Addison Richards

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Addison Whitaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television series between 1933 and his death.

Known For

Narrator (voice)

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

Prison Warden

The Walking Dead

Chief Gary Benson

Sealed Lips

Red Barrett

Whispering Enemies

District Attorney Roy Kasden

Crime Against Joe

Dr. Williams

Strange Confession

R.T. Lindsay

Flying Tigers

The Stranger

Operation Eichmann

John Ellis

Bewitched

Judge

Boys Town

George Martin

Underground Agent

Maj. Corbett

A Guy Named Joe

George Benedict

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

Captain Bates, G-2

Betrayal from the East

Attorney Malcolm Kilgore

A-Haunting We Will Go

Inspector McCarthy

Friendly Enemies

R.J. Godley

Charlie Chan in Panama

John Adams

The Shanghai Cobra

District Attorney Gordon

Criminal Court

Streeter - President of Radex

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Attorney (uncredited)

Mighty Joe Young

Delange

Such Women Are Dangerous

Steve Harper

Illegal

Mark Spurlock

When Gangland Strikes

Lester Younger

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

Mayor Luke Keeler

Sheriff of Tombstone

Dobe Jones

Lone Cowboy

Editor Gavigan

The Mad Ghoul

Miitary Academy Commandant

Tall, Dark and Handsome

Vice Admiral

Flight Command

Paul Baker

The Lady Has Plans

Fitz Mularkay

Smart Blonde

Hank Gibbs

Little Big Shot

Dean Watkins

For Those Who Think Young

Senator Everett Brock

They Made Her a Spy

Louie

Our Daily Bread

Schuyler

Colleen

Inspector Melvyn Fromm

Slightly Honorable

Gaskett

God's Country and the Woman

Abel Richman

The Saxon Charm

Gerald Banford

Inside Information

Frank J. Maxwell

Forbidden Passage

Harris

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

Gus Jordan

Ridin' Down the Canyon

Bill Burton

Mystery Broadcast

William Coleman

Frisco Kid

District Attorney

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

Frank Wilson Sr.

Song of the Saddle

Plummer

Divorce

Frank Locke

The Case of the Velvet Claws

C.G. Travers

Secret Enemies

Diamonds Jareck

Riot Squad

Mr. Thomas

Sweet Music

Mr. White

The Tiger Woman

Gordon Fox

Dance Charlie Dance

Confederate Provost Marshal

The Man from Dakota

Doc Devlin

The Gambler Wore a Gun

Sam Cosgrove

High Society

Sheriff Tom Jones

Gunsight Ridge

Warden Williams

Public Enemy's Wife

The Warden

The Chicago Kid

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Lady on a Train

Parmenter

Road Gang

Halstead

Where Are Your Children?

State Attorney (uncredited)

A Lost Lady

District Attorney Branson

A Night of Adventure

Blair Thurston

Accidents Will Happen

Warden - Atlanta

They All Come Out

Senator

Strange Glory

Rayburn

Bad Lands

District Attorney

Dinky

Marshal Wayne Forrester

The Broken Star

Ed Eberhart

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

David Lorn

The White Cockatoo

Art Bryan

Moon Over Burma

Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue

The Master Key

Black Market Babies

Monsignor

Saintly Sinners

James Marshall

Sutter's Gold

Herbert Wilson

My Favorite Blonde

Purnell

Exile Express

Judge Markham

The Case of the Howling Dog

District Attorney Ben Carter

Smart Guy

Warden Benson

Prison Nurse

A.H. Mallison

The Black Doll

The Future-being Advocate

The Flight That Disappeared

Mr. Brown

The St. Louis Kid

James Blackton

Step by Step

Gen. Crook

Fort Yuma

Berquist

Twelve Crowded Hours

Charles Hanford

Fury at Gunsight Pass

William McGuire

The Law in Her Hands

James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio

Romance of Louisiana

Harrigan

Society Doctor

Herden

A Dog of Flanders

Dillon

Last of the Badmen

The Fastest Gun Alive

Edward McNeil

Ready, Willing and Able

Haman

Queen Esther

Remsen

Secret Agent of Japan

Matt Lashan

Texas

Jim Hollis (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

John McNally

Draegerman Courage

Martin

Alias Mary Dow

Colonel Wallace

Here Comes the Band

E.E. Nichols

Love Is on the Air

Bruce J. Gregory

'G' Men

Jack Carter

Freckles

Butch

Freckles

Martinson

Gentlemen Are Born

Tracey

Eight Bells

Admiral Ross

Thunder Afloat

Detective

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

Steven Garron

Her Husband's Secretary

Mr. Fowler

The Singing Marine

Bruce Corvall

Espionage Agent

Narrator

A Dream Comes True

District Attorney

Secrets of a Co-Ed

Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)

Wagon Wheels West

Stanley Young

The Lone Wolf Strikes

Ned Strawn

Cherokee Strip

Slim Phillips

Bells of Rosarita

Head Farmer (uncredited)

Dragonwyck

Maj. Daniels

Air Force

Priest (uncredited)

Roger Touhy, Gangster

Lt. Detective George Bradley

Man With Two Lives

Gambler

Wine, Women and Horses

Morgan

Beyond the Law

Capt. Hunter

Arizona

Big Henry

The Eagle's Brood

Mr. Talbot

The Great Lie

Evans

Gangs of Chicago

District Attorney

Ball of Fire

Bank Manager (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux

Curley Thorne

Trailin' West

Dan Varner

Jailbreak

Kip Gillis

White Bondage

Mel Purdue

Man Hunt

Mr. Johnson

Edison, the Man

Hewitt

Valley of the Giants

Ferguson

Mutiny in the Arctic

Dr. Wickersham

The Millerson Case

Max Bradley

Reaching from Heaven

District Attorney

Front Page Woman

Col. Gray

Top Sergeant

Fred MacLane

Alcatraz Island

District Attorney Norman Kennedy

Money to Loan

Henry Adams

Grissly's Millions

Mr. Hutter

The Deerslayer

William Freeman

War Dogs

Kincaid

Wyoming

Judge (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee

Fontaine

Bordertown Trail

Frank Abbott

Rustlers

George Benedict

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

Lieutenant Crofton

Northwest Passage

Reverend Miller

The Hoodlum Saint

Senator Making Speech (uncredited)

If You Knew Susie

Inspector

Gateway

Naturalization Judge (uncredited)

Little Nellie Kelly

Tipton Walton

Pony Express Days

Newspaper Man (uncredited)

That Certain Age

Jackson (#46) (uncredited)

Island of Doomed Men

Maj. Pat Walsh

The Mummy's Curse

Frederick Allison

Geronimo

Lt. Spaulding

Let’s Be Ritzy

District Attorney

Babbitt

Clint Davis

Are These Our Parents?

Townsman (uncredited)

Inherit the Wind

Police Commissioner John Dixon

Lulu Belle

Capt. Joyce

The Fighting Seabees

Prison Warden

Crime Doctor

Zebion

Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa

Capt. Weightman

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

Warden

The Last Installment

John Hamilton

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

Duke Winston

Back in the Saddle

Silas Hurlbert

Men of Texas

Asa Lock

Cowboy Serenade

Huntingdon Lawford

The Raiders

Colonel Sewell

Raiders of Ghost City

Jackson Decker

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

Gen. George Custer

Badlands of Dakota

Adjutant (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Mr. Benedict

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

The Deerslayer

Col. Ford

The Saga of Hemp Brown

A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

Cmdr. Kimball

Frontier Uprising

State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)

Call Northside 777

The Judge

Men of Boys Town

Fan Bearer

The Ten Commandments

Wade Gamelin

Barbary Coast Gent

Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1938

Dr. Finley Morton

Mystery of the White Room

Fred Adams

Ceiling Zero

Thomas

Blue, White, and Perfect

Brand

Off the Record

Judge

Mokey

President James Polk (uncredited)

The Oregon Trail

Surgeon (uncredited)

Dive Bomber

Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)

Design for Scandal

Captain Harlow

Western Union

Capt. Matanaza

Anthony Adverse

Inspector Bresnahan

The Devil's Party

Attorney Cavanagh

Men in Her Diary

Steve Richards

Henry, the Rainmaker

Col. H.W. Ryder

Marriage Is a Private Affair

District Commissioner

Headin' for God's Country

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

The Petrified Forest

Colonel

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

Judge John Walton

Oklahoma Outlaws

Cmdr. Rowland

Corvette K-225

Dr. Tom Wood

Her First Beau

Fred Baker

Main Street Today

Sanford

Public Deb No. 1

Ship Building Foreman

Destroyer

Coach

The Pride of the Yankees

Police Inspector

Danger Signal

Gordon Trisby

Pacific Rendezvous

Officer

Private Buckaroo

Big Harry (uncredited)

Angel on My Shoulder

Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)

Our Wife

Police Captain (uncredited)

Spellbound

William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)

Bullets or Ballots

Mr. B.C. Hill

China Clipper

Prosecuting Attorney

Black Legion

Second Doctor (uncredited)

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

Inspector Pat Malloy

I'll Remember April

Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist

Adventures of Rusty

Edmund Daniels

South to Karanga

Gov. Safford

Walk the Proud Land

Colonel King

Flight to Fame

Bedford (uncredited)

Leave Her to Heaven

Police Commissioner James Mitchell

Come Out Fighting

Harrigan

Girl from Havana

Roger Connolly

Everything But the Truth

Beady

Home on the Range

Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.

The Man from Montreal

Chief Investigator (Uncredited)

Swing Shift Maisie

France Doctor (uncredited)

For Me and My Gal

Judge

Moon Over Las Vegas

Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)

The Big Street

Forbes

Hot Money

Mr. McDowall (uncredited)

All the Fine Young Cannibals

Mr. Benedict

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Flight Surgeon

I Wanted Wings

James Burton - Speaker

Ski Patrol

McKechnie (uncredited)

Handy Andy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

250

Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-10-20

Place of Birth

Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

Addison Whitaker Richards Jr.