Born in Surrey, Richard Reeves grew up in West Sussex. Educated at Winchester College, Richard worked in repertory theatre in Cheltenham, Cambridge and Bexhill. He then appeared in productions for Southern Television, BBC Tv, London Weekend Tv and Thames Tv. Due to his particularly youthful looks he was always cast in juvenile parts such as the boy soldier who captured Tom Baker's Dr Who in Genesis of The Daleks, the military cadet who won Diana Rigg in a lottery in Entrance Fee and Hannah Gordon's son who died for England in the Upstairs Downstairs episode Facing Fearful Odds. He also played the lead in Expulsion, a programme on illegal drug use in schools. Directed by Roger Mills , it was the first ever drama-documentary shown on BBC Tv. Richard left show business in 1980 to work in the pharmaceutical industry.
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" , 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" , as a Picnicker in the first season episode, "My Favorite Martian" {How to Be a Hero Without Really Trying (#1.13)} .
No relation to George Reeves or Steve Reeves.
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.
The news in Europe, West and East, is still showing America in flames, flood, etc. Cities are shown underwater; befuddled American officials are shown trying to explain why we are winning the war on terrorism.
