Richard Barthelmess
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 8, 1895
- Died
- August 17, 1963 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as The Yellow Man (archive footage)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Great Chase
Movie
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tingler
Movie · as David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Oscars
TV
The Mayor of 44th Street
Movie · as Ed Kirby
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Spoilers
Movie · as Bronco Kid
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie · as J.B. Roscoe
Only Angels Have Wings
Movie · as Bat MacPherson
Spy of Napoleon
Movie · as Gerard de Lanoy
Four Hours to Kill!
Movie · as Tony Mako
Starlit Days at the Lido
Movie · as Self
Midnight Alibi
Movie · as Lance McGowan
A Modern Hero
Movie · as Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
Massacre
Movie · as Chief Joe Thunderhorse
Heroes for Sale
Movie · as Tom Holmes
Central Airport
Movie · as James 'Jim' Blaine
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
Movie · as Himself
The Cabin in the Cotton
Movie · as Marvin Blake
Alias the Doctor
Movie · as Karl Brenner
The Last Flight
Movie · as Cary Lockwood
The Finger Points
Movie · as Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
The Stolen Jools
Movie · as Richard Barthelmess
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
Movie
The Dawn Patrol
Movie · as Dick Courtney
Son of the Gods
Movie · as Sam Lee
The Lash
Movie · as Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie
Weary River
Movie · as Jerry Larrabee
The Show of Shows
Movie · as Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Drag
Movie · as David Carroll
Young Nowheres
Movie · as Albert 'Binky' Whalen
The Noose
Movie · as Nickie Elkins
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Movie · as Chad Buford
Wheel of Chance
Movie · as Nicolai Turkeltaub
Scarlet Seas
Movie · as Steven Dunkin
Out of the Ruins
Movie · as Lt. Pierre Dumont
The Patent Leather Kid
Movie · as Patent Leather Kid
The Drop Kick
Movie · as Jack Hamill
The Amateur Gentleman
Movie · as Barnabas Barty
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Movie · as Gaston
Ranson's Folly
Movie · as Lt. Ranson
Just Suppose
Movie · as Prince Rupert of Koronia
The White Black Sheep
Movie · as Robert Kincarin
Shore Leave
Movie · as D.X. (Bilge) Smith
Soul-Fire
Movie · as Eric Fane
The Beautiful City
Movie · as Tony Gillardi
New Toys
Movie · as Will Webb
The Enchanted Cottage
Movie · as Oliver Bashforth
Classmates
Movie · as Duncan Irving Jr
Fury
Movie · as Boy Leyton
The Bond Boy
Movie · as Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
The Bright Shawl
Movie · as Charles Abbott
The Fighting Blade
Movie · as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
Twenty-One
Movie · as Julian McCullough
Seeing Stars
Movie · as Self
The Seventh Day
Movie · as John Alden Jr.
Sonny
Movie · as Sonny Crosby / Joe
Tol'able David
Movie · as David Kinemon
Experience
Movie · as Youth
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Movie · as Himself
Way Down East
Movie · as David Bartlett
The Love Flower
Movie · as Bruce Sanders
The Idol Dancer
Movie · as Dan McGuire
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Movie · as Cheng Huan
Scarlet Days
Movie · as Don Maria Alvarez
Boots
Movie · as Everett White
Peppy Polly
Movie · as Dr. James Merritt
I'll Get Him Yet
Movie · as Scoop McCready
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Movie · as Ralph Grey
Three Men and a Girl
Movie · as Christopher Kent
Rich Man, Poor Man
Movie · as Bayard Varick
The Hope Chest
Movie · as Tom Ballantyne
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Movie · as Bobby Jason
Wild Primrose
Movie · as Jack Wilton
Sunshine Nan
Movie · as MacPherson Clark
Camille
Movie
Bab's Diary
Movie · as Tommy Gray
Bab's Burglar
Movie · as Tommy Gray
Nearly Married
Movie · as Dick Griffon
The Eternal Sin
Movie · as Gennaro
For Valour
Movie · as Henry Nobbs
The Seven Swans
Movie · as Prince Charming
The Valentine Girl
Movie · as Robert Wentworth
The Soul of a Magdalen
Movie · as Louis Broulette
The Streets of Illusion
Movie · as Donald Morton
The Moral Code
Movie · as Gary Miller
War Brides
Movie · as Arno
Just a Song at Twilight
Movie · as George Turner