During World War I he served in the United States Army in the Coast Artillery in California, and was discharged in December, 1918.

[2] Reeves won championships in rodeo competition and worked as a stunt double for Universal Pictures before he became an actor.

[3] His film career began as early as 1919, when he starred in an 18-chapter serial, The Great Radium Mystery.

In 1921 he was teamed with Marion Aye in a series of 18 Cactus Features directed by Albert S. Rogell.

In the 1950s he appeared in television westerns including episodes of Maverick, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne, and Wyatt Earp.