Richard Thorpe
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1896-02-24 (95 years old)
Deathday
1991-05-01
Place of Birth
Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Also known As
Frank L. Inghram
Frank Inghram
Rollo Smolt Thorpe
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, he retired from the film industry. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991. Thorpe is also known as the original director of The Wizard of Oz. ...
Acting
1924
as Dick Langton
1921
as Stephen Thompson
1923
as Clayton Webster
Production
1937
as Director
1943
as Director
1952
as Director
1931
as Director
1961
as Director
1939
as Director
1942
as Director
1941
as Director
1952
as Director
1950
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1944
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1950
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1951
as Director
1949
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1948
as Director
1945
as Director
1947
as Director
1965
as Director
1952
as Director
1949
as Director
1947
as Director
1957
as Director
1936
as Director
1928
as Director
1954
as Director
1963
as Director
1945
as Director
1938
as Director
1951
as Director
1959
as Director
1943
as Director
1944
as Director
1963
as Director
1953
as Director
1953
as Director
1951
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1953
as Director
1937
as Director
1955
as Director
1939
as Director
1942
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Producer
1934
as Director
1948
as Director
1942
as Director
1951
as Director
1942
as Director
1954
as Director
1931
as Director
1962
as Director
1957
as Director
1934
as Director
1949
as Director
1955
as Director
1940
as Director
1932
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1932
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1931
as Director
1932
as Director
1955
as Director
1936
as Director
1927
as Director
1933
as Director
1938
as Director
1957
as Director
1930
as Director
1941
as Director
1933
as Director
1940
as Director
1949
as Director
1965
as Director
1940
as Director
1933
as Director
1961
as Director
1941
as Director
1938
as Director
1932
as Director
1959
as Director
1932
as Director
1945
as Director
1933
as Director
1929
as Director
1938
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1934
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1938
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1932
as Director
1929
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1932
as Director
1931
as Editor
1938
as Director
1933
as Director
1932
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1933
as Director
1934
as Director
1967
as Director
1967
as Producer
1943
as Director
1931
as Director
1931
as Editor
1932
as Director
1937
as Director
1931
as Director
1930
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1930
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1930
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1930
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1927
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1927
as Writer
1928
as Director
1928
as Writer
1927
as Director
1927
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1928
as Director
1929
as Director
1925
as Writer
1933
as Director
1964
as Director
1937
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1934
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1934
as Director
1935
as Director
1932
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1934
as Director
1926
as Director
1931
as Director
1926
as Director
1962
as Special Guest Director
1931
as Director
1932
as Director
1929
as Director
1927
as Writer
1931
as Director
1930
as Director
1928
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1928
as Writer
1925
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1925
as Writer
1926
as Director
1924
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1924
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1924
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1925
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1926
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1926
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1926
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1926
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1926
as Director
1928
as Director
1931
as Editor
1926
as Writer
1928
as Writer
1931
as Director
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as Director
1925
as Scenario Writer
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