Richard Barthelmess
Acting • Born 1895-05-08 – Died 1963-08-17
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.
Filmography
90 credits
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Movie • 1919
Cheng Huan
Way Down East
Movie • 1920
David Bartlett
Camille
Movie • 1917
Rich Man, Poor Man
Movie • 1918
Bayard Varick
Seeing Stars
Movie • 1922
Self
The Cabin in the Cotton
Movie • 1932
Marvin Blake
Only Angels Have Wings
Movie • 1939
Bat MacPherson
Heroes for Sale
Movie • 1933
Tom Holmes
The Dawn Patrol
Movie • 1930
Dick Courtney
Tol'able David
Movie • 1921
David Kinemon
Experience
Movie • 1921
Youth
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Bab's Diary
Movie • 1917
Tommy Gray
The Patent Leather Kid
Movie • 1927
Patent Leather Kid
Four Hours to Kill!
Movie • 1935
Tony Mako
The Last Flight
Movie • 1931
Cary Lockwood
Central Airport
Movie • 1933
James 'Jim' Blaine
The Noose
Movie • 1928
Nickie Elkins
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Movie • 1940
J.B. Roscoe
The Love Flower
Movie • 1920
Bruce Sanders
Son of the Gods
Movie • 1930
Sam Lee
Midnight Alibi
Movie • 1934
Lance McGowan
Scarlet Days
Movie • 1919
Don Maria Alvarez
The Seventh Day
Movie • 1922
John Alden Jr.
The Enchanted Cottage
Movie • 1924
Oliver Bashforth
A Modern Hero
Movie • 1934
Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
Massacre
Movie • 1934
Chief Joe Thunderhorse
The Bond Boy
Movie • 1923
Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
Fury
Movie • 1923
Boy Leyton
The Drop Kick
Movie • 1927
Jack Hamill
The Mayor of 44th Street
Movie • 1942
Ed Kirby
Shore Leave
Movie • 1925
D.X. (Bilge) Smith
The Lash
Movie • 1930
Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
The Bright Shawl
Movie • 1923
Charles Abbott
The Finger Points
Movie • 1931
Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
Weary River
Movie • 1929
Jerry Larrabee
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Movie • 1928
Chad Buford
Wheel of Chance
Movie • 1928
Nicolai Turkeltaub
The Show of Shows
Movie • 1929
Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Alias the Doctor
Movie • 1932
Karl Brenner
Boots
Movie • 1919
Everett White
Spy of Napoleon
Movie • 1936
Gerard de Lanoy
The Hope Chest
Movie • 1918
Tom Ballantyne
Peppy Polly
Movie • 1919
Dr. James Merritt
I'll Get Him Yet
Movie • 1919
Scoop McCready
War Brides
Movie • 1916
Arno
Bab's Burglar
Movie • 1917
Tommy Gray
Scarlet Seas
Movie • 1928
Steven Dunkin
Drag
Movie • 1929
David Carroll
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Movie • 1919
Ralph Grey
The Idol Dancer
Movie • 1920
Dan McGuire
Classmates
Movie • 1924
Duncan Irving Jr
The Stolen Jools
Movie • 1931
Richard Barthelmess
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
Movie • 1933
Himself
The Tingler
Movie • 1959
David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soul-Fire
Movie • 1925
Eric Fane
Young Nowheres
Movie • 1929
Albert 'Binky' Whalen
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
Movie • 1931
The Voice of Hollywood
Movie • 1930
The Spoilers
Movie • 1942
Bronco Kid
Sonny
Movie • 1922
Sonny Crosby / Joe
The Beautiful City
Movie • 1925
Tony Gillardi
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Movie • 1921
Himself
The Fighting Blade
Movie • 1923
Karl Van Kerstenbroock
The Amateur Gentleman
Movie • 1926
Barnabas Barty
Starlit Days at the Lido
Movie • 1935
Self
New Toys
Movie • 1925
Will Webb
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie • 1998
The Yellow Man (archive footage)
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Movie • 1926
Gaston
Ranson's Folly
Movie • 1926
Lt. Ranson
Out of the Ruins
Movie • 1928
Lt. Pierre Dumont
Nearly Married
Movie • 1917
Dick Griffon
Just Suppose
Movie • 1926
Prince Rupert of Koronia
Twenty-One
Movie • 1923
Julian McCullough
The Eternal Sin
Movie • 1917
Gennaro
For Valour
Movie • 1917
Henry Nobbs
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Movie • 1918
Bobby Jason
Just a Song at Twilight
Movie • 1916
George Turner
The Great Chase
Movie • 1962
The Seven Swans
Movie • 1917
Prince Charming
The Valentine Girl
Movie • 1917
Robert Wentworth
Three Men and a Girl
Movie • 1919
Christopher Kent
The Soul of a Magdalen
Movie • 1917
Louis Broulette
The White Black Sheep
Movie • 1926
Robert Kincarin
Wild Primrose
Movie • 1918
Jack Wilton
Sunshine Nan
Movie • 1918
MacPherson Clark
The Streets of Illusion
Movie • 1917
Donald Morton
The Moral Code
Movie • 1917
Gary Miller
The Oscars
TV • 1953