Reeves won championships in rodeo competition and worked as a stunt
double for
Universal Pictures before he became an actor. His film career began as early as 1919, when he starred in an 18-chapter
serial,
The Great Radium Mystery. He appeared in a number of
silent films and sixteen
sound films. In 1921 he was teamed with
Marion Aye in a series of 18 Cactus Features directed by Albert S. Rogell. He worked through the 1940s and 1950s, including an appearance as an
extra in
Miracle on 34th Street in 1947. In the 1950s he appeared in television westerns including episodes of
Maverick,
Sugarfoot,
Cheyenne, and
Wyatt Earp. In 1959 he appeared in an uncredited role as a townsman on the television show
Lawman ("The Gang"). His last known appearance was in the film
Rio Bravo in 1959. == Personal life and death ==