Richard Bennett
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
Biography
Richard Bennett (May 21, 1870 – October 22, 1944) was an American actor who became a stage and silent screen matinee idol over the early decades of the twentieth century. He was born in Deacon's Mills, Indiana in 1870 (some sources state 1872), the son of George Washington Bennett and Eliza Huffman. His younger sister was Ina Blanche Bennett. For a time, he was a sailor on Great Lakes steamer, a professional boxer, medicine showman, troubadour and night clerk in a hotel in Chicago. His silent m...
Known For
Filmography
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
as Seymour (uncredited)
Journey into Fear
1943
as Ship's Captain
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
as Major Amberson
18 Minutes
1935
as Korn
Nana
1934
as Gaston Greiner
Big Executive
1933
as Commodore Richardson
If I Had a Million
1932
as John Glidden
Madame Racketeer
1932
as Elmer Hicks
Strange Justice
1932
as Kearney
This Reckless Age
1932
as Donald Ingals
No Greater Love
1932
as Surgeon
Five and Ten
1931
as John Rarick
Bought!
1931
as David Meyer
Arrowsmith
1931
as Gustav Sondelius
The Home Towners
1928
as Vic Arnold
Lying Wives
1925
as Ted Stanhope
Youth for Sale
1924
as Montgomery Breck
The Eternal City
1923
as Bruno
The End of the Road
1919
as Doctor
The Gilded Youth
1917
as John Slocum
The Valley of Decision
1916
as Arnold Gray
The Sable Blessing
1916
as John Slocum
And the Law Says
1916
as Lawrence Kirby
Philip Holden - Waster
1916
as Philip Holden
Damaged Goods
1914
as George Dupont