Addison Richards

Actor Oct 20 (died age 61) Zanesville, Ohio, USA 1933–1983 (50 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Addison Whitaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television series between 1933 and his death.

Known For

Film

The Ten Commandments

Fan Bearer

Film

Spellbound

Police Captain (uncredited)

Film

Monsieur Verdoux

Bank Manager (uncredited)

Film

Inherit the Wind

Townsman (uncredited)

Film

Leave Her to Heaven

Bedford (uncredited)

Film

Ball of Fire

District Attorney

Film

The Petrified Forest

Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Film

The Pride of the Yankees

Coach

Filmography

Acting (311)

Movies (257)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

For Those Who Think Young

1964

as Dean Watkins

5.3

The Raiders

1963

as Huntingdon Lawford

4.3

Saintly Sinners

1962

as Monsignor

3.0

The Flight That Disappeared

1961

as The Future-being Advocate

5.3

The Gambler Wore a Gun

as Doc Devlin

Operation Eichmann

as The Stranger

Frontier Uprising

as Cmdr. Kimball

All the Fine Young Cannibals

1960

as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)

5.3

Inherit the Wind

1960

as Townsman (uncredited)

7.7

Around the World with Nellie Bly

1960

as Mr. Pulitzer

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

1960

as Harris

6.4

The Oregon Trail

1959

as President James Polk (uncredited)

5.5

Bufakkar filli nassini

1959

as Sound

The Saga of Hemp Brown

1958

as Col. Ford

6.3

Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses

1957

as Jamieson

Gunsight Ridge

as Sheriff Tom Jones

The Deerslayer

Last of the Badmen

as Dillon

Fury at Gunsight Pass

as Charles Hanford

The Ten Commandments

as Fan Bearer

Crime Against Joe

as District Attorney Roy Kasden

5.9

When Gangland Strikes

1956

as Mark Spurlock

Walk the Proud Land

1956

as Gov. Safford

6.1

The Broken Star

1956

as Marshal Wayne Forrester

6.4

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

6.9

Everything But the Truth

as Roger Connolly

Illegal

as Steve Harper

Fort Yuma

as Gen. Crook

High Society

as Sam Cosgrove

Confessions of a Nervous Man

1953

as The Lawyer

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950

as Capt. Weightman

4.9

Mighty Joe Young

1949

as Attorney (uncredited)

Rustlers

as Frank Abbott

Henry, the Rainmaker

as Steve Richards

If You Knew Susie

1948

as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)

The Saxon Charm

as Abel Richman

Call Northside 777

as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)

6.7

Lulu Belle

1948

as Police Commissioner John Dixon

4.6

Reaching from Heaven

1948

as Max Bradley

Queen Esther

1948

as Haman

5.0

Monsieur Verdoux

1947

as Bank Manager (uncredited)

7.7

Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa

1947

as Zebion

The Millerson Case

1947

as Dr. Wickersham

5.6

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

1946

as Mr. Benedict

5.5

Angel on My Shoulder

1946

as Big Harry (uncredited)

6.5

Dragonwyck

1946

as Head Farmer (uncredited)

Step by Step

as James Blackton

The Hoodlum Saint

as Reverend Miller

Criminal Court

as District Attorney Gordon

5.2

Don't Gamble with Strangers

1946

as Police Chief Broderick

The Tiger Woman

as Mr. White

Spellbound

as Police Captain (uncredited)

7.4

The Master Key

1945

as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue

Divorce

as Plummer

Lady on a Train

Leave Her to Heaven

as Bedford (uncredited)

Danger Signal

as Police Inspector

Grissly's Millions

as Henry Adams

Adventures of Rusty

as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist

The Last Installment

as Warden

I'll Remember April

as Inspector Pat Malloy

Strange Confession

as Dr. Williams

The Chicago Kid

as The Warden

Men in Her Diary

1945

as Attorney Cavanagh

Bewitched

1945

as John Ellis

5.3

Come Out Fighting

1945

as Police Commissioner James Mitchell

The Shanghai Cobra

as John Adams

Black Market Babies

Bells of Rosarita

as Slim Phillips

Betrayal from the East

1945

as Captain Bates, G-2

5.8

Secrets of a Sorority Girl

1945

as John Hamilton

The Royal Mounted Rides Again

as Jackson Decker

The Mummy's Curse

as Maj. Pat Walsh

A Guy Named Joe

as Maj. Corbett

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

as Priest (uncredited)

6.0

Follow the Boys

1944

as MacDermott (uncredited)

5.3

The Fighting Seabees

1944

as Capt. Joyce

6.2

Raiders of Ghost City

1944

as Colonel Sewell

6.0

Moon Over Las Vegas

1944

as Judge

A Night of Adventure

1944

as District Attorney Branson

4.7

Marriage Is a Private Affair

1944

as Col. H.W. Ryder

5.2

Are These Our Parents?

1944

as Clint Davis

Barbary Coast Gent

as Wade Gamelin

Main Street Today

as Fred Baker

Bordertown Trail

as Fontaine

The Deerslayer

as Mr. Hutter

The Mad Ghoul

as Editor Gavigan

Crime Doctor

as Prison Warden

Adventures of the Flying Cadets

1943

as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]

Air Force

as Maj. Daniels

Smart Guy

as District Attorney Ben Carter

5.0

Mystery Broadcast

1943

as Bill Burton

6.2

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943

as District Attorney

5.4

Destroyer

1943

as Ship Building Foreman

Corvette K-225

as Cmdr. Rowland

Wagon Wheels West

as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)

4.0

Oklahoma Outlaws

1943

as Judge John Walton

5.0

Where Are Your Children?

1943

as Halstead

4.0

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)

6.5

Headin' for God's Country

1943

as District Commissioner

Mokey

as Judge

My Favorite Blonde

as Herbert Wilson

Sealed Lips

as Chief Gary Benson

The Big Street

as Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)

Flying Tigers

as R.T. Lindsay

War Dogs

as William Freeman

Private Buckaroo

as Officer

Cowboy Serenade

as Asa Lock

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

as Coach

7.4

For Me and My Gal

1942

as France Doctor (uncredited)

6.4

Men of Texas

1942

as Silas Hurlbert

Blue, White, and Perfect

as Thomas

The Lady Has Plans

as Paul Baker

Top Sergeant

as Col. Gray

Secret Enemies

as C.G. Travers

Man With Two Lives

as Lt. Detective George Bradley

5.3

Ridin' Down the Canyon

1942

as Gus Jordan

7.0

Underground Agent

1942

as George Martin

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore

6.0

Secret Agent of Japan

1942

as Remsen

4.0

The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Colonel

Secrets of a Co-Ed

as District Attorney

Pacific Rendezvous

as Gordon Trisby

Friendly Enemies

as Inspector McCarthy

5.7

A Close Call for Ellery Queen

1942

as Lester Younger

5.2

Design for Scandal

1941

as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)

4.9

Texas

1941

as Matt Lashan

6.5

Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941

as Miitary Academy Commandant

Western Union

as Captain Harlow

Dive Bomber

as Surgeon (uncredited)

6.4

Our Wife

1941

as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)

5.7

Ball of Fire

1941

as District Attorney

7.4

The Strawberry Blonde

1941

as Official (uncredited)

6.9

Mutiny in the Arctic

1941

as Ferguson

5.0

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Adjutant (uncredited)

6.6

Badlands of Dakota

1941

as Gen. George Custer

Men of Boys Town

as The Judge

I Wanted Wings

as Flight Surgeon

Her First Beau

as Dr. Tom Wood

Forbidden Passage

as Frank J. Maxwell

The Great Lie

as Mr. Talbot

Sheriff of Tombstone

as Mayor Luke Keeler

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary

as George Benedict

Back in the Saddle

as Duke Winston

South to Karanga

as Edmund Daniels

Gangs of Chicago

as Evans

Edison, the Man

as Mr. Johnson

The Lone Wolf Strikes

as Stanley Young

Cherokee Strip

as Ned Strawn

Arizona

as Capt. Hunter

Ski Patrol

as James Burton - Speaker

3.7

My Little Chickadee

1940

as Judge (uncredited)

Girl from Havana

as Harrigan

Island of Doomed Men

as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)

5.4

Northwest Passage

1940

as Lieutenant Crofton

Wyoming

as Kincaid

Little Nellie Kelly

as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)

6.7

Charlie Chan in Panama

as R.J. Godley

Flight Command

as Vice Admiral

The Man from Dakota

as Confederate Provost Marshal

Pony Express Days

as Tipton Walton

Public Deb No. 1

as Sanford

Moon Over Burma

as Art Bryan

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

as George Benedict

5.4

Exile Express

1939

as Chief G-Man Purnell

5.0

Money to Loan

1939

as District Attorney Norman Kennedy

6.7

When Tomorrow Comes

1939

as Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)

Geronimo

as Frederick Allison

Off the Record

as Brand

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939

as Streeter - President of Radex

They All Come Out

as Warden - Atlanta

Thunder Afloat

as Admiral Ross

Bad Lands

as Rayburn

Slightly Honorable

as Inspector Melvyn Fromm

4.7

Mystery of the White Room

1939

as Dr. Finley Morton

Espionage Agent

1939

as Bruce Corvall

5.9

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939

as Detective

5.6

They Made Her a Spy

1939

as Senator Everett Brock

5.7

Tell No Tales

1939

as Jim Hollis (uncredited)

4.6

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

as Mr. Benedict

Twelve Crowded Hours

as Berquist

Inside Information

as Gerald Banford

The Man from Montreal

1939

as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.

3.8

Whispering Enemies

1939

as Red Barrett

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

as Ed Eberhart

The Black Doll

as A.H. Mallison

Boys Town

as Judge

Valley of the Giants

as Hewitt

Strange Glory

as Senator

That Certain Age

as Newspaper Man (uncredited)

5.1

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.7

Gateway

1938

as Inspector

6.5

Accidents Will Happen

1938

as Blair Thurston

6.0

The Devil's Party

1938

as Inspector Bresnahan

Flight to Fame

as Colonel King

Prison Nurse

as Warden Benson

Dance Charlie Dance

as Gordon Fox

Alcatraz Island

as Fred MacLane

Black Legion

as Prosecuting Attorney

The Singing Marine

as Mr. Fowler

Draegerman Courage

as John McNally

Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

1937

as Second Doctor (uncredited)

5.4

God's Country and the Woman

as Gaskett

White Bondage

as Kip Gillis

Ready, Willing and Able

as Edward McNeil

Smart Blonde

as Fitz Mularkay

Love Is on the Air

as E.E. Nichols

Her Husband's Secretary

1937

as Steven Garron

5.0

Romance of Louisiana

1937

as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio

6.0

Wine, Women and Horses

1937

as Gambler

4.3

Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel

as Narrator (voice)

Hot Money

as Forbes

Public Enemy's Wife

as Warden Williams

Road Gang

as Parmenter

The Walking Dead

as Prison Warden

Bullets or Ballots

as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)

6.6

The Petrified Forest

1936

as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

Ceiling Zero

as Fred Adams

China Clipper

as Mr. B.C. Hill

Colleen

as Schuyler

Sutter's Gold

as James Marshall

Song of the Saddle

1936

as Frank Wilson Sr.

7.0

The Case of the Velvet Claws

as Frank Locke

Anthony Adverse

as Capt. Matanaza

Jailbreak

as Dan Varner

Man Hunt

as Mel Purdue

Trailin' West

1936

as Curley Thorne

The Law in Her Hands

as William McGuire

Front Page Woman

as District Attorney

Little Big Shot

as Hank Gibbs

'G' Men

as Bruce J. Gregory

Dinky

as District Attorney

Frisco Kid

as William Coleman

Society Doctor

as Harrigan

Home on the Range

as Beady

Freckles

1935

as Jack Carter

Sweet Music

as Mr. Thomas

A Dog of Flanders

as Herden

A Dream Comes True

as Narrator

Here Comes the Band

as Colonel Wallace

Eight Bells

as Tracey

The White Cockatoo

as David Lorn

Alias Mary Dow

as Martin

The Eagle's Brood

as Big Henry

Beyond the Law

as Morgan

Such Women Are Dangerous

1934

as Delange

Let’s Be Ritzy

1934

as Lt. Spaulding

A Lost Lady

1934

as State Attorney (uncredited)

The St. Louis Kid

as Mr. Brown

Our Daily Bread

as Louie

Handy Andy

as McKechnie (uncredited)

Gentlemen Are Born

as Martinson

Babbitt

as District Attorney

The Case of the Howling Dog

as Judge Markham

Lone Cowboy

as Dobe Jones

Riot Squad

as Diamonds Jareck

Television (54)

The Fugitive

as Connelley

Petticoat Junction

as Frank Newton

Ben Jerrod

as John Abbott

The Beverly Hillbillies

as Mr. Lucas

The Virginian

as Morrison

Mister Ed

87th Precinct

Miami Undercover

Gunslinger

as John Pearson

My Three Sons

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as James Fitzgibbon

Pete and Gladys

Guestward, Ho!

Rawhide

as Jed Blaine

Dennis the Menace

as Stacy

One Step Beyond

as Warden

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

The Third Man

77 Sunset Strip

Lawman

as Ben Thurston

Wanted: Dead or Alive

as Doctor

The Texan

The Donna Reed Show

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Man with a Camera

Yancy Derringer

as Judge Harper

Cimarron City

as Martin Kingsley

Perry Mason

as George Lansing

Tales of Wells Fargo

as Gen. Lew Wallace

Trackdown

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

1957

as Evanson

6.2

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Consul (uncredited)

8.6

26 Men

1957

4.2

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Judge Lovett

6.0

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

State Trooper

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Telephone Time

Hey, Jeannie!

as Judge Larkin

Cheyenne

as Col. Danial H. Forrest

6.0

Matinee Theater

1955

5.0

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Judge

The Millionaire

as H. H. Hungerford

Frontier

Science Fiction Theatre

Lassie

Climax!

as Papa

The United States Steel Hour

as James Bellingham

Letter to Loretta

as Leonard Craigle

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

Robert Montgomery Presents

Lux Video Theatre

as Michaels

The Philco Television Playhouse

Studio One