Phil Tead(1893-1974)

Actor

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Phil Tead in La Chasse du comte Zaroff (1932)

Phil Tead was born on 29 September 1893 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Lost Paradise (1914), Poker party (1934) and Superman (1952). He died on 9 June 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

The Lost Paradise (1914)

The Lost Paradise

5.0

Billy Hopkins(as Phillips Tead)

1914

W.C. Fields, Gracie Allen, Mary Boland, George Burns, Charles Ruggles, and Alison Skipworth in Poker party (1934)

6.7

Clerk in Newspaper Office

1934

George Reeves in Superman (1952)

7.7

TV Series

Prof. Pepperwinkle
Mr. Willy

Richard Barthelmess in The Fighting Blade (1923)

The Fighting Blade

5.8

Lord Trevor(as Phillip Tead)

1923

Credits

Actor

La grande vallée
7.6
TV Series
- Padre (uncredited)
- 1967
Lawman
8.1
TV Series
- Storekeeper Seymour
- Storekeeper H. Seymour
- 1958–1959
Alcoa Theatre
7.3
TV Series
- Jack MacRoberts
- 1959
Lassie
6.5
TV Series
- Hobo
- 1958
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
8.6
TV Series
- A Man Juror
- The Postal Clerk
- Mr. Larkin - the Postman ...
- 1952–1958
Superman
7.7
TV Series
- Prof. Pepperwinkle
- Mr. Willy
- 1955–1958
Colt .45
7.1
TV Series
- Mr. Cooper
- 1958
The Lineup
7.6
TV Series
- Police Doctor
- Mr. Doyle - Cafe Owner
- 1955–1958
La flèche brisée
7.5
TV Series
- Amos
- Mr. Amos
- 1958
The Gray Ghost
8.4
TV Series
- Cass
- 1957
The Book of Acts Series
8.5
- Church Elder (1957)
- 1957
Sugarfoot
7.4
TV Series
- Postmaster
- Proprietor
- 1957
Le Shérif d'El Solito
6.1
- Card Player (uncredited)
- 1957
The Californians
6.5
TV Series
- Isaac Cooper
- 1957
Rockabilly Baby
6.4
- Coach Ed Stone
- 1957

Personal details

Alternative names
- Phillips Tead
Born
- September 29, 1893
- Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- June 9, 1974
- Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)

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Trivia
Prolific comic supporting actor, who specialised in hayseeds, fast-talking reporters and radio broadcasters, doctors and clerks. After years of cameos and bit parts in movies, he finally got his break with meatier roles in early television, notably as the ever-vague Professor Pepperwinkle in Superman (1952).

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