Actor
Walter Reed
February 10, 1916 · Fort Ward, Washington, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Burgess Meredith
3 titles together
The Twilight Zone, Batman, Advise & Consent
Karl Malden
3 titles together
How the West Was Won, Cheyenne Autumn, The Streets of San Francisco
John Wayne
3 titles together
How the West Was Won, The Horse Soldiers, The High and the Mighty
Judson Pratt
3 titles together
The Horse Soldiers, Cheyenne Autumn, Sergeant Rutledge
Ken Curtis
3 titles together
The Horse Soldiers, Cheyenne Autumn, Gunsmoke
Willis Bouchey
3 titles together
The Horse Soldiers, Sergeant Rutledge, Perry Mason
Full filmography · 150
The Streets of San Francisco
as Hotel desk clerk
19727.1
Ironside
as Dr. Freemont and as Sergeant Dickerson
19676.9
The Invaders
as Major
19676.9
Family Affair
as Mr. Burgess
19666.7
Batman
as Officer and as Officer (uncredited)
19667.3
The F.B.I.
as Jack Zander and as Dwight Livingstone and as Al McClure
19655.6
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Scientist (uncredited)
19647.8
Petticoat Junction
as Grover Woodstock and as Melvin Randall
19635.9
Arrest and Trial
as Judge and as Municipal Court Judge
1963
The Virginian
as Maj. Mallory and as Caleb and as Rev. Nichols and as J.D. Collins and as Mr. Stephens
19626.5
Saints and Sinners
as Bill Sutton
1962
Ben Casey
as Wilfred Blake
1961