Richard Arlen
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA — Aug 30 1899• Died Mar 28 1976
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Biography
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken leg outside the Paramount Pictures lot. A sympathetic film…
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Richard Arlen's Credits
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Perry Mason
Dr. Harrison
Climax!
Nevers
Petticoat Junction
Self
Matinee Theater
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Lucy Show
Richard
Bat Masterson
John Minor
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Damon Ring, Sr.
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Branded
Lock-Up
The New Breed
Willits
Yancy Derringer
General Hugh Morgan
This Is Your Life
Self
Your Show of Shows
Coronado 9
Letter to Loretta
Christopher Waring
The Whistler
Warlock
Bacon
Wings
David Armstrong
The Best Man
Sen. Oscar Anderson
Paramount on Parade
Hunter (Dream Girl)
Sky Bride
Bert 'Speed' Condon
Feel My Pulse
Her Problem
The Bounty Killer
Matthew Ridgeway
Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
Hostile Guns
Sheriff Travis
College Humor
Mondrake
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Silent Film Star 2
The Man I Love
Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks
Island of Lost Souls
Edward Parker
Golden Harvest
Walt Martin
The Virginian
Steven 'Steve'
The Lady and the Monster
Dr. Patrick Cory
Waco
Billy Kelly
Law of the Lawless
Ben the Bartender
Red Tomahawk
Deadwood Telegrapher
Three Cornered Moon
Dr. Alan Stevens
The Mountain
C. W. Rivial
Kansas Raiders
Union Captain
Identity Unknown
Johnny March
Fort Utah
Sam Tyler
Artists & Models
Alan Townsend
Silver City
Charles Storrs
Only Saps Work
Larry Payne
Apache Uprising
Captain Gannon
The Big Bonanza
Capt. Jed Kilton
Hurricane Smith
Brundage
Torpedo Boat
Skinner Barnes
Murder in Greenwich Village
Steve Havens Jackson Jr.
The Blood Ship
John Shreve
Hollywood
Richard Arlen
The Sky's the Limit
Grimes
Timber Queen
Russell Evans
Town Tamer
Doctor Kent
The Human Duplicators
National Intelligence
Beggars of Life
The Boy (Jim)
Hidden Guns
Sheriff Ward Young
Minesweeper
Richard Houston
Wildcat
Johnny Maverick
Helldorado
Art Ryan
Wayward
David Frost
Thunderbolt
Bob Moran
Power Dive
Brad Farrell
Speed to Spare
Cliff Jordan
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Capt. Robert Lawrence
Guilty as Hell
Frank C. Marsh
Johnny Reno
Ned Duggan
The Light of Western Stars
Dick Bailey
The Four Feathers
Lt. Harry Faversham
Black Spurs
Pete
The Phantom Speaks
Matt Fraser
Danger On Wheels
"Lucky" Larry Taylor
Sabre Jet
Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Harvey Howell
Flaming Feather
Showdown Calhoun
Straight, Place and Show
Denny Paine
Raymie
Chris Garber
Buckskin
Townsman
That's My Baby!
Tim Jones
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Col. Edwin Martin
The Young and the Brave
Col. Ralph Holbein
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
Missing Daughters
Wally King
Gun Smoke
Brad Farley
Figures Don't Lie
Bob Blewe
Flying Blind
Jim Clark
Submarine Alert
Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold
Grand Canyon
Mike Adams
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
No Time to Marry
Perry Brown
Let 'em Have It
Mal Stevens
The Lawyer's Secret
Joe Hart
Accomplice
Simon Lash
She's a Sheik
Capt. Colton
The Secret Call
Tom Blake
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
The Blazing Forest
Joe Morgan
Tropic Fury
Dan Burton
Touchdown!
Dan Curtis
Child of Trouble
Louis Contino
Young Fury
Sheriff Jenkins
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Dan Matthews
Mutiny in the Arctic
Dick Barclay
Caught
Lt. Tom Colton
The Santa Fe Trail
Stan Hollister
The Leather Pushers
Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Alaska Highway
Woody Ormsby
The French Key
Himself (uncredited)
The Great Barrier
Hickey
You'd Be Surprised
Reporter (uncredited)
Lucky Devils
Dick McManus
Sally in Our Alley
Jimmie Adams
Wrecking Crew
Matt Carney
Storm Over Lisbon
John Craig
Forced Landing
Dan Kendall
Dangerous Curves
Larry Lee
Come On, Marines!
Lucky Davis
Soaring Stars
Himself
The Enchanted Hill
Link Halliwell
The Sea God
Phillip 'Pink' Barker
Secret Valley
Lee Rogers
The Border Legion
Jim Cleve
Legion of Lost Flyers
Gene 'Loop' Gillan
Padlocked
'Tubby' Clark
Cavalry Command
Sgt. Jim Heisler
Under the Tonto Rim
Edd Denmeade
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
Song of the Eagle
Bill Hoffman
Sex and the College Girl
Charles Devon
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self / Arlen the Great
Devil's Point
John 'Captain' Martin
Behind the Front
Percy Brown
She Made Her Bed
Wild Bill Smith
Aerial Gunner
Jon Davis
The Conquering Horde
Dan McMasters
The Crawling Hand
Lee Barrenger
Hell and High Water
Capt J.J. Jericho
Call of The Yukon
Gaston Rogers
Quicksands
Men of the Timberland
Dick O'Hara
The Return of Wildfire
Dobe Williams
A Letter From Bataan
Pvt. John W. Lewis
To the Shores of Hell
Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
The All-American
Gary King
The Man from Montreal
Clark Manning
Black Diamonds
Walter Norton
Ready for Love
Julian Barrow
Tiger Shark
Pipes Boley
Hot Steel
Frank Stewart
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
Rolled Stockings
Ralph Treadway
Burning Up
Lou Larrigan
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
A Whale of a Tale
Mr. Monahan
The Devil's Pipeline
Dick Talbot
Dangerous Paradise
Heyst
Three Live Ghosts
William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster
The Coast of Folly
Bather
Manhattan Cocktail
Fred Tilden
Rogue's Gallery
Man in Club
Ladies of the Mob
Red
A Dangerous Game
Dick Williams
In the Name of Love
Dumas Dufrayne
Raiders of the Desert
Dick Manning
Swing with Bing
Himself
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Buffalo Bill
The Mine with the Iron Door
Bob Harvey
Blonde Blackmailer
Tony Pelassier
Road to Nashville
Studio Boss
The Shepherd of the Hills
Old Matt
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