Richard Barthelmess

Known for ActingBorn 1895-05-08Died 1963-08-17New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

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Soul-Fire

Sonny

Fury

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

The Beautiful City

The Bond Boy

Spy of Napoleon

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'

Young Nowheres

Wheel of Chance

Out of the Ruins

Twenty-One

Experience

Peppy Polly

I'll Get Him Yet

Three Men and a Girl

The Hope Chest

Just a Song at Twilight

The Noose

Only Angels Have Wings

The Legend of Rudolph Valentino

The Oscars

The Enchanted Cottage

Ranson's Folly

Heroes for Sale

A Modern Hero

The Amateur Gentleman

The White Black Sheep

New Toys

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Tol'able David

The Bright Shawl

The Fighting Blade

Wild Primrose

Way Down East

The Dawn Patrol

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

The Seventh Day

The Great Chase

The Show of Shows

Midnight Alibi

The Tingler

Drag

The Last Flight

The Man Who Talked Too Much

The Lash