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Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Van Mattimore) served in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps as a pilot, but he never saw combat. After the war he eventually got a job as a motorcycle messenger at a film lab in Los Angeles. When he crashed into the gates of Paramount Pictures and suffered a broken leg, the executives, impressed by his good looks, gave him a contract. He began his career as an extra in 1921, with his big break coming in 1927 with the silent film Wings. He continued working steadily, with his final credit listed as Mr. Monahan in the 1976 A Whale of a Tale

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  • Born In St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
  • Born September 1, 1899
  • Died March 28, 1976
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Young Fury

1965
as Sheriff Jenkins

Tiger Shark

1932
as Pipes Boley

Storm Over Lisbon

1944
as John Craig

The Border Legion

1930
as Jim Cleve

Rolled Stockings

1927
as Ralph Treadway

Raiders of the Desert

1941
as Dick Manning

The Last Time I Saw Archie

1961
as Col. Edwin Martin

Figures Don't Lie

1927
as Bob Blewe

Hurricane Smith

1952
as Brundage

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

1947
as Buffalo Bill

The Human Duplicators

1965
as Lt. Shaw - National Intelligence

The Lawyer's Secret

1931
as Joe Hart

Red Tomahawk

1967
as Deadwood Telegrapher

Three-Cornered Moon

1933
as Dr. Alan Stevens

When My Baby Smiles At Me

1948

Straight, Place and Show

1938
as Denny Paine

Artists & Models

1937
as Alan Townsend

Manhattan Cocktail

1928
as Fred Tilden

Song of the Eagle

1933
as Bill Hoffman

Sabre Jet

1953
as Gen. Robert E. 'Bob' Hale

She Made Her Bed

1934
as Wild Bill Smith

The Day of the Trumpet

1958
as Sgt. Jim Heisler

Forced Landing

1941
as Dan Kendall

Buckskin

1968
as Townsman

Law of the Lawless

1964
as Ben the Bartender

Warlock

1959
as Bacon

Ready for Love

1934
as Julian Barrow

Dangerous Paradise

1930
as Heyst

The Light of Western Stars

1930
as Dick Bailey

Alice in Wonderland

1933
as Cheshire Cat

Gun Smoke

1931
as Brad Farley

The Mountain

1956
as C. W. Rivial

A Whale of a Tale

1976
as Mr. Monahan

Mutiny on the Blackhawk

1939
as Capt. Robert Lawrence

The Virginian

1929
as Steven 'Steve'

The Great Barrier

1937
as Hickey

Legion of Lost Flyers

1939
as Gene 'Loop' Gillan

Town Tamer

1965
as Doctor Kent

Wayward

1932
as David Frost

Beggars of Life

1928
as The Boy (Jim)

Old Ironsides

1926
as Seaman

Ladies Must Live

1921
as Minor Role

The Calling of Dan Matthews

1935
as Dan Matthews

The Lady and the Monster

1944
as Dr. Patrick Cory

The Sea God

1930
as Phillip 'Pink' Barker

The Coast of Folly

1925
as Bather

Black Spurs

1965
as Pete

Missing Daughters

1939
as Wally King

The Young and the Brave

1963
as Col. Ralph Holbein

Sex and the College Girl

1970
as Charles Devon

Hostile Guns

1967
as Sheriff Travis

Paramount on Parade

1930
as Hunter (Dream Girl)

Ladies of the Mob

1928
as Red

The Phantom Speaks

1945
as Matt Fraser

Hidden Guns

1956
as Sheriff Ward Young

The Crawling Hand

1963
as Lee Barrenger

Waco

1966
as Billy Kelly

Men of the Timberland

1941
as Dick O'Hara

Timber Queen

1944
as Russell Evans

The Four Feathers

1929
as Lt. Harry Faversham

The Blood Ship

1927
as John Shreve

Danger On Wheels

1940
as Larry Taylor

That's My Baby!

1944
as Tim Jones

She's a Sheik

1927
as Capt. Colton

The Santa Fe Trail

1930
as Stan Hollister

Murder in Greenwich Village

1937
as Steve Havens Jackson Jr.

The Conquering Horde

1931
as Dan McMasters

Power Dive

1941
as Brad Farrell

Call of The Yukon

1938
as Gaston Rogers

The Big Bonanza

1944
as Captain Jed Kilton

Dangerous Curves

1929
as Larry Lee

Silver City

1951
as Charles Storrs

Guilty as Hell

1932
as Frank C. Marsh

Torpedo Boat

1942
as Skinner Barnes

Tropic Fury

1939
as Dan Burton

Only Saps Work

1930
as Lawrence Payne

The Ghost Breaker

1922
as One of the 'Ghosts'

Alaska Highway

1943
as Woody Ormsby

Wings

1927
as David Armstrong

The Return of Wildfire

1948
as Dobe Williams

Thunderbolt

1929
as Bob Morgan

Blonde Blackmailer

1955
as Tony Pelassier

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

as Actor 'Four Feathers'

No Time To Marry

1938
as Perry Brown

Minesweeper

1943
as Richard Houston

The Blazing Forest

1952
as Joe Morgan

Rogue's Gallery

1966
as Man in Club

To the Shores of Hell

1966
as Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate

The Bounty Killer

1965
as Matthew Ridgeway

Johnny Reno

1966
as Ned Duggan

Submarine Alert

1943
as Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold

The Man from Montreal

1939
as Clark Manning

Island of Lost Souls

1932
as Edward Parker

The Horror Show

1979
as (archive footage)

Wrecking Crew

1942

The Secret Call

1931
as Tom Blake

Raymie

1960
as Garber

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

2012
as Richard Arlen

Accomplice

1946
as Simon Lash

Let 'em Have It

1935
as Mal Stevens

Come On, Marines!

1934
as Lucky Davis

Louise Brooks

1986
as The Boy - Jim (clip from Beggars of Life (1928))

College Humor

1933
as Mondrake

Mutiny in the Arctic

1941
as Dick Barclay

The Leather Pushers

1940
as Dick 'Kid' Roberts

Swing with Bing

1940
as Richard Arlen

Sky Bride

1932
as Bert 'Speed' Condon

Apache Uprising

1965
as Captain Gannon

The Fighting Coward

1924
as Minor Role

Feel My Pulse

1928
as Her Problem

Aerial Gunner

1943
as Sgt / Lt. Jonathan 'Jon' Davis

Kansas Raiders

1950
as Union Captain

Behind the Front

1926
as Percy Brown

Burning Up

1930
as Lou Larrigan

Hot Steel

1940
as Frank Stewart

Devil's Point

1954
as John 'Captain' Martin

The All-American

1932
as Gary King

Speed to Spare

1948
as Cliff Jordan

Flaming Feather

1952
as Showdown Calhoun

The Mine with the Iron Door

1936
as Bob Harvey

Secret Valley

1937
as Lee Rogers

The Road to Nashville

1966
as Studio Boss

Fort Utah

1967
as Sam Tyler

Identity Unknown

1945
as Johnny March

Hollywood My Home Town

1965

Guest Star

Episode Bat Masterson
Death and Taxes 		1959
Episode Wagon Train
The Swift Cloud Story 		1959
Episode Coronado 9
Doomtown 		1960
Episode Lawman
Man from New York 		1961
Episode Lawman
Last Stop 		1960
Episode Petticoat Junction
Wings 		1968
Episode Perry Mason
The Case of the Misguided Missile 		1961
Episode Wanted: Dead or Alive
Rope Law 		1959
Episode Bat Masterson
The Price of Paradise 		1961
Episode The Ed Wynn Show
Ella Raines/Richard Arlen 		1950
Episode Lock-Up
A French Affair 		1961
Episode Yancy Derringer
A State of Crisis 		1959
Episode Lawman
The Gunman 		1959
Episode Branded
Coward Step Aside 		1965