Acting
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.
Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Film · 1998
Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life for Me
Film · 1988
The Great Chase
Film · 1962
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Film · 1961
The Tingler
Film · 1959
The Oscars
Series · 1953
The Mayor of 44th Street
Film · 1942
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Film · 1942
The Spoilers
Film · 1942
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Film · 1940
Only Angels Have Wings
Film · 1939
Spy of Napoleon
Film · 1936
Four Hours to Kill!
Film · 1935
Starlit Days at the Lido
Film · 1935
Midnight Alibi
Film · 1934
A Modern Hero
Film · 1934
Massacre
Film · 1934
Heroes for Sale
Film · 1933
Central Airport
Film · 1933
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip
Film · 1933
The Cabin in the Cotton
Film · 1932
Alias the Doctor
Film · 1932
The Last Flight
Film · 1931
The Finger Points
Film · 1931
The Stolen Jools
Film · 1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
Film · 1931
The Dawn Patrol
Film · 1930
Son of the Gods
Film · 1930
The Lash
Film · 1930
The Voice of Hollywood
Film · 1930
Weary River
Film · 1929
The Show of Shows
Film · 1929
Drag
Film · 1929
Young Nowheres
Film · 1929
The Noose
Film · 1928
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Film · 1928
Wheel of Chance
Film · 1928
Scarlet Seas
Film · 1928
Out of the Ruins
Film · 1928
The Patent Leather Kid
Film · 1927
The Drop Kick
Film · 1927
The Amateur Gentleman
Film · 1926
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Film · 1926
Ranson's Folly
Film · 1926
Just Suppose
Film · 1926
The White Black Sheep
Film · 1926
Shore Leave
Film · 1925
Soul-Fire
Film · 1925
The Beautiful City
Film · 1925
New Toys
Film · 1925
The Enchanted Cottage
Film · 1924
Classmates
Film · 1924
The Bond Boy
Film · 1923
Fury
Film · 1923
The Bright Shawl
Film · 1923
The Fighting Blade
Film · 1923
Twenty-One
Film · 1923
Seeing Stars
Film · 1922
The Seventh Day
Film · 1922
Sonny
Film · 1922
Tol'able David
Film · 1921
Experience
Film · 1921
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20)
Film · 1921
Way Down East
Film · 1920
The Love Flower
Film · 1920
The Idol Dancer
Film · 1920
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
Film · 1919
Scarlet Days
Film · 1919
Boots
Film · 1919
Peppy Polly
Film · 1919
I'll Get Him Yet
Film · 1919
The Girl Who Stayed at Home
Film · 1919
Three Men and a Girl
Film · 1919
Rich Man, Poor Man
Film · 1918
The Hope Chest
Film · 1918
Hit-the-Trail Holliday
Film · 1918
Wild Primrose
Film · 1918
Sunshine Nan
Film · 1918
Camille
Film · 1917
Bab's Diary
Film · 1917
Bab's Burglar
Film · 1917
Nearly Married
Film · 1917
The Eternal Sin
Film · 1917
For Valour
Film · 1917
The Seven Swans
Film · 1917
The Valentine Girl
Film · 1917
The Soul of a Magdalen
Film · 1917
The Streets of Illusion
Film · 1917
The Moral Code
Film · 1917
War Brides
Film · 1916
Just a Song at Twilight
Film · 1916