Richard Barthelmess
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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
Credits
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
as Bat MacPherson
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
as Cheng Huan
The Tingler (1959)
as David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soul-Fire (1925)
as Eric Fane
The Spoilers (1942)
as Bronco Kid
The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Marvin Blake
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1928)
as Chad Buford
Son of the Gods (1930)
as Sam Lee
The Show of Shows (1929)
as Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Central Airport (1933)
as James 'Jim' Blaine
Scarlet Seas (1928)
as Steven Dunkin
Heroes for Sale (1933)
as Tom Holmes
Four Hours to Kill! (1935)
as Tony Mako
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as The Yellow Man (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (1961)
as Self (archive footage)
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me (1988)
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
as J.B. Roscoe
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942)
as Self (archive footage)
Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)
as Self
Sonny (1922)
as Sonny Crosby / Joe
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
as Ralph Grey
I'll Get Him Yet (1919)
as Scoop McCready
The White Black Sheep (1926)
as Robert Kincarin
Three Men and a Girl (1919)
as Christopher Kent
Fury (1923)
as Boy Leyton
Peppy Polly (1919)
as Dr. James Merritt
The Mayor of 44th Street (1942)
as Ed Kirby
The Voice of Hollywood (1930)
Actor
The Stolen Jools (1931)
as Richard Barthelmess
New Toys (1925)
as Will Webb
Seeing Stars (1922)
as Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) (1921)
as Himself
Out of the Ruins (1928)
as Lt. Pierre Dumont
Boots (1919)
as Everett White
Way Down East (1920)
as David Bartlett
Tol'able David (1921)
as David Kinemon
Just a Song at Twilight (1916)
as George Turner
Shore Leave (1925)
as D.X. (Bilge) Smith
Wild Primrose (1918)
as Jack Wilton
A Modern Hero (1934)
as Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
For Valour (1917)
as Henry Nobbs
The Soul of a Magdalen (1917)
as Louis Broulette
The Streets of Illusion (1917)
as Donald Morton
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip (1933)
as Himself
The Dawn Patrol (1930)
as Dick Courtney
The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
as Patent Leather Kid
The Bright Shawl (1923)
as Charles Abbott
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette (1926)
as Gaston
The Drop Kick (1927)
as Jack Hamill
Alias the Doctor (1932)
as Karl Brenner
Hit-the-Trail Holliday (1918)
as Bobby Jason
The Seven Swans (1917)
as Prince Charming
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter' (1931)
Actor
Twenty-One (1923)
as Julian McCullough
The Finger Points (1931)
as Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
The Fighting Blade (1923)
as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
The Beautiful City (1925)
as Tony Gillardi
War Brides (1916)
as Arno
Rich Man, Poor Man (1918)
as Bayard Varick
Ranson's Folly (1926)
as Lt. Ranson
The Amateur Gentleman (1926)
as Barnabas Barty
Bab's Diary (1917)
as Tommy Gray
The Eternal Sin (1917)
as Gennaro
The Last Flight (1931)
as Cary Lockwood
The Moral Code (1917)
as Gary Miller
Wheel of Chance (1928)
as Nicolai Turkeltaub
The Idol Dancer (1920)
as Dan McGuire
Midnight Alibi (1934)
as Lance McGowan
Weary River (1929)
as Jerry Larrabee
Sunshine Nan (1918)
as MacPherson Clark
Spy of Napoleon (1936)
as Gerard de Lanoy
Just Suppose (1926)
as Prince Rupert of Koronia
The Great Chase (1962)
Actor
The Lash (1930)
as Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
The Valentine Girl (1917)
as Robert Wentworth
The Bond Boy (1923)
as Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
Massacre (1934)
as Chief Joe Thunderhorse
Nearly Married (1917)
as Dick Griffon
Experience (1921)
as Youth
The Seventh Day (1922)
as John Alden Jr.
Drag (1929)
as David Carroll
The Hope Chest (1918)
as Tom Ballantyne
The Love Flower (1920)
as Bruce Sanders
The Noose (1928)
as Nickie Elkins
Classmates (1924)
as Duncan Irving Jr
The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
as Oliver Bashforth
Camille (1917)
Actor
Scarlet Days (1919)
as Don Maria Alvarez
Young Nowheres (1929)
as Albert 'Binky' Whalen
Bab's Burglar (1917)
as Tommy Gray