Acting
Walter Reed
Born February 10, 1916 · Fort Ward, Washington, USA
Died August 20, 2001 · aged 85
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 memora…
Known For
Tora! Tora! Tora! · 1970Tora! Tora! Tora!
★ 7.21970
MovieWarHistory
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words used by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
The High and the Mighty · 1954The High and the Mighty
★ 6.01954
MovieAdventureDrama
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
How the West Was Won · 1962How the West Was Won
★ 7.01962
MovieWestern
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.
The Horse Soldiers · 1959The Horse Soldiers
★ 6.91959
MovieWesternWar
A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.
Cheyenne Autumn · 1964Cheyenne Autumn
★ 6.71964
MovieWestern
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Emergency Hospital · 1956Emergency Hospital
★ 7.31956
MovieActionCrime
About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.
The Sand Pebbles · 1966The Sand Pebbles
★ 7.21966
MovieDramaWar
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
7 Men from Now · 19567 Men from Now
★ 6.81956
MovieWestern
A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths with a couple heading to California.
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Cheyenne Autumn · 1964Cheyenne Autumn
★ 6.71964
MovieWestern
A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.
Lt. Peterson (uncredited)
Emergency Hospital · 1956Emergency Hospital
★ 7.31956
MovieActionCrime
About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic night of business-as-usual.
Police Sgt. Paul Arnold
Sergeant Rutledge · 1960Sergeant Rutledge
★ 7.01960
MovieWesternCrime
Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story · 1957The Helen Morgan Story
★ 5.31957
MovieDramaMusic
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Loring Kirk (uncredited)
The Racket · 1951The Racket
★ 6.31951
MovieCrimeThriller
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
Policeman at Roll Call & in Locker Room (uncredited)




































