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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
September 11, 1930
Died
September 11, 1985 (age 55)
Place of Birth
Montgomery - Alabama - USA
Also Known As
Sammy Reese
Sam Reese
Biography
Sammy Pharr Reese (September 11, 1930 – September 11, 1985) was an American film and television actor. He was known for playing the recurring role of Dr. Dan Shanks in the first season of the American medical drama television series Dr. Kildare. He also acted in In the Heat of the Night (1967), En el calor de la noche (1967), King Rat (1965) and Patrullero PT 109(1963).
Known For

TV
The Andy Griffith Show
Photographer
1960

TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Wilford Likens
1962

TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Martin Hendrix
1962

TV
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Milt Marshall
1962

TV
The Outer Limits
George Wilkerson (as Sammy Reese)
1963

TV
The Outer Limits
Clyde Wyatt
1963

TV
Black Saddle
Runty
1959

TV
Law of the Plainsman
Figure
1959

Film
In the Heat of the Night
Clerk
1967

Film
Captain Newman, M.D.
Haskell - Patient (uncredited)
1963

Film
PT 109
Andrew Kirksey
1963

Film
King Rat
Kurt
1965

Film
The Traveling Executioner
Priest
1970
Filmography
1970FilmThe Traveling Executioneras Priest1967FilmIn the Heat of the Nightas Clerk1965FilmKing Ratas Kurt1963FilmCaptain Newman, M.D.as Haskell - Patient (uncredited)1963TVThe Outer Limitsas George Wilkerson (as Sammy Reese)1963FilmPT 109as Andrew Kirksey1962TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Houras Wilford Likens1960TVThe Andy Griffith Showas Photographer1959TVLaw of the Plainsmanas Figure1959TVBlack Saddleas Runty