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Biography
Denver, Colorado, USA
Chances are you've seen his imposing character face scores of times but couldn't place the name. Colorado-born actor Walter Sande was one of those stern, heavyset character actors in Hollywood everyone recognized but no one could identify.
Born in Denver on July 9, 1906, Sande showed an early passion for 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 to acting in films beginning in 1937. Read more... an initial impression in serial cliffhangers as a third-string heavy with the popular The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940) and Sky Raiders (1941). His first top featured role, however, would come with The Iron Claw (1941) as Jack "Flash" Strong, a photographer who--uncharacteristically for Walter--served as a comic sidekick to the serial's hero. Best of all would be his role in another serial as Red Pennington, the amusing sidekick to Don Winslow of the Navy (1942). he repeated his role again in Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943), the successful sequel. The role of Pennington sparked a long and steady supporting career in movies, usually a step or two behind Hollywood's elite on camera, which included Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944) (prominently featured as the fisherman who tries to cheat Bogie), Gary Cooper in Along Came Jones (1945), Alan Ladd in The Blue Dahlia (1946), Charlton Heston in Dark City (1950) and Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), among hundreds of others. He also lent an an authoritative presence to classic sci-fi films such as Red Planet Mars (1952), The War of the Worlds (1953) and Invaders from Mars (1953), and 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 prolific supporting player during the "golden age" of TV, Sande worked on nearly every popular western and crime show that aired throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He had a regular series role on The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957) as Capt. Horatio Bullwinkle, Annie's tugboat rival, and a recurring one as Inger Stevens' Swedish father, Lars "Papa" Holstrum, on The Farmer's Daughter (1963).
Walter Sande died of a heart attack in 1971 at age 65.
Born in Denver on July 9, 1906, Sande showed an early passion for 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 to acting in films beginning in 1937. Read more... an initial impression in serial cliffhangers as a third-string heavy with the popular The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940) and Sky Raiders (1941). His first top featured role, however, would come with The Iron Claw (1941) as Jack "Flash" Strong, a photographer who--uncharacteristically for Walter--served as a comic sidekick to the serial's hero. Best of all would be his role in another serial as Red Pennington, the amusing sidekick to Don Winslow of the Navy (1942). he repeated his role again in Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (1943), the successful sequel. The role of Pennington sparked a long and steady supporting career in movies, usually a step or two behind Hollywood's elite on camera, which included Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in To Have and Have Not (1944) (prominently featured as the fisherman who tries to cheat Bogie), Gary Cooper in Along Came Jones (1945), Alan Ladd in The Blue Dahlia (1946), Charlton Heston in Dark City (1950) and Spencer Tracy in Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), among hundreds of others. He also lent an an authoritative presence to classic sci-fi films such as Red Planet Mars (1952), The War of the Worlds (1953) and Invaders from Mars (1953), and 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 prolific supporting player during the "golden age" of TV, Sande worked on nearly every popular western and crime show that aired throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He had a regular series role on The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (1957) as Capt. Horatio Bullwinkle, Annie's tugboat rival, and a recurring one as Inger Stevens' Swedish father, Lars "Papa" Holstrum, on The Farmer's Daughter (1963).
Walter Sande died of a heart attack in 1971 at age 65.
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Revolutionary
The Great Waltz 1938
10
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Jim - Investigator for Peter
The Mad Miss Manton 1938
1
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Westinghouse - Third Auditioning Singer
The Goldwyn Follies 1938
16
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Newspaperman with Pipe
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939
14
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Ralph, Gloria's Husband
Eternally Yours 1939
1
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Radio Newscaster in Montage
The Great Man Votes 1939
2
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Trumpeter
Kitty Foyle 1940
10
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Process Server
Music in My Heart 1940
9
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Lunch Wagon Counterman
Angels Over Broadway 1940
1
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Lieutenant Chapin
Arizona 1940
8
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Thug Boss at Gold Star Warehouse
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! 1940
5
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Officer on Downed Seaplane
Flight Command 1940
3
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Insurance Investigator
Pop Always Pays 1940
2
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Reporter at Xanadu
Citizen Kane 1941
34
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Sergeant on March
Sergeant York 1941
20
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Sailor at Burlesque Theater
Footsteps in the Dark 1941
3
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Blue Army Soldier Capturing Stan and Ollie
Great Guns 1941
3
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Medical Officer
Parachute Battalion 1941
5
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Football Player
Sweetheart of the Campus 1941
7
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Officer at Amusement Park
Meet Boston Blackie 1941
3
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Marine Military Policeman
Navy Blues 1941
9
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Irv
Sing for Your Supper 1941
4
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Pincus' Dog Handler
Blondie in Society 1941
5
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Jackson - Policeman
My Sister Eileen 1942
1
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Cannery Foreman
Tortilla Flat 1942
4
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Pharmacist's Mate
To the Shores of Tripoli 1942
6
2
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Marine
Iceland 1942
23
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Lt. Red Pennington
Don Winslow of the Navy 1942
2
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Sande - Mess Sergeant
A Guy Named Joe 1943
9
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Joe - Mechanic at Clark Field
Air Force 1943
5
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Evans
Corvette K-225 1943
1
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Pvt. Puckett aka Canvassback
Reveille with Beverly 1943
10
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Reporter
Slightly Dangerous 1943
4
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Lt. 'Red' Pennington
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard 1943
1
1
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Sailor
Salute for Three 1943
5
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Johnson
To Have and Have Not 1944
6
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Joe
This Is the Life 1944
10
1
Character:
Butch
The Singing Sheriff 1944
6
Character:
Ira Waggoner
Along Came Jones 1945
3
Character:
Heath
The Blue Dahlia 1946
4
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Halberson
Nocturne 1946
3
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Mario's Hood
Christmas Eve 1947
6
Character:
Jake Fargo
Rim of the Canyon 1949
2
Character:
George Reeves
Tucson 1949
2
Character:
Art Jansen - George's Attorney
A Place in the Sun 1951
11
Character:
Deputy Waller
Fort Worth 1951
1
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Customs Inspector
The Steel Trap 1952
1
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Mr. Stone, USN
Mutiny 1952
2
Character:
Sheriff Bogany
The War of the Worlds 1953
16
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Dist. Atty. John J. Henderson
A Blueprint for Murder 1953
2
Character:
Barnes
The Kid from Left Field 1953
4
Character:
Sam Harris
Powder River 1953
2
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Clint Wallace
Wichita 1955
1
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Whit Sturdy
Texas Lady 1955
1
Character:
Alex Todd
Anything Goes 1956
10
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Sheriff Wilson
The Maverick Queen 1956
1
Character:
Paul Revere
Johnny Tremain 1957
1
Character:
Dr. Blair
Drango 1957
1
Character:
Capt. Horace Keys
The Gallant Hours 1960
1
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Bjork
I'll Take Sweden 1965
13
Character:
Paul Hammond
Death of a Gunfighter 1969
1
Character:
Grady
This Is the Life 1952
0
Character:
Al Cooper
The Dick Powell Theatre 1961
0
Character:
War Department Desk Clerk
The War Against Mrs. Hadley 1942
3
Character:
Manager
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1964
0
Character:
Bill Armstrong
The Ford Television Theatre 1952
0
Character:
Papa Holstrum
The Farmer's Daughter 1963
0
Character:
Tom
Lassie 1954
0
Character:
Col. Crockett
The Wild Wild West 1965
0
Character:
Moore
The 20th Century-Fox Hour 1955
0
Character:
Police Desk Sgt. Finlay
Invaders from Mars 1953
0
Character:
Ralph Hayden
The Rifleman 1958
0
Character:
Ben Miles
77 Sunset Strip 1958
0
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Sam
Bad Day at Black Rock 1955
0
Character:
Johnny Boss
Four Star Playhouse 1952
0
Character:
Boatyard Owner
Adam-12 1968
0
Character:
Sheriff George Baxendale
Lost in Space 1965
0
Character:
Mike Newcomb
The Big Valley 1965
0
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Sheriff Bartlett
Last Train from Gun Hill 1959
0
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Soldier
Army Girl 1938
0
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Maj. Kingby
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? 1945
0
Character:
Capt. Skinner
Sunrise at Campobello 1960
0
Character:
Capt. Lars Swenson
Waterfront 1954
0
Character:
Beecher
Zane Grey Theater 1956
0
Character:
Second Admiral
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1964
0
Character:
Don Brent
The Red House 1947
0