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 Department for protesting Vietnam War and attending International Peace Conferences. He moved to East Germany (GDR) in 1973, made numerous albums, starred in several films, and wrote and directed his own. His last visit to the States in late 1985 encouraged him to dream of making a career for himself back home, especially if he could return with his current project in hand, a movie about the war between AIM and the FBI at Wounded Knee, 1973. A GDR/Soviet Union co-production, the film had taken years to get off the ground. Just days before shooting was due to start in the Crimea, Dean Reed's body was found in the lake near his home outside of East Berlin. He had been missing for several days. Many close to him in the GDR suspected suicide; his family and friends in America believed he was murdered.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2016 · Red Gringo as Himself (archive footage)
- 2007 · The Red Elvis as Himself (archive footage)
- 1985 · American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story as Himself
- 1984 · Windy Story as Jim Gains
- 1981 · Sing, Cowboy, Sing as Joe
- 1977 · The Singer as El Cantor
- 1976 · Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte as Dean
- 1975 · Blood Brothers as Harmonika
- 1974 · Kit & Co. as Kit Bellow
- 1973 · Karate, Fist and Beans as Sam
- 1973 · Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts as Taugenichts
- 1972 · Dean Reed - Sänger des anderen Amerika as Self
- 1972 · Sotto a chi tocca! as Straccio
- 1972 · A Kettle of Colour as Self
- 1972 · A Kettle of Colour as Self - Musician
- 1971 · The Lineage of Cain as
- 1971 · The Corsairs as Alan Drake
- 1971 · Die Vergnügungsspalte as (archive footage)
- 1970 · Adiós, Sabata as Ballantine
- 1970 · Twenty Paces to Death as Mestizo
- 1970 · La banda de los tres crisantemos as Owen Olinger
- 1969 · Death Knocks Twice as Bob Martin
- 1969 · Secret Diary of Fanny as Michel
- 1968 · The Nephews of Zorro as Raphael / Zorro
- 1968 · God Made Them... I Kill Them as Slim Corbett / Compton
- 1967 · Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive as Buccaroo
- 1966 · My First Girlfriend as Deen
- 1965 · Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola as Él mismo
- 1965 · Guadalajara en verano as Robert Douglas