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Richard Barthelmess
Born · May 8, 1895
Died · August 17, 1963 (68 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Bio
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an Oscar-nominated silent film star. Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut. His father died when he was a baby and his mother, Caroline Harris , was a stage actress, so he worked in theatres in his early days, between schooling, doing "walk-ons". This led to acting in college, doing amateur productions. Russian actress Alla Nazimova, a friend of the family, had been taught English by Barthelmess's mother. Nazimova in return convinced Barthelmess to try acting professionally and he made his first film appearance in 1916 in the serial Gloria's Romance as an extra. At this time he also appeared as a supporting player in several films starring Marguerite Clark. His next role, in War Brides opposite Alla Nazimova, attracted the attention of legendary director D. W. Griffith, who offered him several important roles, finally casting him opposite Lillian Gish in Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920). He soon became one of Hollywood's highest paid performers, starring in such classics as The Patent Leather Kid (1927) and The Noose (1928); he was nominated for Best Actor at the first Academy Awards for his performance in both these films, and he won a Special Citation for producing The Patent Leather Kid. He founded his own production company, Inspiration Film Company, together with Charles Duell and Henry King. One of their films, Tol'able David (1921), in which Barthelmess starred as a teenage mailman who finds courage, was a major success. With the advent of the sound era, Barthelmess' fortunes changed. He made several films in the new medium, most notably Son of the Gods (1930), The Dawn Patrol (1930), The Last Flight (1931), and The Cabin in the Cotton (1932), Central Airport (1933), and a supporting role as Rita Hayworth's character's husband in Only Angels Have Wings (1939). Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Barthelmess , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The Yellow Man (archive footage)
0.0
1998
The Great Chase
6.2
1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1961
The Tingler
David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.4
1959
The Oscars
(1 episode)
6.9
1953
The Mayor of 44th Street
Ed Kirby
4.0
1942
The Spoilers
Bronco Kid
6.2
1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1942
The Man Who Talked Too Much
J.B. Roscoe
6.0
1940
Only Angels Have Wings
Bat Mac Pherson
7.3
1939
Spy of Napoleon
Gerard de Lanoy
0.0
1936
Starlit Days at the Lido
Self
5.0
1935
Four Hours to Kill!
Tony Mako
5.0
1935
Midnight Alibi
Lance McGowan
6.0
1934
A Modern Hero
Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
7.0
1934
Massacre
Chief Joe Thunderhorse
5.8
1934
Heroes for Sale
Tom Holmes
7.0
1933
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
Himself
0.0
1933
Central Airport
James 'Jim' Blaine
6.1
1933
The Cabin in the Cotton
Marvin Blake
6.3
1932
Alias the Doctor
Karl Brenner
5.7
1932
The Last Flight
Cary Lockwood
6.9
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
0.0
1931
The Finger Points
Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
6.6
1931
The Stolen Jools
Richard Barthelmess
5.6
1931
The Lash
Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
5.3
1930
The Voice of Hollywood
0.0
1930
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Courtney
6.7
1930
Son of the Gods
Sam Lee
5.5
1930
Show of Shows
Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
5.5
1929
Young Nowheres
Albert 'Binky' Whalen
0.0
1929
Drag
David Carroll
6.0
1929
Weary River
Jerry Larrabee
5.5
1929
Out of the Ruins
Lt. Pierre Dumont
0.0
1928
Wheel of Chance
Nicolai Turkeltaub
0.0
1928
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Chad Buford
0.0
1928
The Noose
Nickie Elkins
7.0
1928
Scarlet Seas
Steven Dunkin
3.5
1928
The Drop Kick
Jack Hamill
5.0
1927
The Patent Leather Kid
Patent Leather Kid
6.2
1927
The Amateur Gentleman
Barnabas Barty
0.0
1926
Ranson's Folly
Lt. Ranson
6.2
1926
Just Suppose
Prince Rupert of Koronia
5.5
1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Gaston
4.0
1926
The Beautiful City
Tony Gillardi
0.0
1925
Shore Leave
D.X. (Bilge) Smith
5.2
1925
Soul-Fire
Eric Fane
0.0
1925
New Toys
Will Webb
0.0
1925
Classmates
Duncan Irving Jr
0.0
1924
The Enchanted Cottage
Oliver Bashforth
6.5
1924
Twenty-One
Julian McCullough
0.0
1923
The Fighting Blade
Karl Van Kerstenbroock
0.0
1923
The Bond Boy
Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
0.0
1923
The Bright Shawl
Charles Abbott
0.0
1923
Fury
Boy Leyton
0.0
1923
Seeing Stars
Self
4.9
1922
Sonny
Sonny Crosby / Joe
0.0
1922
The Seventh Day
John Alden Jr.
6.2
1922
Tol'able David
David Kinemon
7.0
1921
Experience
Youth
0.0
1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Himself
0.0
1921
Way Down East
David Bartlett
7.0
1920
The Love Flower
Bruce Sanders
4.7
1920
The Idol Dancer
Dan McGuire
5.2
1920
Scarlet Days
Don Maria Alvarez
5.8
1919
I'll Get Him Yet
Scoop McCready
0.0
1919
Broken Blossoms
Cheng Huan
6.9
1919
Peppy Polly
Dr. James Merritt
0.0
1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Ralph Grey
5.3
1919
Boots
Everett White
0.0
1919
The Hope Chest
Tom Ballantyne
0.0
1918
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Bobby Jason
0.0
1918
Rich Man, Poor Man
Bayard Varick
0.0
1918
For Valour
Henry Nobbs
0.0
1917
Nearly Married
Dick Griffon
0.0
1917
Bab's Burglar
Tommy Gray
0.0
1917
Bab's Diary
Tommy Gray
0.0
1917
Camille
0.0
1917
The Eternal Sin
Gennaro
0.0
1917
Just a Song at Twilight
George Turner
0.0
1916
War Brides
Arno
6.0
1916