Biography
Born in Colorado and raised in Oregon, actor Walter Sande was a music student from age six. He dropped out of college to organize his own band, then for many years served as musical director for the West Coast Fox Theater chain. In 1937, Sande entered films with a small role in
Goldwyn Follies (1938). He fluctuated thereafter between bits in films like
Citizen Kane (1941), in which he played one of the many reporters, and supporting roles in films like
To Have and Have Not (1944), in which he portrayed the defaulting customer who is punched out by a boat-renting
Humphrey Bogart. On television, Walter Sande played Horatio Bullwinkle on
Tugboat Annie (1958) and Papa Holstrum on
The Farmer's Daughter (1963-1966). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide