1895-05-08 New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists | The Yellow Man (archive footage) | 1998-01-01 |
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The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) | 1965-03-03 |
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino | Self (archive footage) | 1961-05-24 |
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The Spoilers | Bronco Kid | 1942-06-11 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) | Self (archive footage) | 1942-01-01 |
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The Mayor of 44th Street | Ed Kirby | 1942-10-15 |
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The Man Who Talked Too Much | J.B. Roscoe | 1940-07-16 |
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Only Angels Have Wings | Bat Mac Pherson | 1939-05-15 |
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Spy of Napoleon | Gerard de Lanoy | 1936-09-09 |
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Four Hours to Kill! | Tony Mako | 1935-04-11 |
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Starlit Days at the Lido | Self | 1935-09-28 |
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Midnight Alibi | Lance McGowan | 1934-07-12 |
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A Modern Hero | Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader | 1934-04-21 |
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Massacre | Chief Joe Thunderhorse | 1934-01-20 |
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Central Airport | James 'Jim' Blaine | 1933-04-15 |
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Heroes for Sale | Tom Holmes | 1933-06-17 |
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The Cabin in the Cotton | Marvin Blake | 1932-09-26 |
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Alias the Doctor | Karl Brenner | 1932-02-25 |
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter' | 1931-04-18 | |
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The Finger Points | Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee | 1931-04-11 |
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The Stolen Jools | Richard Barthelmess | 1931-04-04 |
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The Last Flight | Cary Lockwood | 1931-08-29 |
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Son of the Gods | Sam Lee | 1930-03-09 |
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The Dawn Patrol | Dick Courtney | 1930-07-10 |
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The Lash | Francisco Delfino 'Pancho' | 1930-12-14 |
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Young Nowheres | Albert 'Binky' Whalen | 1929-10-20 |
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Show of Shows | Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited) | 1929-11-21 |
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Weary River | Jerry Larrabee | 1929-02-10 |
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Drag | David Carroll | 1929-07-21 |
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Out of the Ruins | Lt. Pierre Dumont | 1928-08-19 |
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Wheel of Chance | Nicolai Turkeltaub | 1928-06-17 |
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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come | Chad Buford | 1928-04-08 |
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The Noose | Nickie Elkins | 1928-01-29 |
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Scarlet Seas | Steven Dunkin | 1928-01-12 |
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The Drop Kick | Jack Hamill | 1927-09-25 |
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The Patent Leather Kid | Patent Leather Kid | 1927-09-01 |
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Camille | Gaston | 1926-01-01 |
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Ranson's Folly | Lt. Ranson | 1926-05-30 |
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The Amateur Gentleman | Barnabas Barty | 1926-08-14 |
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Just Suppose | Prince Rupert of Koronia | 1926-01-10 |
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Shore Leave | D.X. (Bilge) Smith | 1925-09-05 |
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New Toys | Will Webb | 1925-02-16 |
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Soul-Fire | Eric Fane | 1925-05-30 |
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The Beautiful City | Tony Gillardi | 1925-10-25 |
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The Enchanted Cottage | Oliver Bashforth | 1924-03-23 |
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Classmates | Duncan Irving Jr | 1924-11-19 |
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Twenty-One | Julian McCullough | 1923-12-17 |
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The Bright Shawl | Charles Abbott | 1923-04-22 |
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Fury | Boy Leyton | 1923-01-01 |
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The Bond Boy | Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt | 1923-05-23 |
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The Fighting Blade | Karl Van Kerstenbroock | 1923-09-10 |
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Seeing Stars | Self | 1922-10-29 |
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The Seventh Day | John Alden Jr. | 1922-02-06 |
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Sonny | Sonny Crosby / Joe | 1922-05-22 |
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Tol'able David | David Kinemon | 1921-12-31 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) | Himself | 1921-02-22 |
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Experience | Youth | 1921-08-07 |
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The Love Flower | Bruce Sanders | 1920-08-21 |
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Way Down East | David Bartlett | 1920-09-03 |
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The Idol Dancer | Dan McGuire | 1920-03-21 |
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Peppy Polly | Dr. James Merritt | 1919-04-06 |
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I'll Get Him Yet | Scoop McCready | 1919-05-25 |
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Boots | Everett White | 1919-02-16 |
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Broken Blossoms | Cheng Huan | 1919-05-13 |
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Scarlet Days | Don Maria Alvarez | 1919-11-18 |
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The Girl Who Stayed at Home | Ralph Grey | 1919-03-23 |
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The Hope Chest | Tom Ballantyne | 1918-12-29 |
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Rich Man, Poor Man | Bayard Varick | 1918-04-22 |
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Bab's Burglar | Tommy Gray | 1917-10-28 |
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Camille | 1917-09-30 | |
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Bab's Diary | Tommy Gray | 1917-10-07 |
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Nearly Married | Dick Griffon | 1917-11-18 |
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War Brides | Arno | 1916-01-02 |
