American actor (1909–1992
Frank Richards
Born (1909-09-15 ) September 15, 1909New York City, U.S.
Died April 15, 1992(1992-04-15) (aged 82) Resting place Palm Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nevada Occupation Actor Years active 1940–1984
Frank Richards (September 15, 1909 – April 15, 1992) was an American character actor , typically portraying a hoodlum or thug with a menacing appearance.
Biography
Richards was born in New York City and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts.[ 1]
Richards began acting in stock theater in Cape Cod while he worked 16 hours a day as a driver of a fruit truck. He continued his stock acting for eight years.[ 2] The Wanhope Building (1947), Embezzled Heaven (1944), The World We Make (1939), and Brown Danube (1939).[ 3]
After serving in the military during World War II, Richards studied dialects, diction, and speech in New York, in addition to working in radio and television.[ 2]
He appeared in 150 films and televisions shows from 1940 into the mid 1980s. He appeared in a 1952 episode of Superman The Lone Ranger John Cassavetes ' A Woman Under the Influence [ 4]
On April 15, 1992, Richards died in Las Vegas, Nevada.[ 1] [ 5]
Selected filmography
Before I Hang Arizona Tall, Dark and Handsome Sky Raiders Hold That Ghost Public Enemies The Corsican Brothers Reap the Wild Wind Alias Boston Blackie Sunday Punch Cairo A Man's World You Can't Escape Forever Redhead from Manhattan The House on 92nd Street A Double Life The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947) - SpikeAppointment with Murder I Cheated the Law The Set-Up The Crooked Way Canadian Pacific Come to the Stable Slattery's Hurricane The Cowboy and the Indians Thieves' Highway Prison Warden (1949) - Cory (uncredited)Tough Assignment The Threat The Outriders Black Hand Western Pacific Agent Father of the Bride Love That Brute No Way Out Wyoming Mail Kim California Passage The Scarf Double Crossbones Across the Wide Missouri South of Caliente Love Is Better Than Ever Carbine Williams Pat and Mike The Savage Stop, You're Killing Me Girls in the Night The System The Caddy I, the Jury Clipped Wings Prisoners of the Casbah Money from Home Tennessee Champ Return from the Sea Destry The Atomic Kid Pirates of Tripoli New York Confidential A Bullet for Joey Spy Chasers Guys and Dolls The Man with the Golden Arm The Killing Man from Del Rio Running Target The Desperados Are in Town The Storm Rider The Persuader Gun Battle at Monterey The Hard Man Escape from Red Rock The World Was His Jury Teacher's Pet How to Make a Monster The Cry Baby Killer The Black Orchid Revolt in the Big House Lonelyhearts Arson for Hire The Hangman The Gunfight at Dodge City Bells Are Ringing From the Terrace The Hook The Greatest Story Ever Told A Woman Under the Influence
Selected Television
References
^ a b Goldrup, Tom and Jim (August 2012). The Encyclopedia of Feature Players of Hollywood, Volume 3 . Retrieved March 30, 2019 . ^ a b "Ugly -- Yes -- But It Pays For Actor In Warbonnet" . Rapid City Journal . South Dakota, Rapid City. July 21, 1951. p. 3. Retrieved March 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .^ "Frank Richards" . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League. Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2019 .^ "Frank Richards" . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times the original on July 16, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2012 .^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons , 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.
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