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Gender

Male

Birthday

1902-10-20 (122 years old)

Place of Birth

Zanesville, Ohio, USA

Addison Richards

Biography:

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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

Acting

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1964

1963

The Raiders as Huntingdon Lawford
Petticoat Junction as Frank Newton
The Fugitive as Connelley
Ben Jerrod as John Abbott

1962

Saintly Sinners as Monsignor
The Virginian as Morrison

1961

Operation Eichmann as The Stranger
The Flight That Disappeared as The Future-being Advocate
Frontier Uprising as Cmdr. Kimball

1960

Inherit the Wind as Townsman (uncredited)
All the Fine Young Cannibals as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as James Fitzgibbon

1959

The Oregon Trail as President James Polk (uncredited)
Rawhide as Jed Blaine
One Step Beyond as Warden
One Step Beyond as Cabinet Secretary
Rawhide as Frank Miller
Rawhide as Judge Wainwright

1958

Yancy Derringer as Judge Harper
Cimarron City as Martin Kingsley
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Dr. John Allen

1957

Gunsight Ridge as Sheriff Tom Jones
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Consul (uncredited)
Perry Mason as George Lansing
Perry Mason as Smith
Tales of Wells Fargo as Gen. Lew Wallace

1956

Crime Against Joe as District Attorney Roy Kasden
When Gangland Strikes as Mark Spurlock
The Broken Star as Marshal Wayne Forrester
Fury at Gunsight Pass as Charles Hanford
The Ten Commandments as Fan Bearer
Walk the Proud Land as Gov. Safford
Everything But the Truth as Roger Connolly
Hey, Jeannie! as Judge Larkin

1955

Illegal as Steve Harper
High Society as Sam Cosgrove
Fort Yuma as Gen. Crook
Cheyenne as Col. Danial H. Forrest
The Millionaire as H. H. Hungerford
The Millionaire as Police Chief James L. Peterson

1954

Climax! as Papa

1953

Letter to Loretta as Leonard Craigle
Letter to Loretta as Mr. Abbott
Letter to Loretta as Ralph Verdeen
Letter to Loretta as Mr. Ross
The United States Steel Hour as James Bellingham

1951

1950

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout as Capt. Weightman
Lux Video Theatre as Michaels
Lux Video Theatre as Col. Bessette
Lux Video Theatre as Gen. Spencer

1949

Mighty Joe Young as Attorney (uncredited)
Rustlers as Frank Abbott
Henry, the Rainmaker as Steve Richards

1948

The Saxon Charm as Abel Richman
Queen Esther as Haman
Reaching from Heaven as Max Bradley
If You Knew Susie as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
Lulu Belle as Police Commissioner John Dixon
Call Northside 777 as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Studio One as Mr. MacKail
Studio One as Arthur
Studio One as Carter Jackson

1947

Monsieur Verdoux as Bank Manager (uncredited)
The Millerson Case as Dr. Wickersham

1946

Criminal Court as District Attorney Gordon
Step by Step as James Blackton
Dragonwyck as Head Farmer (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint as Reverend Miller
Angel on My Shoulder as Big Harry (uncredited)

1945

Strange Confession as Dr. Williams
Bewitched as John Ellis
Betrayal from the East as Captain Bates, G-2
The Shanghai Cobra as John Adams
Divorce as Plummer
The Tiger Woman as Mr. White
The Chicago Kid as The Warden
The Master Key as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
Bells of Rosarita as Slim Phillips
Grissly's Millions as Henry Adams
Men in Her Diary as Attorney Cavanagh
Danger Signal as Police Inspector
Spellbound as Police Captain (uncredited)
I'll Remember April as Inspector Pat Malloy
Adventures of Rusty as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
Leave Her to Heaven as Bedford (uncredited)
Come Out Fighting as Police Commissioner James Mitchell

1944

A Night of Adventure as District Attorney Branson
Roger Touhy, Gangster as Priest (uncredited)
Bordertown Trail as Fontaine
The Mummy's Curse as Maj. Pat Walsh
Are These Our Parents? as Clint Davis
The Fighting Seabees as Capt. Joyce
Raiders of Ghost City as Colonel Sewell
Barbary Coast Gent as Wade Gamelin
Marriage Is a Private Affair as Col. H.W. Ryder
Main Street Today as Fred Baker

1943

A Guy Named Joe as Maj. Corbett
The Mad Ghoul as Editor Gavigan
Mystery Broadcast as Bill Burton
The Mystery of the 13th Guest as District Attorney
Smart Guy as District Attorney Ben Carter
Wagon Wheels West as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
Air Force as Maj. Daniels
The Deerslayer as Mr. Hutter
Crime Doctor as Prison Warden
Adventures of the Flying Cadets as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
Headin' for God's Country as District Commissioner
Oklahoma Outlaws as Judge John Walton
Corvette K-225 as Cmdr. Rowland
Destroyer as Ship Building Foreman
Swing Shift Maisie as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)

1942

Sealed Lips as Chief Gary Benson
Flying Tigers as R.T. Lindsay
Underground Agent as George Martin
A-Haunting We Will Go as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
Friendly Enemies as Inspector McCarthy
The Lady Has Plans as Paul Baker
Secret Enemies as C.G. Travers
My Favorite Blonde as Herbert Wilson
Secrets of a Co-Ed as District Attorney
Man With Two Lives as Lt. Detective George Bradley
Top Sergeant as Col. Gray
War Dogs as William Freeman
Men of Texas as Silas Hurlbert
Cowboy Serenade as Asa Lock
Mokey as Judge
Pacific Rendezvous as Gordon Trisby
Private Buckaroo as Officer
For Me and My Gal as France Doctor (uncredited)
The Big Street as Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)

1941

Sheriff of Tombstone as Mayor Luke Keeler
Tall, Dark and Handsome as Miitary Academy Commandant
Forbidden Passage as Frank J. Maxwell
Texas as Matt Lashan
The Great Lie as Mr. Talbot
Ball of Fire as District Attorney
Back in the Saddle as Duke Winston
Badlands of Dakota as Gen. George Custer
They Died with Their Boots On as Adjutant (uncredited)
Men of Boys Town as The Judge
Dive Bomber as Surgeon (uncredited)
Design for Scandal as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
Western Union as Captain Harlow
Her First Beau as Dr. Tom Wood
Our Wife as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
I Wanted Wings as Flight Surgeon

1940

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as George Benedict
Charlie Chan in Panama as R.J. Godley
Flight Command as Vice Admiral
The Man from Dakota as Confederate Provost Marshal
Moon Over Burma as Art Bryan
The Lone Wolf Strikes as Stanley Young
Cherokee Strip as Ned Strawn
Arizona as Capt. Hunter
Edison, the Man as Mr. Johnson
Wyoming as Kincaid
My Little Chickadee as Judge (uncredited)
Northwest Passage as Lieutenant Crofton
Little Nellie Kelly as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
Pony Express Days as Tipton Walton
Island of Doomed Men as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1 as Sanford
South to Karanga as Edmund Daniels
Girl from Havana as Harrigan
Ski Patrol as James Burton - Speaker

1939

Whispering Enemies as Red Barrett
Nick Carter, Master Detective as Streeter - President of Radex
They Made Her a Spy as Senator Everett Brock
Slightly Honorable as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
Inside Information as Gerald Banford
They All Come Out as Warden - Atlanta
Bad Lands as Rayburn
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor as Ed Eberhart
Exile Express as Purnell
Tell No Tales as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat as Admiral Ross
Espionage Agent as Bruce Corvall
Money to Loan as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
Geronimo as Frederick Allison
Mystery of the White Room as Dr. Finley Morton
The Man from Montreal as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.

1938

Boys Town as Judge
Accidents Will Happen as Blair Thurston
Strange Glory as Senator
Prison Nurse as Warden Benson
The Black Doll as A.H. Mallison
Gateway as Inspector
That Certain Age as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938 as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil's Party as Inspector Bresnahan
Flight to Fame as Colonel King

1937

Smart Blonde as Fitz Mularkay
Dance Charlie Dance as Gordon Fox
Romance of Louisiana as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
Ready, Willing and Able as Edward McNeil
Draegerman Courage as John McNally
Love Is on the Air as E.E. Nichols
Her Husband's Secretary as Steven Garron
The Singing Marine as Mr. Fowler
White Bondage as Kip Gillis
Alcatraz Island as Fred MacLane
Black Legion as Prosecuting Attorney
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Second Doctor (uncredited)

1936

The Walking Dead as Prison Warden
Colleen as Schuyler
Song of the Saddle as Frank Wilson Sr.
Public Enemy's Wife as Warden Williams
Road Gang as Parmenter
Sutter's Gold as James Marshall
The Law in Her Hands as William McGuire
Trailin' West as Curley Thorne
Jailbreak as Dan Varner
Man Hunt as Mel Purdue
Ceiling Zero as Fred Adams
Anthony Adverse as Capt. Matanaza
The Petrified Forest as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
China Clipper as Mr. B.C. Hill
Bullets or Ballots as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
Hot Money as Forbes

1935

Little Big Shot as Hank Gibbs
Frisco Kid as William Coleman
Sweet Music as Mr. Thomas
Dinky as District Attorney
The White Cockatoo as David Lorn
Society Doctor as Harrigan
Here Comes the Band as Colonel Wallace
Alias Mary Dow as Martin
'G' Men as Bruce J. Gregory
Freckles as Butch
Freckles as Jack Carter
Eight Bells as Tracey
A Dream Comes True as Narrator
The Eagle's Brood as Big Henry
Front Page Woman as District Attorney

1934

A Lost Lady as State Attorney (uncredited)
The St. Louis Kid as Mr. Brown
Gentlemen Are Born as Martinson
Beyond the Law as Morgan
Let’s Be Ritzy as Lt. Spaulding
Babbitt as District Attorney
Handy Andy as McKechnie (uncredited)

1933

Lone Cowboy as Dobe Jones
Riot Squad as Diamonds Jareck