Dick Dickinson
American actor (1895-1956) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 60
Dick Dickinson was an American stunt performer and actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1920 and 1954. Approximately three months before his death, an article in The Pittsburgh Press dubbed Dickinson the "permanent stand-in" for actor Walter Brennan, a position he had occupied since the early 1930s.
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The Far CountryFilm, Miner (uncredited)1950
Armored Car RobberyFilm, Newsboy (uncredited)1948
Tap RootsFilm, Field Hand (uncredited)1947
Pirates of MontereyFilm1945
House of DraculaFilm, Villager (uncredited)1944
Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesFilm, Thief (uncredited)1941
In Old ColoradoFilm, Telegraph Operator1940
Lightning Strikes WestFilm, Henchman Mack1938
Bar 20 JusticeFilm, Les Martin1936
Trail DustFilm, Waggoner1933
HooplaFilm, Carnival Spectator1932
Hidden ValleyFilm, Gavin Henchman - White Hat1928
Street AngelFilm, Bimbo1920
Squeaks and SquawksFilm1895Born16 September 1895Known for
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939
Pinky 1949
Street Angel 1928
The Far Country 1954
Armored Car Robbery 1950
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Robert N. Bradbury Directed Law of the West and Texas Buddies
Frank Brownlee Also in The Desert Trail and The Galloping Ghost
Nancy Drexel Also in Law of the West and Mason of the Mounted- Clarence E. Mulford Wrote Trail Dust and Bar 20 Justice
- Wyndham Gittens Wrote The Galloping Ghost (1931)
Russell Hayden Also in Bar 20 Justice (1938)
Yakima Canutt Also in The Desert Trail and West of the Divide
John Wayne Also in West of the Divide and The Desert Trail
George "Gabby" Hayes Also in West of the Divide and The Desert Trail
Lambert Hillyer Directed The Fighting Fool (1932)
Andy Clyde Also in In Old Colorado and Stick to Your Guns
Frank Lanning Also in The Fighting Fool (1932)
Lafe McKee Also in West of the Divide and The Desert Trail
Wally Wales Also in West of the Divide and American Empire
Lew Meehan Also in The Desert Trail and The Fighting Fool
Artie Ortego Also in West of the Divide and The Desert Trail- Armand Schaefer Directed The Galloping Ghost (1931)
Howard Bretherton Directed Boys' Reformatory and In Old Colorado
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Interviewed after his death, Brennan also credited Dickinson with considerable expertise on the subjects of lighting and blocking, especially as regards not being upstaged by fellow performers.
