Phillips Tead (September 29, 1893 - June 9, 1974), sometimes billed as Phil Tead, was an American character actor in film and television.Among his many roles he 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.