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