Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Biography

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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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Personal info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-05-08

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

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Cast

Camille

Camille

1917

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Seeing Stars

Seeing Stars

1922

4.90

Experience

Experience

1921

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Bab's Diary

Bab's Diary

1917

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The Noose

The Noose

1928

7.00

Scarlet Days

Scarlet Days

1919

5.80

Massacre

Massacre

1934

5.80

The Bond Boy

The Bond Boy

1923

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Fury

Fury

1923

9.00

Shore Leave

Shore Leave

1925

5.20

The Lash

The Lash

1930

5.30

Weary River

Weary River

1929

5.67

Boots

Boots

1919

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Peppy Polly

Peppy Polly

1919

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War Brides

War Brides

1916

6.00

Scarlet Seas

Scarlet Seas

1928

3.50

Drag

Drag

1929

6.00

Classmates

Classmates

1924

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The Tingler

The Tingler

1959

6.40

Soul-Fire

Soul-Fire

1925

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The Spoilers

The Spoilers

1942

6.20

Sonny

Sonny

1922

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New Toys

New Toys

1925

0.00

Just Suppose

Just Suppose

1926

5.50

Twenty-One

Twenty-One

1923

0.00

For Valour

For Valour

1917

0.00