Richard Barthelmess
American actor (1895-1963) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 68
Richard Semler Barthelmess was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927.
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The Great ChaseFilm1953
The OscarsSeries1942
The Mayor of 44th StreetFilm, Ed Kirby1940
The Man Who Talked Too MuchFilm, J.B. Roscoe1935
Four Hours to Kill!Film, Tony Mako1934
A Modern HeroFilm, Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader1932
Alias the DoctorFilm, Karl Brenner1931
The Finger PointsFilm, Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee1929
The Show of ShowsFilm, Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)1928
Scarlet SeasFilm, Steven Dunkin1926
Camille: The Fate of a CoquetteFilm, Gaston1925
Shore LeaveFilm, D.X. (Bilge) Smith1922
Seeing StarsFilm1921
Tol'able DavidFilm, David Kinemon1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the GirlFilm, Cheng Huan1895Born9 May 1895Known for
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Only Angels Have Wings 1939
Way Down East 1920
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919
The Tingler 1959
The Spoilers 1942
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D. W. Griffith Produced Way Down East and The Love Flower
Frank Lloyd Directed Drag, Weary River and Young Nowheres
Henry King Directed Tol'able David, The Bond Boy and Fury
Adolph Zukor Produced Snow White and Three Men and a Girl
J. Searle Dawley Directed Snow White and Bab's Burglar
John S. Robertson Directed The Bright Shawl and Classmates
Richard A. Rowland Produced The Patent Leather Kid and Drag
Dorothy Gish Richard produced The Bright Shawl and Fury
Hal B. Wallis Produced Central Airport (1933)
Marguerite Clark Also in Snow White and Three Men and a Girl
Sidney Olcott Directed The Amateur Gentleman (1926)
John Francis Dillon Directed The Noose and Scarlet Seas
Josephine Lovett Wrote Classmates and The Enchanted Cottage
Anders Randolf Also in The Show of Shows and The Idol Dancer
Dorothy Mackaill Also in The Fighting Blade and Twenty-One
Kate Bruce Also in Way Down East and Scarlet Days
Howard Hawks Produced Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Michael Curtiz Directed The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
Alan Crosland Directed Massacre and Midnight Alibi
Patsy Ruth Miller Also in The Show of Shows and Camille
Marshall Neilan Directed Three Men and a Girl (1919)
Carol Dempster Also in Way Down East and Scarlet Days- Leo F. Forbstein Wrote The Dawn Patrol and Central Airport
Kenneth Webb Directed Just Suppose and The Beautiful City
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Two years later he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two films: The Patent Leather Kid and The Noose.
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Constance BennettAlso in Son of the Gods (1930)
Norma ShearerAlso in Way Down East (1920)
Xavier CugatAlso in The Lash (1930)
Donald CrispAlso in Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Brenda MarshallAlso in The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
Georg Wilhelm PabstAlso in A Modern Hero (1934)