Walter Sande

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 Disneys 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 CenturyFoxs 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 thirdstring 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 Hollywoods 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 scifi 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 thiefturnedcrime 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 Annies tugboat rival and a recurring one as Lars Papa Holstrum on The Farmers Daughter He died of a heart attack in 1971 at age sixtyfive in Chicago Illinois Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Sande licensed under CCBYSAfull list of contributors on Wikipedia