Acting
Richard Arlen
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 director gave him his start as an extra. He appeared at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. His first important film role was in Vengeance of the Deep. He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927. He was among the more famous residents of the celebrity enclave, Toluca Lake, California. He married New York socialite, Margaret Kinsella, in 1946. In 1939, Universal teamed him with Andy Devine for a series of 14 B-pictures, mostly action-comedies with heavy reliance on stock footage from larger-scale films. They are informally known as the "Aces of Action" series, which is how the stars were billed in the trailers. When Arlen left the studio in 1941, the series continued with Devine teamed with a variety of other actors. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Arlen was active in television, having guest starred in several anthology series, including Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour, and in three episodes of the series about clergymen, Crossroads. In 1960, Arlen was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry. In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction playing himself. The episode was called "Wings" and it was in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings. Arlen appeared in westerns, such as Lawman, Branded, Bat Masterson, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, and Yancy Derringer, and in such drama/adventure programs as Ripcord, Whirlybirds, Perry Mason, The New Breed, Coronado 9, and Michael Shayne.
Filmography
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Film · 2012
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Film · 1981
The Horror Show
Film · 1979
A Whale of a Tale
Film · 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Film · 1976
The Sky's the Limit
Film · 1975
Rogue's Gallery
Film · 1968
Buckskin
Film · 1968
Red Tomahawk
Film · 1967
Hostile Guns
Film · 1967
Fort Utah
Film · 1967
Johnny Reno
Film · 1966
To the Shores of Hell
Film · 1966
Waco
Film · 1966
Road to Nashville
Film · 1966
Apache Uprising
Film · 1965
Black Spurs
Film · 1965
The Human Duplicators
Film · 1965
Town Tamer
Film · 1965
The Bounty Killer
Film · 1965
Branded
Series · 1965
Young Fury
Film · 1964
Law of the Lawless
Film · 1964
Sex and the College Girl
Film · 1964
The Best Man
Film · 1964
The Shepherd of the Hills
Film · 1964
The Crawling Hand
Film · 1963
The Young and the Brave
Film · 1963
Petticoat Junction
Series · 1963
The Lucy Show
Series · 1962
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Film · 1961
The New Breed
Series · 1961
Raymie
Film · 1960
Coronado 9
Series · 1960
Warlock
Film · 1959
Lock-Up
Series · 1959
Cavalry Command
Film · 1958
Yancy Derringer
Series · 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
Bat Masterson
Series · 1958
Child of Trouble
Film · 1957
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Hidden Guns
Film · 1956
The Mountain
Film · 1956
Blonde Blackmailer
Film · 1955
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Series · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Crossroads
Series · 1955
Devil's Point
Film · 1954
Climax!
Series · 1954
The Whistler
Series · 1954
Sabre Jet
Film · 1953
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
The Blazing Forest
Film · 1952
Hurricane Smith
Film · 1952
Flaming Feather
Film · 1952
This Is Your Life
Series · 1952
Silver City
Film · 1951
Kansas Raiders
Film · 1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Series · 1950
Your Show of Shows
Series · 1950
Grand Canyon
Film · 1949
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Film · 1948
Speed to Spare
Film · 1948
The Return of Wildfire
Film · 1948
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Film · 1947
Accomplice
Film · 1946
The French Key
Film · 1946
Identity Unknown
Film · 1945
The Phantom Speaks
Film · 1945
Storm Over Lisbon
Film · 1944
The Big Bonanza
Film · 1944
The Lady and the Monster
Film · 1944
That's My Baby!
Film · 1944
Timber Queen
Film · 1944
Submarine Alert
Film · 1943
Minesweeper
Film · 1943
Aerial Gunner
Film · 1943
Alaska Highway
Film · 1943
Wildcat
Film · 1942
A Letter From Bataan
Film · 1942
Torpedo Boat
Film · 1942
Soaring Stars
Film · 1942
Wrecking Crew
Film · 1942
A Dangerous Game
Film · 1941
Lucky Devils
Film · 1941
Power Dive
Film · 1941
Forced Landing
Film · 1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
Film · 1941
Raiders of the Desert
Film · 1941
Flying Blind
Film · 1941
Men of the Timberland
Film · 1941
The Devil's Pipeline
Film · 1940
Swing with Bing
Film · 1940
Danger On Wheels
Film · 1940
The Leather Pushers
Film · 1940
Black Diamonds
Film · 1940
Hot Steel
Film · 1940
The Man from Montreal
Film · 1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Film · 1939
Missing Daughters
Film · 1939
Tropic Fury
Film · 1939
Legion of Lost Flyers
Film · 1939
Call of The Yukon
Film · 1938
Straight, Place and Show
Film · 1938
No Time to Marry
Film · 1938
Artists & Models
Film · 1937
Secret Valley
Film · 1937
The Great Barrier
Film · 1937
Murder in Greenwich Village
Film · 1937
Three Live Ghosts
Film · 1936
The Mine with the Iron Door
Film · 1936
Helldorado
Film · 1935
Let 'em Have It
Film · 1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Film · 1935
Hollywood Hobbies
Film · 1935
Ready for Love
Film · 1934
She Made Her Bed
Film · 1934
Come On, Marines!
Film · 1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Film · 1934
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Film · 1933
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1933
Three Cornered Moon
Film · 1933
College Humor
Film · 1933
Hell and High Water
Film · 1933
Song of the Eagle
Film · 1933
Golden Harvest
Film · 1933
How to Break 90 #4: Downswing
Film · 1933
Island of Lost Souls
Film · 1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Film · 1932
Tiger Shark
Film · 1932
Guilty as Hell
Film · 1932
Wayward
Film · 1932
Sky Bride
Film · 1932
The All-American
Film · 1932
The Lawyer's Secret
Film · 1931
Caught
Film · 1931
The Secret Call
Film · 1931
Gun Smoke
Film · 1931
The Conquering Horde
Film · 1931
Touchdown!
Film · 1931
The Light of Western Stars
Film · 1930
Only Saps Work
Film · 1930
Dangerous Paradise
Film · 1930
Burning Up
Film · 1930
The Border Legion
Film · 1930
The Sea God
Film · 1930
Paramount on Parade
Film · 1930
The Santa Fe Trail
Film · 1930
Thunderbolt
Film · 1929
The Virginian
Film · 1929
The Four Feathers
Film · 1929
The Man I Love
Film · 1929
Dangerous Curves
Film · 1929
Feel My Pulse
Film · 1928
Beggars of Life
Film · 1928
Ladies of the Mob
Film · 1928
Manhattan Cocktail
Film · 1928
Under the Tonto Rim
Film · 1928
Wings
Film · 1927
Rolled Stockings
Film · 1927
She's a Sheik
Film · 1927
Sally in Our Alley
Film · 1927
The Blood Ship
Film · 1927
Figures Don't Lie
Film · 1927
Behind the Front
Film · 1926
Old Ironsides
Film · 1926
You'd Be Surprised
Film · 1926
The Enchanted Hill
Film · 1926
Padlocked
Film · 1926
The Coast of Folly
Film · 1925
In the Name of Love
Film · 1925
Hollywood
Film · 1923
Quicksands
Film · 1923