
Walter Sande
Actor · Died November 22, 1971, aged 65 · Denver, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Walter Sande (July 9, 1906 - November 22, 1971) was an American actor, notable for film roles including Paul Revere in Walt Disney's Johnny Tremain. Born in Denver, Colorado, he was one of those stern, heavyset character actors in Hollywood no person could recognize by name. He showed an early interest in music as a youth and by his college years managed to start his own band. This led to a job as musical director for 20th Century-Fox's theater chain, which, in turn, led him to acting in films beginning in 1937. Usually providing atmospheric bits with no billing, he made an initial impression in serial cliffhangers as a third-string heavy with the popular The Green Hornet Strikes Again! and Sky Raiders. His first top featured role, however, would come with The Iron Claw as Jack "Flash" Strong, a photographer who, uncharacteristically for Walter, served as a comic sidekick to our serial hero. Best of all would be his role in another serial as Red Pennington, the amusing sidekick to Don Winslow of the Navy. He repeated his role again in Don Winslow of the Coast Guard, the successful sequel. The Pennington role would spark a long and steady career in movies, usually a step or two behind Hollywood's elite, in To Have and Have Not (prominently featured as the fisherman who tries to cheat Bogie), in Along Came Jones, The Blue Dahlia, Dark City and Bad Day at Black Rock, among hundreds of others. A regular authoritative presence in these classic sci-fi films Red Planet Mars, The War of the Worlds and Invaders from Mars. He also had a recurring featured part in the 1940s Boston Blackie film series playing Detective Matthews alongside 'Chester Morris former thief-turned-crime hero. A primary support player during the 'golden age' of TV, Walter worked on nearly every popular western and crime show available throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He had a regular series role on "The Adventures of Tugboat Annie" as Captain Horatio Bullwinkle, Annie's tugboat rival, and a recurring one as Lars "Papa" Holstrum, on "The Farmer's Daughter". He died of a heart attack in 1971 at age sixty-five in Chicago, Illinois. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Sande, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 9, 1906
- November 22, 1971 (aged 65)
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Actor
- 88 on MovieCove · 158 credits in all
What are Walter Sande's films like?
Across their 37 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 35
Light 12 · Serious 15 · Dark 9
Grounded 22 · Stylized 13 · Heightened 0
Gentle 7 · Charged 19 · Intense 10
Steady 19 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 3
Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 21 · Relentless 4
A split, not a type: Casual 19 · Engaged 15 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 18 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 3
Resolved 27 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 1
Roles they play
Usually the Threshold guardian: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.
- Shadowas Jake Fargo in Rim of the Canyon (1949)
- Heraldas Paul Revere in Johnny Tremain (1957)
- Threshold guardianas Sheriff Bartlett in Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
- Mentoras Marshal Tom Evans in Noose for a Gunman (1960)
- Threshold guardianas Tom Morrison in The Quick Gun (1964)
- Mentoras Dr. Arthur Beecham in The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
Moods and endings
- Happy18
- Bittersweet14
- Tragic1
- Ambiguous3
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Walter Sande's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 88 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) · actor · free
- Sergeant York (1941) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- The Gallant Hours (1960) · actor · free
- Bewitched (1964) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940) · actor · free
- The Red House (1947) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Cold Turkey (1971) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- +12 more
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- Last Train from Gun Hill (1959) · actor · free
- The Red House (1947) · actor · free
- Cold Turkey (1971) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Along Came Jones (1945) · actor · free
- Invaders from Mars (1953) · actor · free
- 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943) · actor · free
- Canadian Pacific (1949) · actor · free
- Rim of the Canyon (1949) · actor · free
- Eternally Yours (1939) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor · free
- Bewitched (1964) · actor · free
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor · free
- The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940) · actor · free
- The Red House (1947) · actor · free
- Bonanza (1959) · actor · free
- Dragnet (1951) · actor · free
- Four Star Playhouse (1952) · actor · free
- Canadian Pacific (1949) · actor · free
- Rim of the Canyon (1949) · actor · free
- Eternally Yours (1939) · actor · free
- The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966) · actor · free
- The Rifleman (1958) · actor
- The Lone Ranger (1949) · actor
- The Red House (1947) · actor
- 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders (1943) · actor
- Canadian Pacific (1949) · actor
- Rim of the Canyon (1949) · actor
- Drango (1957) · actor
- Oklahoma Territory (1960) · actor
- Eternally Yours (1939) · actor
- I'll Take Sweden (1965) · actor
- ScreenPix, show their 9 titles on ScreenPix
- Shout! TV, show their 4 titles on Shout! TV
- Great American Pure Flix, show their 3 titles on Great American Pure Flix
- Best Westerns Ever, show their 2 titles on Best Westerns Ever
- Cineverse, show their 2 titles on Cineverse
- Dove Channel, show their 2 titles on Dove Channel
- IndieFlix, show their 2 titles on IndieFlix
- Midnight Pulp, show their 2 titles on Midnight Pulp
- Best TV Ever, show their title on Best TV Ever
- Howdy, show their title on Howdy
- Screambox, show their title on Screambox
Subscription and free streaming for Walter Sande's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
158 credits, 88 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Cold Turkey(1971)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Death of a Gunfighter(1969)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Adam-12(1968)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
The Second Hundred Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)
Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films
That Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

Lost in Space(1965)
Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all shows
I'll Take Sweden(1965)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Young Dillinger(1965)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.(1964)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
Bewitched(1964)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Quick Gun(1964)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Stagecoach West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

My Three Sons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

Sunrise at Campobello(1960)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Gallant Hours(1960)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Noose for a Gunman(1960)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Oklahoma Territory(1960)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Johnny Ringo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

Bonanza(1959)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
Last Train from Gun Hill(1959)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
Black Saddle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

U.S. Marshall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Rifleman(1958)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Bronco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

The Adventures of Tugboat Annie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

Johnny Tremain(1957)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Iron Sheriff(1957)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Drango(1957)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Gun Brothers(1956)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Canyon River(1956)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
The Maverick Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

Anything Goes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

24 Hour Alert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Texas Lady(1955)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
The 20th Century Fox Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Gunsmoke (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

Wichita(1955)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Bad Day at Black Rock(1955)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Overland Pacific(1954)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Apache(1954)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
A Blueprint for Murder(1953)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Great Sioux Uprising(1953)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
The Kid from Left Field(1953)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Invaders from Mars(1953)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
The War of the Worlds(1953)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Steel Trap(1952)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Four Star Playhouse(1952)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows
The Duel at Silver Creek(1952)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Red Planet Mars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
As We Forgive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

The Legend Of The Lone Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

I Want You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Warpath(1951)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
The Racket(1951)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Tomorrow Is Another Day(1951)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Red Mountain(1951)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
The Basketball Fix (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

Fort Worth(1951)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
A Place in the Sun(1951)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Rawhide(1951)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Payment on Demand(1951)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Dragnet(1951)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all showsThe du Pont Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Dark City(1950)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
711 Ocean Drive(1950)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Kid from Texas(1950)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Dakota Lil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

Strange Bargain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

The Lone Ranger(1949)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all shows
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Rim of the Canyon(1949)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Canadian Pacific(1949)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all filmsThe Price of Freedom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Tucson (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

Miss Mink of 1949(1949)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Blonde Ice(1948)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Wallflower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Half Past Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Perilous Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

Killer McCoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Christmas Eve(1947)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Wild Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

The Woman on the Beach(1947)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Red House(1947)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Public Prosecutor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

Nocturne(1946)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
It's Your America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

The Blue Dahlia(1946)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
The Spider (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

The Daltons Ride Again(1945)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Along Came Jones(1945)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
The Last Installment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

To Have and Have Not(1944)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
The Singing Sheriff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

I Love a Soldier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

This Is the Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

A Guy Named Joe(1943)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Baptism of Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

The Chance of a Lifetime(1943)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Son of Dracula(1943)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Corvette K-225(1943)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Slightly Dangerous(1943)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Air Force(1943)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
After Midnight with Boston Blackie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)
The Purple V (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Reveille with Beverly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

Commandos Strike at Dawn(1942)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
My Sister Eileen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Timber! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Tortilla Flat(1942)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Alias Boston Blackie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Two Yanks in Trinidad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Blue, White and Perfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Don Winslow of the Navy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Freckles Comes Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

Sealed Lips(1942)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Confessions of Boston Blackie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Secrets of the Lone Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Sergeant York(1941)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
The Iron Claw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Down in San Diego (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

Citizen Kane(1941)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Flight Command(1940)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Kitty Foyle(1940)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Arizona(1940)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Angels Over Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

So You Won't Talk(1940)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Pop Always Pays (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

You Can't Fool Your Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Millionaire Playboy(1940)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Convicted Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

Music in My Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

The Amazing Mr. Williams(1939)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Blondie Brings Up Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Sued for Libel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

Dad for a Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Eternally Yours(1939)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
A Woman Is the Judge(1939)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Good Girls Go to Paris(1939)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Blondie Meets the Boss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

The Great Man Votes(1939)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
The Mysterious Miss X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

The Mad Miss Manton(1938)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Tenth Avenue Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Army Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Smashing the Rackets(1938)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Ladies in Distress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

Arson Racket Squad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Career shape
Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 157 titles from 1938 to 1972.

Biggest box office
To Have and Have Not (1944)

Highest rated
To Have and Have Not (1944)

Most popular right now
Dragnet (1951)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Walter Sande's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 79; across their 36 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up21
- 50th to 74th37
- 25th to 49th22
- Below 25th8
Shape of the crowd
50 of their 88 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved7
- Crowd Pleaser50
- Broadly Agreed18
- Mixed13
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 35 reviewed titles; fans 71, detractors 45. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Walter Sande's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Walter Sande work with?
People who share at least 2 of Walter Sande's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Grant Whytock shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Sidney SalkowShared titles: The Quick Gun (1964), The Iron Sheriff (1957), Gun Brothers (1956)See all 3 shared titles with Sidney Salkow

- Edward L. CahnShared titles: Noose for a Gunman (1960), Oklahoma Territory (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Edward L. Cahn

- John SturgesShared titles: Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)See all 2 shared titles with John Sturges

- Harmon JonesShared titles: Canyon River (1956), The Kid from Left Field (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Harmon Jones
Writers
- Robert E. KentShared titles: The Quick Gun (1964), Noose for a Gunman (1960), Oklahoma Territory (1960)See all 3 shared titles with Robert E. Kent
- Steve FisherShared titles: The Quick Gun (1964), Noose for a Gunman (1960)See all 2 shared titles with Steve Fisher
- Gerald Drayson AdamsShared titles: Gun Brothers (1956), The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)See all 2 shared titles with Gerald Drayson Adams

- Gladys AtwaterShared titles: Overland Pacific (1954), The Great Sioux Uprising (1953)See all 2 shared titles with Gladys Atwater
Actors
- Audie MurphyShared titles: The Quick Gun (1964), The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), The Kid from Texas (1950)See all 3 shared titles with Audie Murphy

- Ted de CorsiaShared titles: The Quick Gun (1964), Noose for a Gunman (1960), Oklahoma Territory (1960)See all 3 shared titles with Ted de Corsia

- Kent TaylorShared titles: The Iron Sheriff (1957), Payment on Demand (1951), The Daltons Ride Again (1945)See all 3 shared titles with Kent Taylor

- Milburn StoneShared titles: Drango (1957), Invaders from Mars (1953), The Daltons Ride Again (1945)See all 3 shared titles with Milburn Stone

Composers and editors
- Grant WhytockShared titles: I'll Take Sweden (1965), The Quick Gun (1964), Noose for a Gunman (1960), Oklahoma Territory (1960), The Iron Sheriff (1957)See all 5 shared titles with Grant Whytock
- Paul SawtellShared titles: Noose for a Gunman (1960), Texas Lady (1955), The Racket (1951)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Sawtell
- Dimitri TiomkinShared titles: Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), The Steel Trap (1952), Canadian Pacific (1949)See all 3 shared titles with Dimitri Tiomkin

- Irving GertzShared titles: Gun Brothers (1956), Overland Pacific (1954), Blonde Ice (1948)See all 3 shared titles with Irving Gertz
Producers
- Edward SmallShared titles: I'll Take Sweden (1965), Oklahoma Territory (1960), Overland Pacific (1954)See all 3 shared titles with Edward Small

- Hal B. WallisShared titles: Last Train from Gun Hill (1959), Red Mountain (1951), Dark City (1950)See all 3 shared titles with Hal B. Wallis

- Leonard GoldsteinShared titles: The Great Sioux Uprising (1953), The Kid from Left Field (1953), The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Leonard Goldstein
- Nat HoltShared titles: Texas Lady (1955), Canadian Pacific (1949)See all 2 shared titles with Nat Holt




