Dean Reed

Dean Reed

Born: September 22, 1938
Died: June 13, 1986
in 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.

Movies for Dean Reed...

Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy
Title: Red Elvis: The Cold War Cowboy
Character: Self (Archive Footage)
Released: January 20, 2022
Type: Movie
The extraordinary tale of Dean Reed, the American popstar who packed out stadiums in the 70s and inspired a generation, until he was found drowned in a lake in East Berlin.
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Red Gringo
Title: Red Gringo
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: March 16, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary concerning North American pop/rock musician Dean Reed who achieves fame in Latin America in the 50s and 60s
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The Red Elvis
Title: The Red Elvis
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: February 13, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary on the late American entertainer Dean Reed, who became a huge star in East Germany after settling there in 1973.
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American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story
Title: American Rebel: The Dean Reed Story
Character: Himself
Released: October 18, 1985
Type: Movie
Documentary about Dean Reed, an American who became a popstar behind the Iron Curtain.
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Windy Story
Title: Windy Story
Character: Jim Gains
Released: April 28, 1984
Type: Movie
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Sing, Cowboy, Sing
Title: Sing, Cowboy, Sing
Character: Joe
Released: June 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Joe and Benny are two cowboys on tour in the Wild West as a singing duo, usually without a penny in their pockets to spare. Joe is a talented rodeo-rider, which fascinates the little girl Susanne and gives her the wish to have him as a father. Her mother Maria, however, is to marry the evil, rich farmer Dave. Susanne wants to stop the wedding, so she sneaks aboard Joe and Benny's wagon to persuade them to intervene. Dave brands them as kidnappers, forcing them to flee as outlaws to one of the families tyrannized by Dave. Together, they strike back at Dave, at which point Maria sees that he's the wrong man for her.
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The Singer
Title: The Singer
Character: El Cantor
Released: December 11, 1977
Type: Movie
A story of Victor Jara - one of the most popular singers in Chile.
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Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte
Title: Soviel Lieder, soviel Worte
Character: Dean
Released: July 29, 1976
Type: Movie
This film musical is a romantic comedy of mistaken identities set at the 10th World Festival in Berlin. Alexej from Moscow meets and is attracted to Mascha, right before he leaves for Berlin. Mascha also travels to Berlin to perform with her cultural ensemble. While there, she boards with the Krüger family, whose son Hans is attracted to her.
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Blood Brothers
Title: Blood Brothers
Character: Harmonika
Released: June 26, 1975
Type: Movie
In 1864, American soldiers massacre a Cheyenne village at Sand Creek. Disgusted by the massacre, Harmonika, one of the soldiers, deserts the army and is captured by the Indians. At first, the Cheyenne hold him responsible for the murder of the wife and the son of their chief Grauer Esel, but soon Harmonika obtains the tribe′s confidence.
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Kit & Co.
Title: Kit & Co.
Character: Kit Bellow
Released: December 15, 1974
Type: Movie
The adventures of Kit Bellew and his friend Shorty during the gold fever at the end of the 19th century.
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Karate, Fist and Beans
Title: Karate, Fist and Beans
Character: Sam
Released: October 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Sam and Buddy, two highway robbers, join with Colonel Quint, a big crook, who sold his services to Morgan, the banker, in order to free Baby, the banker's daughter, abducted by Espartero and his killers gang. A plan to 'sell' fake dollars to Espartero goes awry, but the two sons of the forger join Quint, and so does Mokaiko, a brave Japanese cook. The rag-tag band of Quinlan meets Espartero in several scraps, and then a climactic confrontation. All are ugly, bad, and dirty (except Baby), and fight accordingly.
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Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
Title: Aus dem Leben eines Taugenichts
Character: Taugenichts
Released: May 10, 1973
Type: Movie
Screen adaptation of Eichendorff's famous novella. A penniless drifter roams the land with his violin and preferably sings his songs to beautiful women. Two of his female admirers get him employed as a gardener at a castle. Yet he doesn't settle down for long, and moves on to his next temporary job as a customs officer. Finally, he travels to Italy where he joins the gang of Rinaldo Rinaldini and eventually meets the love of his life.
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Dean Reed - Sänger des anderen Amerika
Title: Dean Reed - Sänger des anderen Amerika
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 1972
Type: Movie
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Sotto a chi tocca!
Title: Sotto a chi tocca!
Character: Straccio
Released: October 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Straccio, a young acrobat, wants to free his beloved Julia, held prisoner in the tyrant's castle. He designs a good plan, and develops it with the help of his three friends, Pietro, Bitonto, and Gatto Mammone. When he thinks he achieved both his ends - overthrowing Fregonese from power, and winning Julia's love - he finds that his countrymen cupidity for the tyrant's gold is more difficult to deal with.
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Title: A Kettle of Colour
Character: Self
Released: January 29, 1972
Type: TV
The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.
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Title: A Kettle of Colour
Character: Self - Musician
Released: January 29, 1972
Type: TV
The show was meant to compete with those on West German television. To this end it was fairly successful even attracting a following in parts of West Germany which could receive Eastern TV. Its production values were high. Apart from song and dance numbers and appearances from East German celebrities, almost every broadcast featured well-known stars from the west, often after their popularity had peaked in their home countries.
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The Lineage of Cain
Title: The Lineage of Cain
Released: December 7, 1971
Type: Movie
The relatives of a young rebellious hier to a fortune (Dean Reed), who spends most of his time on a yacht, try to have the kid interned as a madman, but are mysteriously killed one by one, in the family's villa. A girl (Stefania Careddu), lost at sea and saved by the young man, will also have some surprises in store… This giallo was filmed in 1969 but not released until two years later and remains extremely rare.
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The Corsairs
Title: The Corsairs
Character: Alan Drake
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
After the death of her father, the viceroy of a small Caribean island, the beautiful young Isabella is in a big danger. The crafty duke of Burt wants to grab the power on the isle so he decides to eliminate her. Fortunately then comes a group of pirates stranded after a shipwreck. Their leader is the brave and bold Alan Drake. The pirates are hired to protect Isabella and the adventure begins.
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Die Vergnügungsspalte
Title: Die Vergnügungsspalte
Character: (archive footage)
Released: March 26, 1971
Type: Movie
Half of the movie was edited from "Il diario proibito di Fanny" (Italy 1969) directed by Sergio Pastore. The rest is new material directed by Heinz Gerhard Schier in 1970/1971 for Gopa-Film Baden-Baden.
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Adiós, Sabata
Title: Adiós, Sabata
Character: Ballantine
Released: September 30, 1970
Type: Movie
Set in Mexico under the rule of Emperor Maximilian I, Sabata is hired by the guerrilla leader Señor Ocaño to steal a wagonload of gold from the Austrian army. However, when Sabata and his partners Escudo and Ballantine obtain the wagon, they find it is not full of gold but of sand, and that the gold was taken by Austrian Colonel Skimmel. So Sabata plans to steal back the gold.
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Twenty Paces to Death
Title: Twenty Paces to Death
Character: Mestizo
Released: April 9, 1970
Type: Movie
At the end of the Civil War, Aleck Kellaway, a fighter for the South, is tricked by the brothers Clegg and Elliot into helping them to carry out the robbery of a gold cargo belonging to the Northern Army.
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La banda de los tres crisantemos
Title: La banda de los tres crisantemos
Character: Owen Olinger
Released: January 12, 1970
Type: Movie
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Death Knocks Twice
Title: Death Knocks Twice
Character: Bob Martin
Released: November 25, 1969
Type: Movie
When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...
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Secret Diary of Fanny
Title: Secret Diary of Fanny
Character: Michel
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
Written and directed by Sergio Pastore in 1969. Il diario proibito di Fanny is an anthology film starring Giovanna Lenzi as four different women, all named Fanny. The film touches upon all the hot-button issues of 1968: illegal immigrants from the Eastern bloc, the Prague Spring, the Italian star cult and even abortion.
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The Nephews of Zorro
Title: The Nephews of Zorro
Character: Raphael / Zorro
Released: December 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Two fellows from Sicily go to America thinking that they will find gold . For their bad luck in California they meet the brave Zorro who is protecting the helpless people. They have to help him which is followed by a lot of adventures and funny moments.
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God Made Them... I Kill Them
Title: God Made Them... I Kill Them
Character: Slim Corbett / Compton
Released: April 29, 1968
Type: Movie
A bounty-hunter is hired by the residents of a small town on the Mexican border to stop a series of gold robberies by marauding outlaws who are coordinated by the town's corrupt banker.
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Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive
Title: Buckaroo: The Winchester Does Not Forgive
Character: Buccaroo
Released: October 28, 1967
Type: Movie
Al arrives in town which is ruled by Lash who has taken possession of one gold mine and is now aiming to get the other which is owned by old Johnny. Al is the only one to support Johnny but still the old man is ambushed and killed.
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My First Girlfriend
Title: My First Girlfriend
Character: Deen
Released: March 17, 1966
Type: Movie
A romantic teen comedy about the rivalry between an Agrentinian man and a young American for the love of a beautiful girl from a rich family.
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Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
Title: Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola
Character: Él mismo
Released: August 19, 1965
Type: Movie
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Guadalajara en verano
Title: Guadalajara en verano
Character: Robert Douglas
Released: January 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Tourists and exchange students find romance.