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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).
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Filmography (Movies)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Character:The Yellow Man (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Love Goddesses
Character:(Archive Footage)
Release Date:03/03/1965
The Great Chase
Character:
Release Date:20/12/1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/1961
The Tingler
Character:David Kinemon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/07/1959
The Mayor of 44th Street
Character:Ed Kirby
Release Date:15/10/1942
The Spoilers
Character:Bronco Kid
Release Date:11/06/1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1942
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Character:J.B. Roscoe
Release Date:16/07/1940
Only Angels Have Wings
Character:Bat MacPherson
Release Date:15/05/1939
Spy of Napoleon
Character:Gerard de Lanoy
Release Date:09/09/1936
Starlit Days at the Lido
Character:Self
Release Date:28/09/1935
Four Hours to Kill!
Character:Tony Mako
Release Date:11/04/1935
Midnight Alibi
Character:Lance McGowan
Release Date:12/07/1934
A Modern Hero
Character:Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
Release Date:21/04/1934
Massacre
Character:Chief Joe Thunderhorse
Release Date:20/01/1934
Heroes for Sale
Character:Tom Holmes
Release Date:17/06/1933
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
Character:Himself
Release Date:15/05/1933
Central Airport
Character:James 'Jim' Blaine
Release Date:15/04/1933
The Cabin in the Cotton
Character:Marvin Blake
Release Date:26/09/1932
Alias the Doctor
Character:Karl Brenner
Release Date:25/02/1932
The Last Flight
Character:Cary Lockwood
Release Date:29/08/1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
Character:
Release Date:18/04/1931
The Finger Points
Character:Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
Release Date:11/04/1931
The Stolen Jools
Character:Richard Barthelmess
Release Date:04/04/1931
The Lash
Character:Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
Release Date:14/12/1930
The Voice of Hollywood
Character:
Release Date:30/08/1930
The Dawn Patrol
Character:Dick Courtney
Release Date:10/07/1930
Son of the Gods
Character:Sam Lee
Release Date:09/03/1930
The Show of Shows
Character:Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
Release Date:21/11/1929
Young Nowheres
Character:Albert 'Binky' Whalen
Release Date:20/10/1929
Drag
Character:David Carroll
Release Date:21/07/1929
Weary River
Character:Jerry Larrabee
Release Date:10/02/1929
Out of the Ruins
Character:Lt. Pierre Dumont
Release Date:19/08/1928
Wheel of Chance
Character:Nicolai Turkeltaub
Release Date:17/06/1928
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Character:Chad Buford
Release Date:08/04/1928
The Noose
Character:Nickie Elkins
Release Date:29/01/1928
Scarlet Seas
Character:Steven Dunkin
Release Date:12/01/1928
The Drop Kick
Character:Jack Hamill
Release Date:25/09/1927
The Patent Leather Kid
Character:Patent Leather Kid
Release Date:01/09/1927
The White Black Sheep
Character:Robert Kincarin
Release Date:12/12/1926
The Amateur Gentleman
Character:Barnabas Barty
Release Date:14/08/1926
Ranson's Folly
Character:Lt. Ranson
Release Date:30/05/1926
Just Suppose
Character:Prince Rupert of Koronia
Release Date:10/01/1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Character:Gaston
Release Date:01/01/1926
The Beautiful City
Character:Tony Gillardi
Release Date:25/10/1925
Shore Leave
Character:D.X. (Bilge) Smith
Release Date:05/09/1925
Soul-Fire
Character:Eric Fane
Release Date:30/05/1925
New Toys
Character:Will Webb
Release Date:16/02/1925
Classmates
Character:Duncan Irving Jr
Release Date:19/11/1924
The Enchanted Cottage
Character:Oliver Bashforth
Release Date:23/03/1924
Twenty-One
Character:Julian McCullough
Release Date:17/12/1923
The Fighting Blade
Character:Karl Van Kerstenbroock
Release Date:10/09/1923
The Bond Boy
Character:Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
Release Date:23/05/1923
The Bright Shawl
Character:Charles Abbott
Release Date:22/04/1923
Fury
Character:Boy Leyton
Release Date:01/01/1923
Seeing Stars
Character:Self
Release Date:29/10/1922
Sonny
Character:Sonny Crosby / Joe
Release Date:22/05/1922
The Seventh Day
Character:John Alden Jr.
Release Date:06/02/1922
Tol'able David
Character:David Kinemon
Release Date:31/12/1921
Experience
Character:Youth
Release Date:07/08/1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Character:Himself
Release Date:22/02/1921
Way Down East
Character:David Bartlett
Release Date:03/09/1920
The Love Flower
Character:Bruce Sanders
Release Date:21/08/1920
The Idol Dancer
Character:Dan McGuire
Release Date:21/03/1920
Scarlet Days
Character:Don Maria Alvarez
Release Date:18/11/1919
I'll Get Him Yet
Character:Scoop McCready
Release Date:25/05/1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Character:Cheng Huan
Release Date:13/05/1919
Peppy Polly
Character:Dr. James Merritt
Release Date:06/04/1919
Three Men and a Girl
Character:Christopher Kent
Release Date:30/03/1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Character:Ralph Grey
Release Date:23/03/1919
Boots
Character:Everett White
Release Date:16/02/1919
The Hope Chest
Character:Tom Ballantyne
Release Date:29/12/1918
Wild Primrose
Character:Jack Wilton
Release Date:12/08/1918
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Character:Bobby Jason
Release Date:16/06/1918
Rich Man, Poor Man
Character:Bayard Varick
Release Date:22/04/1918
Sunshine Nan
Character:MacPherson Clark
Release Date:11/03/1918
The Seven Swans
Character:Prince Charming
Release Date:31/12/1917
For Valour
Character:Henry Nobbs
Release Date:25/11/1917
Nearly Married
Character:Dick Griffon
Release Date:18/11/1917
Bab's Burglar
Character:Tommy Gray
Release Date:28/10/1917
Bab's Diary
Character:Tommy Gray
Release Date:07/10/1917
Camille
Character:
Release Date:30/09/1917
The Streets of Illusion
Character:Donald Morton
Release Date:12/08/1917
The Soul of a Magdalen
Character:Louis Broulette
Release Date:14/05/1917
The Valentine Girl
Character:Robert Wentworth
Release Date:22/04/1917
The Eternal Sin
Character:Gennaro
Release Date:15/03/1917
The Moral Code
Character:Gary Miller
Release Date:15/02/1917
Just a Song at Twilight
Character:George Turner
Release Date:01/12/1916
War Brides
Character:Arno
Release Date:02/01/1916
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