Richard Barthelmess
Acting
Born: May 8, 1895 · New York City, New York, USA
Died: August 17, 1963 (aged 68)
Highest Rated
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
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
The Tingler
1959
Way Down East
1920
The Oscars
1953
The Spoilers
1942
The Dawn Patrol
1930
The Stolen Jools
1931
Heroes for Sale
1933
Tol'able David
1921
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
Photos (2)
Movies (81)
Young Nowheres
Albert 'Binky' Whalen
Only Angels Have Wings
Bat MacPherson
Shore Leave
D.X. (Bilge) Smith
The Spoilers
Bronco Kid
The Tingler
David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wild Primrose
Jack Wilton
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Cheng Huan
The Show of Shows
Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Fury
Boy Leyton
Heroes for Sale
Tom Holmes
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931
Sonny
Sonny Crosby / Joe
Tol'able David
David Kinemon
The Stolen Jools
Richard Barthelmess
Soul-Fire
Eric Fane
Scarlet Seas
Steven Dunkin
The Streets of Illusion
Donald Morton
Way Down East
David Bartlett
Massacre
Chief Joe Thunderhorse
Twenty-One
Julian McCullough
Sunshine Nan
MacPherson Clark
Central Airport
James 'Jim' Blaine
Boots
Everett White
Just Suppose
Prince Rupert of Koronia
Wheel of Chance
Nicolai Turkeltaub
The Cabin in the Cotton
Marvin Blake
The Eternal Sin
Gennaro
The Dawn Patrol
Dick Courtney
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Gaston
The Bright Shawl
Charles Abbott
The Soul of a Magdalen
Louis Broulette
The Patent Leather Kid
Patent Leather Kid
The Fighting Blade
Karl Van Kerstenbroock
New Toys
Will Webb
Three Men and a Girl
Christopher Kent
I'll Get Him Yet
Scoop McCready
The Amateur Gentleman
Barnabas Barty
The White Black Sheep
Robert Kincarin
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Ralph Grey
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The Yellow Man (archive footage)
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
Bab's Diary
Tommy Gray
The Man Who Talked Too Much
J.B. Roscoe
The Last Flight
Cary Lockwood
A Modern Hero
Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
The Moral Code
Gary Miller
The Seven Swans
Prince Charming
For Valour
Henry Nobbs
Peppy Polly
Dr. James Merritt
The Enchanted Cottage
Oliver Bashforth
The Great Chase
1962
The Drop Kick
Jack Hamill
Midnight Alibi
Lance McGowan
The Mayor of 44th Street
Ed Kirby
The Finger Points
Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
Weary River
Jerry Larrabee
Ranson's Folly
Lt. Ranson
Son of the Gods
Sam Lee
Alias the Doctor
Karl Brenner
The Bond Boy
Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
The Noose
Nickie Elkins
Scarlet Days
Don Maria Alvarez
The Valentine Girl
Robert Wentworth
Just a Song at Twilight
George Turner
Four Hours to Kill!
Tony Mako
The Idol Dancer
Dan McGuire
The Beautiful City
Tony Gillardi
The Lash
Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
War Brides
Arno
The Seventh Day
John Alden Jr.
Bab's Burglar
Tommy Gray
Drag
David Carroll
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Chad Buford
Experience
Youth
Nearly Married
Dick Griffon
Rich Man, Poor Man
Bayard Varick
The Love Flower
Bruce Sanders
The Hope Chest
Tom Ballantyne
Out of the Ruins
Lt. Pierre Dumont
Camille
1917
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Bobby Jason
