Phillips Tead (September 29, 1893 â€" June 9, 1974) was an American
character actor in film and television, sometimes billed as Phil
Tead.Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1893, among his many roles,
Tead might be best remembered as the semi-recurring character
"Professor Pepperwinkle," an eccentric inventor, in several of the
color episodes of the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. His
appearances included the final episode, "All That Glitters." His first
appearance had been as a shopkeeper named Mr. Willy, a similarly
eccentric character.A visible early role is his appearance in Horse
Feathers, the 1932 Marx Brothers comedy, in which he plays a radio
play-by-play announcer at the film's climactic college football
game.His film career began in silent pictures in 1914 and ran some 40
years. In the early 1950s he turned his attention primarily to
television, appearing in various western series as well as Superman.
character actor in film and television, sometimes billed as Phil
Tead.Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1893, among his many roles,
Tead might be best remembered as the semi-recurring character
"Professor Pepperwinkle," an eccentric inventor, in several of the
color episodes of the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. His
appearances included the final episode, "All That Glitters." His first
appearance had been as a shopkeeper named Mr. Willy, a similarly
eccentric character.A visible early role is his appearance in Horse
Feathers, the 1932 Marx Brothers comedy, in which he plays a radio
play-by-play announcer at the film's climactic college football
game.His film career began in silent pictures in 1914 and ran some 40
years. In the early 1950s he turned his attention primarily to
television, appearing in various western series as well as Superman.
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