Phillips Tead
Phillips Tead was an American character actor in film and television, sometimes billed as Phil Tead.
Biography
Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1893, among his many roles, Tead might be best remembered as the semi-recurring character "Professor Pepperwinkle," an eccentric inventor, in several of the color episodes of the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. His appearances included the final episode, "All That Glitters." His first appearance had been as a shopkeeper named Mr. Willy, a similarly eccentric character.
A visible early role is his appearance in Horse Feathers, the 1932 Marx Brothers comedy, in which he plays a radio play-by-play announcer at the film's climactic college football game.
His film career began in silent pictures in 1914 and ran some 40 years. In the early 1950s he turned his attention primarily to television, appearing in various western series as well as Superman.
Phil Tead starred in the episode "Old Bailey" of the western series The Lone Ranger in 1952 from Season 3, episode 49, where he played the title character Old Bailey along with John Hart and Jay Silverheels. In a 1955 episode “Showdown at Sand Creek”, he played the storekeeper Pop Dawson.
In 1957 Tead appeared as Young on the TV western series Cheyenne in the episode titled "Land Beyond the Law."
In 1958-1958 Tead appeared in several episodes of the TV western series The Lawman. In 1967 Tead appeared in an uncredited role as Padre on the TV western The Big Valley in the episode titled "Days of Grace."
He died in Los Angeles, California, age 80.
Selected filmography
The Lost Paradise - Billy HopkinsShe Loves and Lies - Bob BrummellWhispers - Wesley MacedThe Fighting Blade - Lord TrevorLightnin' - Monte WinslowReaching for the Moon - Reporter Looking for Aero Girls Kiki - EddieThe Front Page - WilsonKick In - Burke, Reporter The Vice Squad - Tony - WaiterThe Guilty Generation - SkidThe Final Edition - Dan Cameron - ReporterThe Trial of Vivienne Ware - Mac the Reporter The Dark Horse - Bellhop What Price Hollywood? - Jimmy - the Assistant Director The Washington Masquerade - Daly - New York Times Reporter Lady and Gent - Fight Commentator Winner Take All - Reporter Horse Feathers - Football Commentator The Most Dangerous Game - Passenger on Yacht Faithless - Reporter Me and My Gal - Radio Salesman Lawyer Man - Reporter with Cigar 20,000 Years in Sing Sing - Reporter in Crowd Broadway Bad - Joe Flynn King of the Jungle - Reporter Sailor's Luck - Nugent Busby Gabriel Over the White House - Reporter Central Airport - Duke, Airplane Ticket Agent Picture Snatcher - Reporter F.L. Strange I Loved a Woman - Reporter The Bowery - Tout The Big Bluff Meet the Baron - Bus Tour Guide College Coach - Reporter Sitting Pretty - Aide Lady Killer - Seymour - Usher Sergeant Going Hollywood - Freddie This Side of Heaven - Pete - the Photographer Six of a Kind - Clerk in Newspaper OfficeThe Cat and the Fiddle - Reporter George White's Scandals - Publicity Man Glamour - JimmyStand Up and Cheer! - Vaudevillian Sing and Like It - Ticket Salesman Change of Heart - Brisbane's Assistant The Thin Man - Reporter Let's Talk It Over - Golf Professional The Cat's-Paw - Reporter Dames - Reporter Evelyn Prentice - Reporter #3 Behold My Wife! - Chauffeur One Hour Late - Wally Biography of a Bachelor Girl - Hendricks The Gilded Lily - Rollercoaster Attendant Wings in the Dark - Second Reporter Carnival - Barker The Woman in Red - Reporter Talking to Mike Gold Diggers of 1935 - Head Bellman It Happened in New York - Radio AnnouncerStraight from the Heart - Ward Heeler Men Without Names - Reporter Lady Tubbs - Rider The Daring Young Man - Cripps - Star ReporterWoman Wanted - Second Juror Talking to Mike Orchids to You - Process Server Here Comes the Band - Soldier Page Miss Glory - Miss Glory's Radio Announcer The Affair of Susan - Boat Ride Concessionaire The Gay Deception - Auctioneer Navy Wife - Motorcycle Attendant Charlie Chan in Shanghai - Reporter The Payoff - Radio Sports Broadcaster Mary Burns, Fugitive - ReporterShow Them No Mercy! - Ticket Clerk Anything Goes - Photographer The Milky Way - Todd Fight Radio Announcer Sutter's Gold - Lewis's Secretary The Great Ziegfeld - Press Agent Absolute Quiet - Dallas Airport Radio Operator The Princess Comes Across - Jones - American Newsreel Man Women Are Trouble - Granger Hollywood Boulevard - Radio Master of Ceremonies Murder with Pictures - Reporter Over the Goal - Sound Technician The Hardys Ride High - Taxi Driver Tell No Tales - Marty 6,000 Enemies - Reporter Stronger Than Desire - Second Reporter on Telephone I Stole a Million - Charlie Music in My Heart - MarshallJohnny Apollo - Reporter Susan and God - Exiting Theater Patron Pier 13 - Photographer The Westerner - Prisoner Las Vegas Nights - Club Nevada Croupier Buy Me That Town - Mr. Ramsey, DruggistRight to the Heart - McAllisterRings on Her Fingers - Ticket Agent This Gun for Hire - Machinist You're Telling Me - Chauffeur Pacific Rendezvous - Taxi Driver You Can't Escape Forever - Reporter at Execution Casanova Brown - License Clerk It's in the Bag! - Ninth National Bank Representative Diamond Horseshoe - Waiter with Cart State Fair - Fire-Eater Barker The Dolly Sisters - Speakeasy Patron Colonel Effingham's Raid - Advertising Manager Deadline for Murder - Restaurant Patron California - Eddie The Big Punch - Reporter Peters Act of Violence - Hotel Day Clerk Pride of Maryland - Spectator Goodbye, My Fancy - Reporter The Law and the Lady - Assistant Manager Jim Thorpe – All-American - Chairman of Olympics Board The Unknown Man - Ambulance Intern Attendant Callaway Went Thataway - Salesman Glory Alley - Tom - NYC Sportswriter Bonzo Goes to College - Judge Arctic Flight - Squid TuckerKansas City Confidential - Mr. Collins The Lawless Breed - Reporter Fangs of the Arctic - MacGregor - Trading Post OwnerConfidentially Connie - Prof. McKeever A Lion Is in the Streets - Juror Those Redheads from Seattle - Doctor So Big - Buyer in Open Marketplace Loophole - Bank Manager Fangs of the Wild - MacWiretapper - Mr. Wiggins - PostmanThe Tender Trap - Wendell Rockabilly Baby - Coach Ed StoneThe Hard Man - Card Player The Book of Acts Series - Church Elder