Walter Reed

Acting

Born Feb 10, 1916

From Fort Ward, Washington, USA

Died Aug 20, 2001

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.

Walter Reed

Known For

Tora! Tora! Tora!

How the West Was Won

The Horse Soldiers

Cheyenne Autumn

Advise & Consent

Mirage

The Sand Pebbles

Young Man with a Horn

The Man from the Alamo

The Far Horizons

Filmography — Acting

Tora! Tora! Tora!

How the West Was Won

The Horse Soldiers

Cheyenne Autumn

Advise & Consent

Mirage

The Sand Pebbles

Young Man with a Horn

The Man from the Alamo

The Far Horizons

The High and the Mighty

The Racket

7 Men from Now

Bombardier

Superman and the Mole Men

The Deep Six

The Red Ball Express

The Helen Morgan Story

Horizons West

Submarine Command

The Clown

How to Make a Monster

Westbound

Sergeant Rutledge

Flashing Spikes

Flying Disc Man from Mars

Dance with Me, Henry

The Lawless

The Monk

Those Redheads from Seattle

The Torch

Go for Broke!

Dangerous Mission

Summer Love

The Eagle and the Hawk

My Favorite Spy

Where Love Has Gone

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

The Yellow Tomahawk

Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event

Moment to Moment

The Mayor of 44th Street

A Time for Dying

Return of the Bad Men

Hell's Island

Desert Passage

Tripoli

Convict Stage

War Paint

Banjo

Fighter Squadron

Slim Carter

Captain China

Fort Courageous

Caribbean

Western Heritage

Missile Monsters

The Lawless Eighties

The Sun Sets at Dawn

The Blazing Forest

Sangaree

Mystery in Mexico

The Bamboo Blonde

Government Agents vs Phantom Legion

Angel on the Amazon

Wells Fargo Gunmaster

Child of Divorce