- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 22, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Died
- June 13, 1986
Dean Reed
Dean Reed was born September 22, 1938, in Denver Colorado. He went to Hollywood where he signed a record contract with Capitol Records in 1958, but his third single, "Our Summer Romance" was so popular in South America he went to tour there. More popular than Elvis Presley, he stayed to enjoy his incredible fame in Chile, Peru, Argentina. He made albums, starred in movies and had his own television show in Buenos Aires. He was known as Mr. Simpatia because he worked free in barrios and prisons and protested US policy, nuclear bomb tests etc. His politics moved to the left but he never joined the Communist party. He was deported from Argentina in 1966 and ended up in Rome, where he made "spaghetti westerns" for several years. He made his first concert tour of the Soviet Union in 1966 and became a mega star there and in Eastern Europe. He continually got into trouble with US State Departme…
Filmography
movieRed Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy
2022 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieRed Gringo
2016 · Himself (archive footage)
movieThe Red Elvis
2007 · Himself (archive footage)
movieAmerican Rebel: The Dean Reed Story
1985 · Himself
movieWindy Story
1984 · Jim Gains
movieSing, Cowboy, Sing
1981 · Joe, Director, Writer
movieThe Singer
1977 · El Cantor, Director, Writer
movieSoviel Lieder, soviel Worte
1976 · Dean
movieBlood Brothers
1975 · Harmonika, Writer
movieKit & Co.
1974 · Kit Bellow
movieKarate, Fist and Beans
1973 · Sam
movieAus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
1973 · Taugenichts
Dean Reed - Sänger des anderen Amerika
movieDean Reed - Sänger des anderen Amerika
1972 · Self
movieSotto a chi tocca!
1972 · Straccio
Ein Kessel Buntes
tvEin Kessel Buntes
1972 · Self, Self - Musician
movieThe Lineage of Cain
1971
movieThe Corsairs
1971 · Alan Drake
movieDie Vergnügungsspalte
1971 · (archive footage)
movieAdiós, Sabata
1970 · Ballantine
movieTwenty Paces to Death
1970 · Mestizo
movieLa banda de los tres crisantemos
1970 · Owen Olinger
movieDeath Knocks Twice
1969 · Bob Martin
movieSecret Diary of Fanny
1969 · Michel
movieThe Nephews of Zorro
1968 · Raphael / Zorro
movieGod Made Them... I Kill Them
1968 · Slim Corbett / Compton
movieBuckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive
1967 · Buccaroo
movieMy First Girlfriend
1966 · Deen
movieRitmo nuevo, vieja ola
1965 · Él mismo
movieGuadalajara en verano
1965 · Robert Douglas