Richard Thorpe
Biography
Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed for MGM was Last of the Pagans (1935) starring Ray Mala. After directing The Last Challenge in 1967…
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Filmography
Acting (3)
Crew (168)
Movies (168)
The Last Challenge
1967Director
The Last Challenge
1967Producer
The Scorpio Letters
1967Director
The Scorpio Letters
1967Producer
That Funny Feeling
1965Director
The Truth About Spring
1965Director
The Golden Head
1964Director
Fun in Acapulco
1963Director
Follow the Boys
1963Director
How the West Was Won
1962Special Guest Director
The Horizontal Lieutenant
1962Director
The Tartars
1961Director
The Honeymoon Machine
1961Director
Killers of Kilimanjaro
1959Director
The House of the Seven Hawks
1959Director
Jailhouse Rock
1957Director
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957Director
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957Director
Quentin Durward
1955Director
The Prodigal
1955Director
Bedevilled
1955Director
Athena
1954Director
The Student Prince
1954Director
Knights of the Round Table
1953Director
All the Brothers Were Valiant
1953Director
The Girl Who Had Everything
1953Director
Ivanhoe
1952Director
Carbine Williams
1952Director
The Prisoner of Zenda
1952Director
It's a Big Country
1951Director
Vengeance Valley
1951Director
The Unknown Man
1951Director
The Great Caruso
1951Director
Three Little Words
1950Director
Black Hand
1950Director
Malaya
1949Director
Big Jack
1949Director
The Sun Comes Up
1949Director
Challenge to Lassie
1949Director
A Date with Judy
1948Director
On an Island with You
1948Director
Fiesta
1947Director
This Time for Keeps
1947Director
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
1945Director
Thrill of a Romance
1945Director
Her Highness and the Bellboy
1945Director
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944Director
The Thin Man Goes Home
1944Director
Cry 'Havoc'
1943Director
Above Suspicion
1943Director
Three Hearts for Julia
1943Director
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942Director
White Cargo
1942Director
Joe Smith, American
1942Director
Apache Trail
1942Director
The Bad Man
1941Director
Tarzan's Secret Treasure
1941Director
Barnacle Bill
1941Director
The Earl of Chicago
1940Director
Wyoming
1940Director
20 Mule Team
1940Director
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939Director
Tarzan Finds a Son!
1939Director
Love Is a Headache
1938Director
The Crowd Roars
1938Director
Man-Proof
1938Director
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938Director
The Toy Wife
1938Director
The First Hundred Years
1938Director
Night Must Fall
1937Director
Lest We Forget
1937Director
Double Wedding
1937Director
Dangerous Number
1937Director
Tarzan Escapes
1936Director
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936Director
Last of the Pagans
1935Director
Cheating Cheaters
1934Director
Green Eyes
1934Director
Secret of the Chateau
1934Director
Stolen Sweets
1934Director
City Park
1934Director
Strange Wives
1934Director
The Quitter
1934Director
Murder on the Campus
1933Director
Rainbow Over Broadway
1933Director
Forgotten
1933Director
I Have Lived
1933Director
Strange People
1933Director
Notorious But Nice
1933Director
A Man of Sentiment
1933Director
Escapade
1932Director
Murder at Dawn
1932Director
Beauty Parlor
1932Director
Cross-Examination
1932Director
The Midnight Lady
1932Director
The King Murder
1932Director
Probation
1932Director
Thrill of Youth
1932Director
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932Director
Slightly Married
1932Director
Women Won't Tell
1932Director
The Lawless Woman
1931Director
The Sky Spider
1931Director
The Lady from Nowhere
1931Director
The Lady from Nowhere
1931Editor
The Devil Plays
1931Director
The Devil Plays
1931Editor
Wild Horse
1931Director
Grief Street
1931Director
Grief Street
1931Editor
Neck and Neck
1931Director
King of the Wild
1931Director
Forgotten Women
1931Director
The Lone Defender
1930Director
The Dude Wrangler
1930Director
Under Montana Skies
1930Director
The Utah Kid
1930Director
The Thoroughbred
1930Director
Wings of Adventure
1930Director
The Fatal Warning
1929Director
Border Romance
1929Director
The King of the Kongo
1929Director
The Bachelor Girl
1929Director
The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928Director
The Valley Of Hunted Men
1928Writer
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928Director
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928Writer
Vultures of the Sea
1928Director
The Flyin' Buckaroo
1928Director
The Flyin' Buckaroo
1928Writer
The Shady Lady
1928Story
The Vanishing West
1928Director
The Desert of the Lost
1927Director
The Desert of the Lost
1927Writer
Tearin' Into Trouble
1927Director
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927Director
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927Writer
Skedaddle Gold
1927Director
Skedaddle Gold
1927Writer
The Meddlin' Stranger
1927Director
Roarin' Broncs
1927Director
Roarin' Broncs
1927Writer
The Obligin' Buckaroo
1927Director
The Obligin' Buckaroo
1927Writer
The Soda Water Cowboy
1927Director
Between Dangers
1927Director
Between Dangers
1927Writer
The Fighting Cheat
1926Director
Twisted Triggers
1926Director
College Days
1926Director
Double Daring
1926Director
Double Daring
1926Writer
Josselyn's Wife
1926Director
Easy Going
1926Director
Ridin' Rivals
1926Director
The Roaring Rider
1926Director
The Interferin' Gent
1926Director
On the Go
1925Director
On the Go
1925Writer
The Desert Demon
1925Director
Red Clay
1925Scenario Writer
Tearin' Loose
1925Director
Tearin' Loose
1925Writer
Bringin' Home the Bacon
1924Director
Thundering Romance
1924Director
Hard-Hittin' Hamilton
1924Director
Fast and Fearless
1924Director
The Bonanza Buckaroo
Director
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