Richard Arlen
Aug 30, 1899 — Mar 28, 1976 (76 years)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
139 Movies
8 Series
Richard Arlen is an actor from Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. They appeared in Wings as David Armstrong. Other notable titles in their filmography include Island of Lost Souls and Warlock. Over more than 103 years they have gathered close to 139 films and 8 TV productions, working mainly across genres like drama, action.
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139Movies
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Richard Arlen
139 Movies
8 Series
Richard Arlen is an actor from Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. They appeared in Wings as David Armstrong. Other notable titles in their filmography include Island of Lost Souls and Warlock. Over more than 103 years they have gathered close to 139 films and 8 TV productions, working mainly across genres like drama, action.
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139
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8
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Warlock
1959
Wings
1927
Tropic Fury
1939
Beggars of Life
1928
Island of Lost Souls
1932
Wayward
1932
Young Fury
1964
Thunderbolt
1929
The Human Duplicators
1965
You'd Be Surprised
1926
Buckskin
1968
The Best Man
1964
Alice in Wonderland
1933
College Humor
1933
The Mountain
1956
Danger On Wheels
1940
Law of the Lawless
1964
She Made Her Bed
1934
The Big Bonanza
1944
Hurricane Smith
1952
Johnny Reno
1966
The Bounty Killer
1965
Tiger Shark
1932
Apache Uprising
1965
Aerial Gunner
1943
The Sea God
1930
Waco
1966
Kansas Raiders
1950
Storm Over Lisbon
1944
The Phantom Speaks
1945
Flaming Feather
1952
The Four Feathers
1929
Hidden Guns
1956
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
A Whale of a Tale
1976
The Virginian
1929
Silver City
1951
Call of The Yukon
1938
Paramount on Parade
1930
The Lady and the Monster
1944
Fort Utah
1967
Black Spurs
1965
Hostile Guns
1967
Town Tamer
1965
Artists & Models
1937
Only Saps Work
1930
Ready for Love
1934
Dangerous Paradise
1930
Come On, Marines!
1934
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
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1976
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Buckskin
Townsman
1968
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Rogue's Gallery
Man in Club
1968
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Fort Utah
Sam Tyler
1967
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Hostile Guns
Sheriff Travis
1967
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Red Tomahawk
Deadwood Telegrapher
1967
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Road to Nashville
Studio Boss
1966
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Waco
Billy Kelly
1966
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Richard Arlen still alive?
Richard Arlen passed away on March 28, 1976 at age 76.
What are the most famous roles of Richard Arlen?
Richard Arlen is best known for roles in Wings, Island of Lost Souls, Warlock.
How many movies has Richard Arlen been in?
Over a 53-year career (since 1923), Richard Arlen has appeared in 152 movies and 18 TV shows.
What was Richard Arlen's first movie?
The career of Richard Arlen began with Quicksands (1923).
What is Richard Arlen's most recent movie or series?
Richard Arlen's most recent release is A Whale of a Tale, which premiered on September 3, 1976.
What TV shows has Richard Arlen appeared in?
On television, Richard Arlen has appeared in Perry Mason, The Lucy Show, Petticoat Junction, Wanted: Dead or Alive.
Richard Arlen
1899-08-30 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken leg outside the Paramount Pictures lot. A sympathetic film director gave him his start as an extra. He appeared at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. His first important film role was in Vengeance of the Deep.
He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927. He was among the more famous residents of the celebrity enclave, Toluca Lake, California. He married New York socialite, Margaret Kinsella, in 1946.
In 1939, Universal teamed him with Andy Devine for a series of 14 B-pictures, mostly action-comedies with heavy reliance on stock footage from larger-scale films. They are informally known as the "Aces of Action" series, which is how the stars were billed in the trailers. When Arlen left the studio in 1941, the series continued with Devine teamed with a variety of other actors.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Arlen was active in television, having guest starred in several anthology series, including Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour, and in three episodes of the series about clergymen, Crossroads. In 1960, Arlen was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry. In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction playing himself. The episode was called "Wings" and it was in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings.
Arlen appeared in westerns, such as Lawman, Branded, Bat Masterson, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, and Yancy Derringer, and in such drama/adventure programs as Ripcord, Whirlybirds, Perry Mason, The New Breed, Coronado 9, and Michael Shayne.