Richard Barthelmess

Birthday: 1895-05-09
Deathday: 1963-04-23
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 0
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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).

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Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1929 34 The Noose (1928) Leading Actor Nom 0
1929 34 The Patent Leather Kid (1928) Leading Actor Nom 0
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Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
1942-10-15 The Mayor of 44th Street Ed Kirby
1942-06-11 The Spoilers Bronco Kid
1940-07-16 The Man Who Talked Too Much J.B. Roscoe
1939-05-15 Only Angels Have Wings Bat Mac Pherson
1936-09-09 Spy of Napoleon Gerard de Lanoy
1935-04-11 Four Hours to Kill! Tony Mako
1934-07-12 Midnight Alibi Lance McGowan
1934-04-21 A Modern Hero Pierre Radier aka Paul Rader
1934-01-20 Massacre Chief Joe Thunderhorse
1933-06-17 Heroes for Sale Tom Holmes
1933-04-15 Central Airport James 'Jim' Blaine
1932-09-26 The Cabin in the Cotton Marvin Blake
1932-02-25 Alias the Doctor Karl Brenner
1931-08-29 The Last Flight Cary Lockwood
1931-04-18 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
1931-04-11 The Finger Points Breckenridge 'Breck' Lee
1931-04-04 The Stolen Jools Richard Barthelmess
1930-12-14 The Lash Francisco Delfino 'Pancho'
1930-08-30 The Voice of Hollywood
1930-07-10 The Dawn Patrol Dick Courtney
1930-03-09 Son of the Gods Sam Lee
1929-11-21 Show of Shows Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)
1929-10-20 Young Nowheres Albert 'Binky' Whalen
1929-07-21 Drag David Carroll
1929-02-10 Weary River Jerry Larrabee
1928-08-19 Out of the Ruins Lt. Pierre Dumont
1928-06-17 Wheel of Chance Nicolai Turkeltaub
1928-04-08 The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Chad Buford
1928-01-29 The Noose Nickie Elkins
1928-01-12 Scarlet Seas Steven Dunkin
1927-09-25 The Drop Kick Jack Hamill
1927-09-01 The Patent Leather Kid Patent Leather Kid
1926-08-14 The Amateur Gentleman Barnabas Barty
1926-05-30 Ranson's Folly Lt. Ranson
1926-01-10 Just Suppose Prince Rupert of Koronia
1926-01-01 Camille: The Fate of a Coquette Gaston
1925-10-25 The Beautiful City Tony Gillardi
1925-09-05 Shore Leave D.X. (Bilge) Smith
1925-05-30 Soul-Fire Eric Fane
1925-02-16 New Toys Will Webb
1924-11-19 Classmates Duncan Irving Jr
1924-03-23 The Enchanted Cottage Oliver Bashforth
1923-12-17 Twenty-One Julian McCullough
1923-09-10 The Fighting Blade Karl Van Kerstenbroock
1923-05-23 The Bond Boy Peter Newbolt (father) / John Newbolt
1923-04-22 The Bright Shawl Charles Abbott
1923-01-01 Fury Boy Leyton
1922-05-22 Sonny Sonny Crosby / Joe
1922-02-06 The Seventh Day John Alden Jr.
1921-12-31 Tol'able David David Kinemon
1921-08-07 Experience Youth
1920-09-03 Way Down East David Bartlett
1920-08-21 The Love Flower Bruce Sanders
1920-03-21 The Idol Dancer Dan McGuire
1919-11-18 Scarlet Days Don Maria Alvarez
1919-05-25 I'll Get Him Yet Scoop McCready
1919-05-13 Broken Blossoms Cheng Huan
1919-04-06 Peppy Polly Dr. James Merritt
1919-03-23 The Girl Who Stayed at Home Ralph Grey
1919-02-16 Boots Everett White
1918-12-29 The Hope Chest Tom Ballantyne
1918-06-16 Hit-the-Trail Holliday Bobby Jason
1918-04-22 Rich Man, Poor Man Bayard Varick
1917-11-25 For Valour Henry Nobbs
1917-11-18 Nearly Married Dick Griffon
1917-10-28 Bab's Burglar Tommy Gray
1917-10-07 Bab's Diary Tommy Gray
1917-09-30 Camille
1917-03-15 The Eternal Sin Gennaro
1916-12-01 Just a Song at Twilight George Turner
1916-01-02 War Brides Arno