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