Richard Barthelmess
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.
Known For
Cheng Huan
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
David Bartlett
Way Down East
Camille
Bayard Varick
Rich Man, Poor Man
Self
Seeing Stars
Marvin Blake
The Cabin in the Cotton
Bat MacPherson
Only Angels Have Wings
Tom Holmes
Heroes for Sale
Dick Courtney
The Dawn Patrol
David Kinemon
Tol'able David
Youth
Experience
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Tommy Gray
Bab's Diary
Patent Leather Kid
The Patent Leather Kid
Tony Mako
Four Hours to Kill!
James 'Jim' Blaine
Central Airport
Cary Lockwood
The Last Flight
Nickie Elkins
The Noose
J.B. Roscoe
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Sam Lee
Son of the Gods
Bruce Sanders
The Love Flower
Lance McGowan
Midnight Alibi
Don Maria Alvarez
Scarlet Days
John Alden Jr.
The Seventh Day
Oliver Bashforth
The Enchanted Cottage
Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
A Modern Hero
Chief Joe Thunderhorse
Massacre
Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
The Bond Boy
Boy Leyton
Fury
Jack Hamill
The Drop Kick
Ed Kirby
The Mayor of 44th Street
D.X. (Bilge) Smith
Shore Leave
Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
The Lash
Self (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Charles Abbott
The Bright Shawl
Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
The Finger Points
Jerry Larrabee
Weary River
Chad Buford
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Nicolai Turkeltaub
Wheel of Chance
Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
The Show of Shows
Karl Brenner
Alias the Doctor
Everett White
Boots
Gerard de Lanoy
Spy of Napoleon
Tom Ballantyne
The Hope Chest
Dr. James Merritt
Peppy Polly
Scoop McCready
I'll Get Him Yet
Arno
War Brides
Tommy Gray
Bab's Burglar
Steven Dunkin
Scarlet Seas
David Carroll
Drag
Ralph Grey
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Dan McGuire
The Idol Dancer
Duncan Irving Jr
Classmates
Richard Barthelmess
The Stolen Jools
Himself
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Tingler
Eric Fane
Soul-Fire
Albert 'Binky' Whalen
Young Nowheres
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
The Voice of Hollywood
Bronco Kid
The Spoilers
Sonny Crosby / Joe
Sonny
Tony Gillardi
The Beautiful City
Himself
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Karl Van Kerstenbroock
The Fighting Blade
Barnabas Barty
The Amateur Gentleman
Self
Starlit Days at the Lido
Will Webb
New Toys
The Yellow Man (archive footage)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Gaston
Camille
Lt. Ranson
Ranson's Folly
Lt. Pierre Dumont
Out of the Ruins
Dick Griffon
Nearly Married
Prince Rupert of Koronia
Just Suppose
Julian McCullough
Twenty-One
Gennaro
The Eternal Sin
Henry Nobbs
For Valour
Bobby Jason
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
George Turner
Just a Song at Twilight
The Great Chase
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
80
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-05-08
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Richard Semler Barthelmess