Richard Talmadge

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-12-03 (89 years old)

Deathday

1981-01-25

Place of Birth

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Richard Talmadge

Biography

From Wikipedia Richard Talmadge (Sylvester Alphonse Metz, Camburg, Germany, December 3, 1892 – January 25, 1981) was a German-born American actor, stuntman and film director. Alberta Vaughn and Richard Talmadge share a cigar in The Live Wire (1935) When he arrived in Hollywood in 1910, he began his career as a stuntman for Douglas Fairbanks, before becoming an actor himself. His films include American Manners, Dancing Dynamite, Speed Madness, and the Pirate Treasure series. He was the lead in The Cavalier (1928), film released by Tiffany Pictures with only a music and sound effects soundtrack. He never got rid of his German accent, so with t...

Acting

1925

The Prince of Pep

as Dr. James Leland

1935

The Live Wire

as 2nd Mate Dick Nelson

1933

On Your Guard

as The Frisco Kid

1936

The Speed Reporter

as Dick Lawrence

1934

Pirate Treasure

as Dick Moreland

1935

Now or Never

as Dick Rainey / Norman Gray

1935

Never Too Late

as Det. Dick Manning

1935

The Fighting Pilot

as Hal Foster

1932

Get That Girl

as Dick Bartlett

1923

Speed King

as Jimmy Martin / King Charles

1931

Yankee Don

as Dick Carsey

1925

1925

The Isle of Hope

as Robert MacKay

1932

Speed Madness

as Bob Stuart

1926

The Blue Streak

as Richard Manley

1943

1942

1948

1923

Let's Go

as Barry Macklin

1928

The Cavalier

as El Caballero

1923

Danger Ahead

as Bruce Randall

1926

The Better Man

as Lord Hugh Wainwright

1925

The Fighting Demon

as John Drake

1924

In Fast Company

as Perry Whitman Jr.

1925

Tearing Through

as Richard Jones

1936

Step on It

as Larry Evans

1924

On Time

as Harry Willis

1924

Laughing at Danger

as Alan Remington

Production

1953

1965

What's New Pussycat?

as Second Unit Director

1945

Jeep-Herders

as Producer

1927

The Gaucho

as Stunt Coordinator

1934

1939

The Real Glory

as Co-Director

1960

Flaming Star

as Stunt Coordinator

1967

Casino Royale

as Second Unit Director

1960

Flaming Star

as Second Unit Director

1932

Get That Girl

as Producer

1946

Detour to Danger

as Director

1932

1925

The Isle of Hope

as Producer

1925

The Isle of Hope

as Stunt Coordinator

1950

Border Outlaws

as Director

1936

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as Assistant Director

1945

Jeep-Herders

as Director

1945

Jeep-Herders

as Story

1964

Circus World

as Second Unit Director

1923

Let's Go

as Producer

1962

How the West Was Won

as Second Unit Director

1962

How the West Was Won

as Stunt Coordinator

1966

Hawaii

as Second Unit Director

1939

Beau Geste

as Second Unit Director

1965

John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!

as Second Unit Director

1938

The Duke of West Point

as Second Unit Director

1921

The Nut

as Stunts

1926

The Blue Streak

as Producer

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