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