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- Birth nameRichard Jourdan Reeves
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Richard Reeves was born on August 10, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Target Earth (1954), Adventures of Superman (1952) and I Love Lucy (1951). He died on March 17, 1967 in Northridge, California, USA.
- Characterizations usually were of the gruff, crude and somewhat dull-witted "muscle" henchman.
- Has the distinction of being the most popular gangsters/thugs in TV series based on comic books. He appeared in five episodes of Adventures of Superman (1952), as well as appearing in a failed pilot called "The Adventures of Superboy" in 1961. He also appeared in the first episode of Batman (1966), although not as a villain but as the doorman at the "What a Way to Go Go" nightclub. Richard also appeared on My Favorite Martian (1963), as a Picnicker in the first season episode, How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying (1963).
- Served in the US Army during World War II, attaining the rank of sergeant.
- Although he specialized in playing henchmen, gangsters and street thugs, he actually came from a well-off family--his father was a bank executive--and grew up in an upscale section of Queens, New York.
- No relation to George Reeves or Steve Reeves.
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