Richard Barthelmess
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.
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- 1998 · Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists as The Yellow Man (archive footage)
- 1965 · The Love Goddesses as (archive footage)
- 1961 · The Legend of Rudolph Valentino as Self (archive footage)
- 1959 · The Tingler as David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1953 · The Oscars as
- 1942 · The Mayor of 44th Street as Ed Kirby
- 1942 · The Spoilers as Bronco Kid
- 1942 · Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- 1940 · The Man Who Talked Too Much as J.B. Roscoe
- 1939 · Only Angels Have Wings as Bat Mac Pherson
- 1936 · Spy of Napoleon as Gerard de Lanoy
- 1935 · Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
- 1935 · Four Hours to Kill! as Tony Mako
- 1934 · Midnight Alibi as Lance McGowan
- 1934 · A Modern Hero as Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
- 1934 · Massacre as Chief Joe Thunderhorse
- 1933 · Heroes for Sale as Tom Holmes
- 1933 · How to Break 90 #1: The Grip as Himself
- 1933 · Central Airport as James 'Jim' Blaine
- 1932 · The Cabin in the Cotton as Marvin Blake
- 1932 · Alias the Doctor as Karl Brenner
- 1931 · The Last Flight as Cary Lockwood
- 1931 · How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter' as
- 1931 · The Finger Points as Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
- 1931 · The Stolen Jools as Richard Barthelmess
- 1930 · The Lash as Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
- 1930 · The Voice of Hollywood as
- 1930 · The Dawn Patrol as Dick Courtney
- 1930 · Son of the Gods as Sam Lee
- 1929 · Show of Shows as Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
- 1929 · Young Nowheres as Albert 'Binky' Whalen
- 1929 · Drag as David Carroll
- 1929 · Weary River as Jerry Larrabee
- 1928 · Out of the Ruins as Lt. Pierre Dumont
- 1928 · Wheel of Chance as Nicolai Turkeltaub
- 1928 · The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come as Chad Buford
- 1928 · The Noose as Nickie Elkins
- 1928 · Scarlet Seas as Steven Dunkin
- 1927 · The Drop Kick as Jack Hamill
- 1927 · The Patent Leather Kid as Patent Leather Kid
- 1926 · The Amateur Gentleman as Barnabas Barty
- 1926 · Ranson's Folly as Lt. Ranson
- 1926 · Just Suppose as Prince Rupert of Koronia
- 1926 · Camille: The Fate of a Coquette as Gaston
- 1925 · The Beautiful City as Tony Gillardi
- 1925 · Shore Leave as D.X. (Bilge) Smith
- 1925 · Soul-Fire as Eric Fane
- 1925 · New Toys as Will Webb
- 1924 · Classmates as Duncan Irving Jr
- 1924 · The Enchanted Cottage as Oliver Bashforth
- 1923 · Twenty-One as Julian McCullough
- 1923 · The Fighting Blade as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
- 1923 · The Bond Boy as Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
- 1923 · The Bright Shawl as Charles Abbott
- 1923 · Fury as Boy Leyton
- 1922 · Seeing Stars as Self
- 1922 · Sonny as Sonny Crosby / Joe
- 1922 · The Seventh Day as John Alden Jr.
- 1921 · Tol'able David as David Kinemon
- 1921 · Experience as Youth
- 1921 · Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) as Himself
- 1920 · Way Down East as David Bartlett
- 1920 · The Love Flower as Bruce Sanders
- 1920 · The Idol Dancer as Dan McGuire
- 1919 · Scarlet Days as Don Maria Alvarez
- 1919 · I'll Get Him Yet as Scoop McCready
- 1919 · Broken Blossoms as Cheng Huan
- 1919 · Peppy Polly as Dr. James Merritt
- 1919 · The Girl Who Stayed at Home as Ralph Grey
- 1919 · Boots as Everett White
- 1918 · The Hope Chest as Tom Ballantyne
- 1918 · Hit-the-Trail Holliday as Bobby Jason
- 1918 · Rich Man, Poor Man as Bayard Varick
- 1917 · For Valour as Henry Nobbs
- 1917 · Nearly Married as Dick Griffon
- 1917 · Bab's Burglar as Tommy Gray
- 1917 · Bab's Diary as Tommy Gray
- 1917 · Camille as
- 1917 · The Eternal Sin as Gennaro
- 1916 · Just a Song at Twilight as George Turner
- 1916 · War Brides as Arno