Richard Barthelmess
1895-05-08 ( 129 years old ) in New York City, New York, USA

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 1998-01-01
The Great Chase 1962-12-20
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino 1961-05-24
The Tingler 1959-07-29
The Mayor of 44th Street 1942-10-15
The Spoilers 1942-06-11
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) 1942-01-01
The Man Who Talked Too Much 1940-07-16
Only Angels Have Wings 1939-05-15
Spy of Napoleon 1936-09-09
Starlit Days at the Lido 1935-09-28
Four Hours to Kill! 1935-04-11
Midnight Alibi 1934-07-12
A Modern Hero 1934-04-21
Massacre 1934-01-20
Heroes for Sale 1933-06-17
How to Break 90 #1: The Grip 1933-05-15
Central Airport 1933-04-15
The Cabin in the Cotton 1932-09-26
Alias the Doctor 1932-02-25
The Last Flight 1931-08-29
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter' 1931-04-18
The Finger Points 1931-04-11
The Stolen Jools 1931-04-04
The Lash 1930-12-14
The Voice of Hollywood 1930-08-30
The Dawn Patrol 1930-07-10
Son of the Gods 1930-03-09
Show of Shows 1929-11-21
Young Nowheres 1929-10-20
Drag 1929-07-21
Weary River 1929-02-10
Out of the Ruins 1928-08-19
Wheel of Chance 1928-06-17
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 1928-04-08
The Noose 1928-01-29
Scarlet Seas 1928-01-12
The Drop Kick 1927-09-25
The Patent Leather Kid 1927-09-01
The Amateur Gentleman 1926-08-14
Ranson's Folly 1926-05-30
Just Suppose 1926-01-10
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette 1926-01-01
The Beautiful City 1925-10-25
Shore Leave 1925-09-05
Soul-Fire 1925-05-30
New Toys 1925-02-16
Classmates 1924-11-19
The Enchanted Cottage 1924-03-23
Twenty-One 1923-12-17
The Fighting Blade 1923-09-10
The Bond Boy 1923-05-23
The Bright Shawl 1923-04-22
Fury 1923-01-01
Seeing Stars 1922-10-29
Sonny 1922-05-22
The Seventh Day 1922-02-06
Tol'able David 1921-12-31
Experience 1921-08-07
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 20) 1921-02-22
Way Down East 1920-09-03
The Love Flower 1920-08-21
The Idol Dancer 1920-03-21
Scarlet Days 1919-11-18
I'll Get Him Yet 1919-05-25
Broken Blossoms 1919-05-13
Peppy Polly 1919-04-06
The Girl Who Stayed at Home 1919-03-23
Boots 1919-02-16
The Hope Chest 1918-12-29
Hit-the-Trail Holliday 1918-06-16
Rich Man, Poor Man 1918-04-22
For Valour 1917-11-25
Nearly Married 1917-11-18
Bab's Burglar 1917-10-28
Bab's Diary 1917-10-07
Camille 1917-09-30
The Eternal Sin 1917-03-15
Just a Song at Twilight 1916-12-01
War Brides 1916-01-02

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