Richard Barthelmess
Known for Acting · 90 credits
- Born
- 1895-05-08
- Died
- 1963-08-17
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Richard Semler Barthelmess · Richard S. Barthelmess · Richard Semler Barthelemys
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).
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (89)
Shore Leave
1925
as D.X. (Bilge) Smith
Soul-Fire
1925
as Eric Fane
Fury
1923
as Boy Leyton
Scarlet Seas
1928
as Steven Dunkin
Just a Song at Twilight
1916
as George Turner
The Show of Shows
1929
as Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Peppy Polly
1919
as Dr. James Merritt
Central Airport
1933
as James 'Jim' Blaine
New Toys
1925
as Will Webb
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
1919
as Cheng Huan
Tol'able David
1921
as David Kinemon
Heroes for Sale
1933
as Tom Holmes
Only Angels Have Wings
1939
as Bat MacPherson
Wild Primrose
1918
as Jack Wilton
Twenty-One
1923
as Julian McCullough
Sonny
1922
as Sonny Crosby / Joe
The Bright Shawl
1923
as Charles Abbott
The Fighting Blade
1923
as Karl Van Kerstenbroock
Boots
1919
as Everett White
The Eternal Sin
1917
as Gennaro
The Spoilers
1942
as Bronco Kid
Sunshine Nan
1918
as MacPherson Clark
A Modern Hero
1934
as Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
The Dawn Patrol
1930
as Dick Courtney
I'll Get Him Yet
1919
as Scoop McCready
Three Men and a Girl
1919
as Christopher Kent
For Valour
1917
as Henry Nobbs
Bab's Diary
1917
as Tommy Gray
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
1921
as Himself
Alias the Doctor
1932
as Karl Brenner
The Tingler
1959
as David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Seven Swans
1917
as Prince Charming
Spy of Napoleon
1936
as Gerard de Lanoy
The Soul of a Magdalen
1917
as Louis Broulette
Just Suppose
1926
as Prince Rupert of Koronia
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Richard Barthelmess
Ranson's Folly
1926
as Lt. Ranson
Son of the Gods
1930
as Sam Lee
The Noose
1928
as Nickie Elkins
Way Down East
1920
as David Bartlett
The Valentine Girl
1917
as Robert Wentworth
The White Black Sheep
1926
as Robert Kincarin
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Marvin Blake
Weary River
1929
as Jerry Larrabee
The Beautiful City
1925
as Tony Gillardi
The Mayor of 44th Street
1942
as Ed Kirby
The Moral Code
1917
as Gary Miller
The Finger Points
1931
as Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
Massacre
1934
as Chief Joe Thunderhorse
Seeing Stars
1922
as Self
The Amateur Gentleman
1926
as Barnabas Barty
Scarlet Days
1919
as Don Maria Alvarez
The Last Flight
1931
as Cary Lockwood
The Drop Kick
1927
as Jack Hamill
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Lash
1930
as Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
as J.B. Roscoe
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926
as Gaston
Midnight Alibi
1934
as Lance McGowan
The Enchanted Cottage
1924
as Oliver Bashforth
The Great Chase
1962
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935
as Self
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
as Self (archive footage)
The Patent Leather Kid
1927
as Patent Leather Kid
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
as Tony Mako
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as The Yellow Man (archive footage)
The Streets of Illusion
1917
as Donald Morton
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942
as Self (archive footage)
Classmates
1924
as Duncan Irving Jr
Nearly Married
1917
as Dick Griffon
Drag
1929
as David Carroll
The Love Flower
1920
as Bruce Sanders
War Brides
1916
as Arno
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
1918
as Bobby Jason
Camille
1917
Wheel of Chance
1928
as Nicolai Turkeltaub
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928
as Chad Buford
Rich Man, Poor Man
1918
as Bayard Varick
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
1919
as Ralph Grey
The Idol Dancer
1920
as Dan McGuire
The Seventh Day
1922
as John Alden Jr.
Experience
1921
as Youth
Young Nowheres
1929
as Albert 'Binky' Whalen
Out of the Ruins
1928
as Lt. Pierre Dumont
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
1933
as Himself
Bab's Burglar
1917
as Tommy Gray
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931
The Hope Chest
1918
as Tom Ballantyne
The Bond Boy
1923
as Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
About Richard Barthelmess
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 be… With 90 credits spanning from 1916 to 1998, Richard Barthelmess has appeared in 89 films and 1 TV show.
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- Shore Leave (1925) — as D.X. (Bilge) Smith
- Soul-Fire (1925) — as Eric Fane
- Fury (1923) — as Boy Leyton
- Scarlet Seas (1928) — as Steven Dunkin
- Just a Song at Twilight (1916) — as George Turner
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