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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-06-03 (140 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Richard Tucker

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Tucker (June 4, 1884 – December 5, 1942) was an American actor. Tucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1884. Appearing in 266 films between 1911 and 1940, he was the first official member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and a founding member of SAG's Board of Directors. Tucker died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in an unmarked niche in Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Faith.

Known For

Acting

1982

Dance of the Cookoos as Banker Smith

1966

Spaceship to the Unknown as Prof. Gordon (archive footage)

1962

1959

1940

Road to Singapore as Officer on Ship (uncredited)

1939

The Great Victor Herbert as Michael Brown
Risky Business as District Attorney
They Made Her a Spy as Colonel at Explosion
Girl from Rio as Roger Montgomery
Sudden Money as Mr. Rodney Hinds

1938

Letter of Introduction as Mr. Tucker (uncredited)
Trade Winds as John Johnson
On the Great White Trail as Inspector Newcom
Sons of the Legion as State Commander
Delinquent Parents as Harry Jefferson
Rocket Ship as Professor Gordon

1937

Shall We Dance as Mr. Russell (uncredited)
Trapped by G-Men as Agency Chief Conover
The Girl Said No as Charles Dillon
Headline Crasher as Sen. James Tallant
She's Dangerous as District Attorney
Jungle Menace as Robert Banning
Armored Car as John Hale
We Who Are About to Die as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
I Cover the War! as Army Officer
Make a Wish as Grant
She's Got Everything as Dr. Blicker
The Woman I Love as General

1936

Flash Gordon as Professor Gordon
Special Agent K-7 as Chief Agent John Adams
Two Minutes to Play as Lyman Gaines
The Plot Thickens as John Carter
Libeled Lady as Barker (uncredited)
Flying Hostess as Doctor

1935

Shadow of Doubt as Mark Torrey
West Point of the Air as George - Dare's Companion at Football Game
Here Comes the Band as Jim - Banker in Band
Murder in the Fleet as Harry Jeffries (Uncredited)
It's in the Air as Revenue Chief (uncredited)
Diamond Jim as Headwaiter
Calm Yourself as Police Inspector

1934

This Side of Heaven as Henry W. Maxwell - Producer (uncredited)
The Road to Ruin as Mr. Dixon
Elinor Norton as Civilian Doctor
Paris Interlude as Stevens
Take the Stand as Mr. Burnside
A Modern Hero as Mr. Eggelson
The Countess of Monte Cristo as Picture Director
Baby Take a Bow as Mr. Joseph Carson
Public Stenographer as James Martin Sr.
Handy Andy as Mr. Beauregard
A Successful Failure as J.W. Blair
Money Means Nothing as George Whitney
Sadie McKee as Dr. Patrick (uncredited)

1933

Midnight Mary as Club Imperial Manager (uncredited)
The World Gone Mad as Graham Gaines
Men Must Fight as Doctor
Back Page as John H. Smith
The Iron Master as Paul Rankin
Meet the Baron as Radio Station Boss (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions as Mr. Chandler
The Women in His Life as Prosecuting Attorney
Only Yesterday as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
The Working Man as Reeves Company Board Member (uncredited)
Made on Broadway as Party Guest

1932

Guilty as Hell as District Attorney
The Stoker as Alan Ballard
Careless Lady as Captain Gerard
The Crash as Frank Parrish
A Successful Calamity as Lawrence - Partington's Partner
Flames as Garson

1931

Convicted as Tony Blair
Inspiration as Galand
Graft as District Attorney Martin Harrison
Stepping Out as Charley Miller
Seed as Bliss
Up for Murder as Cyril Herk
A Holy Terror as Tom Hedges
The Black Camel as Wilkie Ballou (uncredited)
Maker of Men as Mr. Rhodes
Too Young to Marry as Chester Armstrong
The Devil Plays as Jerry Murdock
Hell Bound as Gilbert
The Deceiver as Mr. Lawson

1930

The Bat Whispers as Mr. Bell
The Benson Murder Case as Anthony Benson
Recaptured Love as Rawlings
Courage as James Rudlin
College Lovers as Gene Hutton
Manslaughter as J.P. Albee, Attorney
Peacock Alley as Martin Saunders
Safety in Numbers as F. Carstair Reynolds
Shadow of the Law as Lew Durkin
Puttin' on the Ritz as Fenway Brooks
Brothers as Prosecuting Attorney

1929

The Dummy as Blackie Baker
The Squall as Josef
Painted Faces as District Attorney
Half Marriage as Mr. Page
The King of the Kongo as Chief of the Secret Service
Navy Blues as Man Dancing with Alice
This Is Heaven as E.D. Wallace
Lucky Boy as Mr. Ellis
The Unholy Night as Colonel Davidson

1928

Show Folks as Vaudeville Performer
Loves of an Actress as Baron Hartman
Captain Swagger as Phil Poole
My Man as Waldo
On Trial as Prosecuting Attorney
The Border Patrol as Earl Hanway
The Crimson City as Richard Brand
Beware of Married Men as Leonard Gilbert
Show Girl as Jack Milton

1927

The Jazz Singer as Harry Lee
Wings as Air Commander
The World At Her Feet as Dr. H.G. Pauls
The Desired Woman as Sir Sydney Vincent
The Girl from Rio as Antonio Santos
A Kiss in a Taxi as Henri Le Sage
Women's Wares as Frank Stanton
The Bush Leaguer as Wallace Ramsey

1926

That's My Baby as Schuyler Van Loon
The Blind Goddess as Henry Kelling
Devil's Island as Jean Valyon
Shameful Behavior? as Jack Lee
The Lily as Huzar

1925

As No Man Has Loved as Aaron Burr
The Air Mail as Jim Cronin
The Tornado as Ross Travers
The Golden Cocoon as Mr. Renfro
The Bridge of Sighs as Glenn Hayden

1924

40-Horse Hawkins as Rudolph Catalina
Beau Brummel as Lord Stanhope
The Fast Worker as Roxbury Medcroft

1923

Cameo Kirby as Cousin Aaron Randall
The Eleventh Hour as Herbert Glenville
Is Divorce a Failure? as David Lockwood
The Broken Wing as Sylvester Cross
Her Accidental Husband as Paul Dupré
Lovebound as Paul Meredith
The Dangerous Age as Robert Chanslor
Poor Men's Wives as Richard Smith-Blanton

1922

The Worldly Madonna as Alan Graves
Remembrance as J.P. Grout Jr.
Grand Larceny as Franklin
Rags to Riches as Blackwell Clarke
A Self-Made Man as Hugo Bonsall

1921

A Voice in the Dark as Lieutenant Patrick Cloyd
The Old Nest as Tom at 36
Don't Neglect Your Wife as George Geary

1920

Dollars and Sense as George Garrison
The Branding Iron as Prosper Gael
Darling Mine as Jay Savoy

1917

The Law of the North as The Rt. Hon. Reginald Annesley
Babbling Tongues as Viscount de Bellerive
Pardners as Justus Morrow
The Power of Decision as Austin Bland
Threads of Fate as Dr. Grant Hunter
Think It Over as Henry Whitworth
Behind the Mask as Lord Strathmore

1916

The Cossack Whip as Sergius Kordkin
When Love Is King as Felix, the King

1915

Vanity Fair as George Osborne

1913

Who Will Marry Mary? as Duke Leonardo de Ferrara
Caste as The Honorable George D'Alroy
A Proposal from the Duke as Duke Leonardo Di Ferrara
Bread on the Waters as George Varick
A Letter to Uncle Sam as 2nd Officer