1899Born, Saint Paul
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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…
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The Best ManSen. Oscar Anderson2012Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen GoddessMovie
1981The Muppets Go to the MoviesDavid Armstrong (archive footage) (uncredited)Movie
1979The Horror Show(archive footage)Movie
1976A Whale of a TaleMr. MonahanMovie
1976Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved HollywoodSilent Film Star 2Movie
1975The Sky's the LimitGrimesMovie
1968BuckskinTownsmanMovie
1968Rogue's GalleryMan in ClubMovie
1967Fort UtahSam TylerMovie
1967Hostile GunsSheriff TravisMovie
1967Red TomahawkDeadwood TelegrapherMovie
1966Road to NashvilleStudio BossMovie
1966WacoBilly KellyMovie
1966To the Shores of HellBrig. Gen. F.W. RamsgateMovie
1966Johnny RenoNed DugganMovie
1965Apache UprisingCaptain GannonMovie
1965The Bounty KillerMatthew RidgewayMovie
1965Town TamerDoctor KentMovie
1965Black SpursPeteMovie
1965The Human DuplicatorsNational IntelligenceMovie
1965Branded1 episodeShow
1964Young FurySheriff JenkinsMovie
1964Sex and the College GirlCharles DevonMovie
1964Law of the LawlessBen the BartenderMovie
1964The Shepherd of the HillsOld MattMovie
1964The Best ManSen. Oscar AndersonMovie
1963The Crawling HandLee BarrengerMovie
1963The Young and the BraveCol. Ralph HolbeinMovie
1962The Lucy ShowRichard · 1 episodeShow
1961The New BreedWillits · 1 episodeShow
1961The Last Time I Saw ArchieCol. Edwin MartinMovie
1960Coronado 91 episodeShow
1960RaymieChris GarberMovie
1959Lock-Up1 episodeShow
1959WarlockBaconMovie
1958Bat MastersonJohn Minor, Sheriff Dan Rainey · 1 episodeShow
1958Yancy DerringerGeneral Hugh Morgan · 1 episodeShow
1958Wanted: Dead or AliveDamon Ring, Sr. · 1 episodeShow
1958Cavalry CommandSgt. Jim HeislerMovie
1957Child of TroubleLouis ContinoMovie
1956The MountainC. W. RivialMovie
1956Hidden GunsSheriff Ward YoungMovie
1955Matinee Theater1 episodeShow
1955CrossroadsFather John Fletcher Slee · 1 episodeShow
1955The 20th Century Fox Hour1 episodeShow
1955Blonde BlackmailerTony PelassierMovie
1954Devil's PointJohn 'Captain' MartinMovie
1954Climax!Nevers · 1 episodeShow
1954The Whistler1 episodeShow
1953Letter to LorettaChristopher Waring · 1 episodeShow
1953Sabre JetGen. Robert E 'Bob' HaleMovie
1952The Blazing ForestJoe MorganMovie
1952Hurricane SmithBrundageMovie
1952Flaming FeatherShowdown CalhounMovie
1951Silver CityCharles StorrsMovie
1950Kansas RaidersUnion CaptainMovie
1950Your Show of Shows1 episodeShow
1949Grand CanyonMike AdamsMovie
1948When My Baby Smiles at MeHarvey HowellMovie
1948The Return of WildfireDobe WilliamsMovie
1948Speed to SpareCliff JordanMovie
1947Buffalo Bill Rides AgainBuffalo BillMovie
1946AccompliceSimon LashMovie
1945The Phantom SpeaksMatt FraserMovie
1945Identity UnknownJohnny MarchMovie
1944The Big BonanzaCapt. Jed KiltonMovie
1944Storm Over LisbonJohn CraigMovie
1944That's My Baby!Tim JonesMovie
1944The Lady and the MonsterDr. Patrick CoryMovie
1944Timber QueenRussell EvansMovie
1943MinesweeperRichard HoustonMovie
1943Submarine AlertLewis J. 'Lee' DeerholdMovie
1943Alaska HighwayWoody OrmsbyMovie
1943Aerial GunnerJon DavisMovie
1942Wrecking CrewMatt CarneyMovie
1942A Letter From BataanPvt. John W. LewisMovie
1942WildcatJohnny MaverickMovie
1942Torpedo BoatSkinner BarnesMovie
1941Flying BlindJim ClarkMovie
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