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Phil Tead(1893-1974)

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Phil Tead in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Phil Tead was born on 29 September 1893 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lost Paradise (1914), Six of a Kind (1934) and Adventures of Superman (1952). He died on 9 June 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornSeptember 29, 1893
DiedJune 9, 1974(80)
BornSeptember 29, 1893
DiedJune 9, 1974(80)
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Known for

The Lost Paradise (1914)
The Lost Paradise
5.2
  • Billy Hopkins(as Phillips Tead)
  • 1914
W.C. Fields, Gracie Allen, Mary Boland, George Burns, Charles Ruggles, and Alison Skipworth in Six of a Kind (1934)
Six of a Kind
6.7
  • Clerk in Newspaper Office
  • 1934
George Reeves in Adventures of Superman (1952)
Adventures of Superman
7.7
TV Series
  • Prof. Pepperwinkle
  • Mr. Willy
Sylvia Sidney in Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935)
Mary Burns, Fugitive
6.8
  • Reporter
  • 1935

Credits

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Actor

  • Lee Majors, Barbara Stanwyck, Linda Evans, Peter Breck, and Richard Long in The Big Valley (1965)
    The Big Valley
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Padre (uncredited)
    • 1967
  • Lawman (1958)
    Lawman
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Storekeeper Seymour
    • Storekeeper H. Seymour
    • 1958–1959
  • Alcoa Theatre (1957)
    Alcoa Theatre
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Jack MacRoberts
    • 1959
  • Jon Provost, Tommy Rettig, and Lassie the Dog in Lassie (1954)
    Lassie
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Hobo
    • 1958
  • George Reeves in Adventures of Superman (1952)
    Adventures of Superman
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Prof. Pepperwinkle
    • Mr. Willy
    • 1955–1958
  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Mr. Larkin - the Postman
    • Joe
    • The Postal Clerk ...
    • 1952–1958
  • Wayde Preston in Colt .45 (1957)
    Colt .45
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Mr. Cooper
    • 1958
  • The Lineup (1954)
    The Lineup
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Police Doctor
    • Mr. Doyle - Cafe Owner
    • 1955–1958
  • Michael Ansara and John Lupton in Broken Arrow (1956)
    Broken Arrow
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Amos
    • Mr. Amos
    • 1958
  • The Book of Acts Series (1957)
    The Book of Acts Series
    7.8
    • Church Elder (1957)
    • 1957
  • The Gray Ghost (1957)
    The Gray Ghost
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Cass
    • 1957
  • Sugarfoot (1957)
    Sugarfoot
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Postmaster
    • Proprietor
    • 1957
  • Valerie French and Guy Madison in The Hard Man (1957)
    The Hard Man
    6.1
    • Card Player (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Richard Coogan in The Californians (1957)
    The Californians
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Isaac Cooper
    • 1957
  • Les Brown, Virginia Field, and Douglas Kennedy in Rockabilly Baby (1957)
    Rockabilly Baby
    6.5
    • Coach Ed Stone
    • 1957

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Phillips Tead
  • Born
    • September 29, 1893
    • Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • June 9, 1974
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Prolific comic supporting actor, who specialised in hayseeds, fast-talking reporters and radio broadcasters, doctors and clerks. After years of cameos and bit parts in movies, he finally got his break with meatier roles in early television, notably as the ever-vague Professor Pepperwinkle in Adventures of Superman (1952).

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