Walter Sande
Biography
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.
Known For
Man at lunch counter (uncredited)
The Price of Freedom
Customs Inspector
The Steel Trap
Fishing Customer Johnson
To Have and Have Not
Tobacco Executive
Cold Turkey
Admiral Bill Carey
Red Planet Mars
Jackson - Policeman (uncredited)
My Sister Eileen
Sgt. Jim Delaney
The Racket
Investigator Gene Blake
Sealed Lips
Hack Doyle
Blonde Ice
Sergeant Cord
Strange Bargain
Swede
Dark City
Sheriff
Tomorrow Is Another Day
Sam
Bad Day at Black Rock
Gun Hill Sheriff Bartlett
Last Train from Gun Hill
Barnes
The Kid from Left Field
Otto Wernecke
The Woman on the Beach
Lt. Col. Beck
Apache
Pete Fargo
The Duel at Silver Creek
Paul Revere
Johnny Tremain
Walter Castle
The Spider
Butch
The Singing Sheriff
Heath
The Blue Dahlia
Lieutenant Halberson
Nocturne
Sergeant Mathews
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
Detective Mathews
Confessions of Boston Blackie
Detective Mathews
Alias Boston Blackie
Ira Waggoner
Along Came Jones
Swanson
Payment on Demand
Bill Thorne
Killer McCoy
Dr. Arthur Beecham
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Dr. Blair
Drango
Tom Morrison
The Quick Gun
Detective Faber
Tenth Avenue Kid
Nat Becker
The Basketball Fix
Joe Baird
The Great Sioux Uprising
Sgt. Parker
Warpath
Benjie
Red Mountain
Judge
Young Dillinger
Det. Lt. MacDonald
Half Past Midnight
Maddox
Canyon River
Yellowstone Kelly
Gun Brothers
Muggsy Dolan
Freckles Comes Home
Ned Iverson
I Want You
Extra
Dad for a Day
Mr. Ward
Bomba and the Jungle Girl
Marshal Ellison
The Iron Sheriff
Sgt. Lionel 'Stiff' Banks
I Love a Soldier
Marshal Pete Rosslyn
Oklahoma Territory
Jack Strong
The Iron Claw
Tom Cooper
The Du Pont Story
Pvt. Puckett aka Canvassback (uncredited)
Reveille with Beverly
Mike Brannigan
Canadian Pacific
Hospital Interne
Smashing the Rackets
Police Stenographer (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Taxi Cab Driver
The Mysterious Miss X
Radio Newscaster in Montage
The Great Man Votes
2nd Mailman (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
Horace Keys ("Doc")
The Gallant Hours
Railroad Ticket Agent
Good Girls Go to Paris
Reporter at Typewriter (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
Newspaperman with Pipe (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ralph
Eternally Yours
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Sued for Libel
Policeman (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Sheriff Taylor
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
Deputy Mac (uncredited)
Son of Dracula
Worried Pedestrian
Millionaire Playboy
Mario's Hood
Christmas Eve
Reporter (uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge
Flowers (uncredited)
Rawhide
Thug Boss at Gold Star Warehouse
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Process Server (uncredited)
Music in My Heart
Butch Cassidy
Dakota Lil
Franklin
Perilous Waters
Squad Car Officer (uncredited)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
George Reeves
Tucson
Duncan
Ladies in Distress
Oscar
Arson Racket Squad
Lt. Red Pennington
Don Winslow of the Navy
Otto Horner
The Purple V
Lieutenant Chapin
Arizona
Deputy Waller
Fort Worth
Sergeant on March (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Don Brent (Uncredited)
The Red House
Trumpeter (uncredited)
Kitty Foyle
Officer on Downed Seaplane
Flight Command
Lunch Wagon Counterman (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway
Defense Attorney Art Jansen
A Place in the Sun
Reporter at Xanadu (uncredited)
Citizen Kane
Bull Moose Brannigan
The Last Installment
Bjork
I'll Take Sweden
Police Sgt. Mack Finlay
Invaders from Mars
Insurance Investigator
Pop Always Pays
Mr. Dennison
Overland Pacific
Soldier
Army Girl
Sergeant (uncredited)
Down in San Diego
Wilkins
The Daltons Ride Again
Mr. Gillespie, Jr.
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Jake Fargo
Rim of the Canyon
Cop (uncredited)
Convicted Woman
Clint Wallace
Wichita
Whit Sturdy
Texas Lady
Detective Sergeant Matthews (Uncredited)
The Chance of a Lifetime
Sheriff Wilson
The Maverick Queen
Marshal Tom Evans
Noose for a Gunman
Alex Todd
Anything Goes
Auto Repair Mechanic (uncredited)
711 Ocean Drive
Sailor Carson
Blue, White, and Perfect
Reporter (uncredited)
Slightly Dangerous
Long
Wild Harvest
Lieut. 'Red' Pennington
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
Sean O'Mulvaney
Miss Mink of 1949
Guard
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Joe - Mechanic at Clark Field (uncredited)
Air Force
Evans
Corvette K-225
Sande - Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
Mayor Hogan
24 Hour Alert
Austin
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Wallflower
Crowe
The Kid from Texas
Paul Hammond
Death of a Gunfighter
District Attorney John J. Henderson (Uncredited)
A Blueprint for Murder
Sheriff Bogany (uncredited)
The War of the Worlds
Cop
So You Won't Talk?
Jim - Investigator for Peter (uncredited)
The Mad Miss Manton
Soldier / Farmer (uncredited)
It's Your America
McBride
Gung Ho!
Sandy
Timber!
John Parsons
Michael O'Hara the Fourth
Sergeant (uncredited)
Baptism of Fire
Soldier (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Capt. Skinner
Sunrise at Campobello
Cannery Foreman
Tortilla Flat
As We Forgive
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
134
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-07-09
Place of Birth
Denver, Colorado, USA
Also Known As