Richard Reeves (actor)

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Richard Reeves
Chatsworth, California
Occupation	Character actor
Years active	1943–1967

Richard Jourdan Reeves (August 10, 1912 – March 17, 1967)^[2] was an American character actor best known for playing henchmen and thugs. He performed in hundreds of film and television roles between the 1940s and 1960s.

Early life and film career

Richard Jourdan Reeves grew up in an affluent section of

, where by the late 1940s and early 1950s he became a busy supporting player in various movie productions.

Television

Beginning in the early 1950s, Reeves began to perform on a variety of television series. His height, heavy build, and general "tough guy" appearance led to his being frequently cast as bullies, robbers, and

.

In a 1958 episode entitled “Island In The Swamp” on the TV Western Maverick, Reeves breaks normal villain character, playing alongside Edgar Buchanan as leaders of a peaceful but eccentric cult of pirating immigrant smugglers who now run an island out of jurisdiction of the law. He appeared in S2 E15 of "Wanted:Dead or Alive" as Jenks in "Chain Gang" which aired 12/10/1959.

In 1965 on the television Series, “ My Three Sons”, Richard Reeves played the “Police Officer” in Season 5, Episode 34- Titled “ All the Weddings “ My Favorite Martian, Annie Oakley, and Fury. In 1955 Reeves appeared as Cliff Bartow on the TV western Cheyenne in the episode "Border Showdown."

Death

Reeves died of

Selected filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1960	Rawhide	Sheriff Tom Oldfield	S2:E27, "Incident of the 100 Amulets"
1961	Rawhide	Long	S3:E28, "Incident of the Blackstorms"
1961	Rawhide	Higgins	S4:E9, "The Little Fishes"
1964	Rawhide	Jess Carmody	S6:E20, "Incident of the Swindler"

References

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