Cast

Richard Barthelmess

Acting

Cast

Richard Barthelmess

Known for

Acting

Born

1895-05-08

From

New York City, New York, USA

Died

1963-08-17

Also known as Richard Semler Barthelmess, Richard S. Barthelmess, Richard Semler Barthelemys

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.

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Biography

Shore Leave

Fury

Peppy Polly

Soul-Fire

Central Airport

Scarlet Seas

Wild Primrose

Just a Song at Twilight

New Toys

Only Angels Have Wings

Tol'able David

Heroes for Sale

Sonny

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

The Show of Shows

For Valour

The Tingler

Boots

The Dawn Patrol

The Eternal Sin

The Spoilers

Twenty-One

A Modern Hero

The Bright Shawl

The Stolen Jools

The Soul of a Magdalen

Three Men and a Girl

The Fighting Blade

Way Down East

Ranson's Folly

Sunshine Nan

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The White Black Sheep

The Cabin in the Cotton

Just Suppose

The Beautiful City

Bab's Diary

The Seven Swans

I'll Get Him Yet

The Noose

The Valentine Girl

Son of the Gods

The Patent Leather Kid

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)

Camille: The Fate of a Coquette

The Man Who Talked Too Much

Alias the Doctor

Spy of Napoleon

The Moral Code

The Mayor of 44th Street

The Amateur Gentleman

Seeing Stars

The Last Flight

The Drop Kick

Four Hours to Kill!

Weary River

The Voice of Hollywood

Massacre

Wheel of Chance

Drag

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Lash

Midnight Alibi

War Brides

Starlit Days at the Lido

Scarlet Days

The Finger Points

The Great Chase

Nearly Married

The Streets of Illusion

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

The Bond Boy

The Hope Chest

The Enchanted Cottage

Young Nowheres

Hit-the-Trail Holliday

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)