Walter Sande

Known For

Citizen Kane

The War of the Worlds

Bad Day at Black Rock

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Last Train from Gun Hill

The Duel at Silver Creek

Sergeant York

A Place in the Sun

Apache

To Have and Have Not

Filmography — Acting

Citizen Kane

The War of the Worlds

Bad Day at Black Rock

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Last Train from Gun Hill

The Duel at Silver Creek

Sergeant York

A Place in the Sun

Apache

To Have and Have Not

Kitty Foyle

The Blue Dahlia

Rawhide

Air Force

Invaders from Mars

Wichita

The Racket

Johnny Tremain

Dark City

The Maverick Queen

Gung Ho!

A Guy Named Joe

Blonde Ice

Nocturne

Cold Turkey

Son of Dracula

Arizona

Sunrise at Campobello

The Red House

Drango

Canadian Pacific

Death of a Gunfighter

Dakota Lil

Warpath

The Kid from Texas

Michael O'Hara the Fourth

I'll Take Sweden

Red Planet Mars

The Mad Miss Manton

Alias Boston Blackie

The Gallant Hours

Christmas Eve

Anything Goes

Tortilla Flat

Angels Over Broadway

The Woman on the Beach

Music in My Heart

Eternally Yours

A Blueprint for Murder

Along Came Jones

Commandos Strike at Dawn

Fort Worth

Blue, White and Perfect

The Man They Could Not Hang

My Sister Eileen

Wild Harvest

Two Yanks in Trinidad

711 Ocean Drive

The Steel Trap

Corvette K-225

Red Mountain

Payment on Demand

Reveille with Beverly

The Great Sioux Uprising

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Canyon River

The Spider