Richard Barthelmess
May 8, 1895 — Aug 17, 1963 (68 years)
New York City, New York, USA
73 Movies
Born in New York City, New York, USA, Richard Barthelmess is an actor. Their credits include Only Angels Have Wings as Bat MacPherson. Other notable titles in their filmography include Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl and Way Down East. They have 73 films to their name, working mainly across genres like romance, drama, adventure.
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Richard Barthelmess
73 Movies
Born in New York City, New York, USA, Richard Barthelmess is an actor. Their credits include Only Angels Have Wings as Bat MacPherson. Other notable titles in their filmography include Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl and Way Down East. They have 73 films to their name, working mainly across genres like romance, drama, adventure.
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Shore Leave
1925
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
Central Airport
1933
Scarlet Seas
1928
Heroes for Sale
1933
Tol'able David
1921
The Spoilers
1942
Just Suppose
1926
Way Down East
1920
A Modern Hero
1934
The Stolen Jools
1931
Scarlet Days
1919
The Dawn Patrol
1930
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
Alias the Doctor
1932
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Ranson's Folly
1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
The Noose
1928
The Last Flight
1931
The Patent Leather Kid
1927
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
Massacre
1934
The Drop Kick
1927
The Enchanted Cottage
1924
Son of the Gods
1930
Midnight Alibi
1934
Weary River
1929
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
The Finger Points
1931
The Lash
1930
The Love Flower
1920
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
The Seventh Day
1922
Drag
1929
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The Mayor of 44th Street
Ed Kirby
1942
Film
The Spoilers
Bronco Kid
1942
Film
The Man Who Talked Too Much
J.B. Roscoe
1940
Film
Only Angels Have Wings
Bat MacPherson
1939
Film
Four Hours to Kill!
Tony Mako
1935
Film
Midnight Alibi
Lance McGowan
1934
Film
A Modern Hero
Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
1934
Film
Massacre
Chief Joe Thunderhorse
1934
Film
Heroes for Sale
Tom Holmes
1933
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Is Richard Barthelmess still alive?
Richard Barthelmess passed away on August 17, 1963 at age 68.
What are the most famous roles of Richard Barthelmess?
Richard Barthelmess is best known for roles in Only Angels Have Wings, Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, Way Down East.
How many movies has Richard Barthelmess been in?
Over a 47-year career (since 1916), Richard Barthelmess has appeared in 85 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Richard Barthelmess's first movie?
The career of Richard Barthelmess began with War Brides (1916).
What is Richard Barthelmess's most recent movie or series?
Richard Barthelmess's most recent release is The Great Chase, which premiered on December 20, 1962.
What TV shows has Richard Barthelmess appeared in?
On television, Richard Barthelmess has appeared in The Oscars.
Richard Barthelmess
1895-05-08 · New York City, New York, USA
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).Richard Barthelmess , licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.