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Dean Reed

Dean Reed

Actor · 1938 – 1986 · Denver, Colorado, USA

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.

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  • Movie5.9

    Blutsbrüder

    Blood Brothers

    1975 · 8 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie6.5

    Die Vergnügungsspalte

    1971 · 2 votes

  • Movie4.2

    Blonde Köder für den Mörder

    Death Knocks Twice

    1969 · 11 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Gringo rojo

    Red Gringo

    2016 · 2 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola

    1965 · 1 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Sotto a chi tocca!

    1972 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.3
  • Movie7.2

    Der rote Elvis

    The Red Elvis

    2007 · 4 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Dio li crea... Io li ammazzo!

    God Made Them... I Kill Them

    1968 · 10 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Storia di karatè, pugni e fagioli

    Karate, Fist and Beans

    1973 · 6 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Sing, Cowboy, Sing

    1981 · 5 votes

  • Movie5.9

    I Nipoti di Zorro

    The Nephews of Zorro

    1968 · 21 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Veinte pasos para la muerte

    Twenty Paces to Death

    1970 · 2 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Mi primera novia

    My First Girlfriend

    1966 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.2

    El cantor

    The Singer

    1977 · 5 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Buckaroo

    Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive

    1967 · 9 votes

  • Movie4.3

    Il diario proibito di Fanny

    Secret Diary of Fanny

    1969 · 3 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Kit & Co.

    1974 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.0
  • Movie6.1

    Los corsarios

    The Corsairs

    1971 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Guadalajara en verano

    1965 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.0
  • Movie10.0

    La stirpe di Caino

    The Lineage of Cain

    1971 · 1 votes

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  • TV4.2

    Ein Kessel Buntes

    1972 · 3 votes