Richard Arlen
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken...
Known For
Filmography
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
2012
The Horror Show
1979
as (archive footage)
A Whale of a Tale
1976
as Mr. Monahan
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Silent Film Star 2
The Sky's the Limit
1975
as Grimes
Rogue's Gallery
1968
as Man in Club
Buckskin
1968
as Townsman
Red Tomahawk
1967
as Deadwood Telegrapher
Hostile Guns
1967
as Sheriff Travis
Fort Utah
1967
as Sam Tyler
Johnny Reno
1966
as Ned Duggan
To the Shores of Hell
1966
as Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
Waco
1966
as Billy Kelly
Road to Nashville
1966
as Studio Boss
Apache Uprising
1965
as Captain Gannon
Black Spurs
1965
as Pete
The Human Duplicators
1965
as National Intelligence
Town Tamer
1965
as Doctor Kent
The Bounty Killer
1965
as Matthew Ridgeway
Branded
1965
Young Fury
1964
as Sheriff Jenkins
Law of the Lawless
1964
as Ben the Bartender
Sex and the College Girl
1964
as Charles Devon
The Best Man
1964
as Sen. Oscar Anderson
The Shepherd of the Hills
1964
as Old Matt
The Crawling Hand
1963
as Lee Barrenger
The Young and the Brave
1963
as Col. Ralph Holbein
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Self
The Lucy Show
1962
as Richard
The Last Time I Saw Archie
1961
as Col. Edwin Martin
The New Breed
1961
as Willits
Raymie
1960
as Chris Garber
Coronado 9
1960
Warlock
1959
as Bacon
Lock-Up
1959
Cavalry Command
1958
as Sgt. Jim Heisler
Yancy Derringer
1958
as General Hugh Morgan
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Damon Ring, Sr.
Bat Masterson
1958
as John Minor
Bat Masterson
1958
as Sheriff Dan Rainey
Child of Trouble
1957
as Louis Contino
Perry Mason
1957
as Dr. Harrison
Hidden Guns
1956
as Sheriff Ward Young
The Mountain
1956
as C. W. Rivial
Blonde Blackmailer
1955
as Tony Pelassier
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Matinee Theater
1955
Devil's Point
1954
as John 'Captain' Martin
Climax!
1954
as Nevers
The Whistler
1954
Sabre Jet
1953
as Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Christopher Waring
The Blazing Forest
1952
as Joe Morgan
Hurricane Smith
1952
as Brundage
Flaming Feather
1952
as Showdown Calhoun
This Is Your Life
1952
as Self
Silver City
1951
as Charles Storrs
Kansas Raiders
1950
as Union Captain
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
Your Show of Shows
1950
Grand Canyon
1949
as Mike Adams
When My Baby Smiles at Me
1948
as Harvey Howell
Speed to Spare
1948
as Cliff Jordan
The Return of Wildfire
1948
as Dobe Williams
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
1947
as Buffalo Bill
Accomplice
1946
as Simon Lash
The French Key
1946
as Himself (uncredited)
Identity Unknown
1945
as Johnny March
The Phantom Speaks
1945
as Matt Fraser
Storm Over Lisbon
1944
as John Craig
The Big Bonanza
1944
as Capt. Jed Kilton
The Lady and the Monster
1944
as Dr. Patrick Cory
That's My Baby!
1944
as Tim Jones
Timber Queen
1944
as Russell Evans
Submarine Alert
1943
as Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold
Minesweeper
1943
as Richard Houston
Aerial Gunner
1943
as Jon Davis
Alaska Highway
1943
as Woody Ormsby
Wildcat
1942
as Johnny Maverick
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Pvt. John W. Lewis
Torpedo Boat
1942
as Skinner Barnes
Soaring Stars
1942
as Himself
Wrecking Crew
1942
as Matt Carney
A Dangerous Game
1941
as Dick Williams
Lucky Devils
1941
as Dick McManus
Power Dive
1941
as Brad Farrell
Forced Landing
1941
as Dan Kendall
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Dick Barclay
Raiders of the Desert
1941
as Dick Manning
Flying Blind
1941
as Jim Clark
Men of the Timberland
1941
as Dick O'Hara
The Devil's Pipeline
1940
as Dick Talbot
Swing with Bing
1940
as Himself
Danger On Wheels
1940
as "Lucky" Larry Taylor
The Leather Pushers
1940
as Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Black Diamonds
1940
as Walter Norton
Hot Steel
1940
as Frank Stewart
The Man from Montreal
1939
as Clark Manning
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
as Capt. Robert Lawrence
Missing Daughters
1939
as Wally King
Tropic Fury
1939
as Dan Burton
Legion of Lost Flyers
1939
as Gene 'Loop' Gillan
Call of The Yukon
1938
as Gaston Rogers
Straight, Place and Show
1938
as Denny Paine
No Time to Marry
1938
as Perry Brown
Artists & Models
1937
as Alan Townsend
Secret Valley
1937
as Lee Rogers
The Great Barrier
1937
as Hickey
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937
as Steve Havens Jackson Jr.
Three Live Ghosts
1936
as William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster
The Mine with the Iron Door
1936
as Bob Harvey
Helldorado
1935
as Art Ryan
Let 'em Have It
1935
as Mal Stevens
The Calling of Dan Matthews
1935
as Dan Matthews
Hollywood Hobbies
1935
as Himself
Ready for Love
1934
as Julian Barrow
She Made Her Bed
1934
as Wild Bill Smith
Come On, Marines!
1934
as Lucky Davis
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
1934
as Self
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
1933
as Self / Arlen the Great
Alice in Wonderland
1933
as Cheshire Cat
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Dr. Alan Stevens
College Humor
1933
as Mondrake
Hell and High Water
1933
as Capt J.J. Jericho
Song of the Eagle
1933
as Bill Hoffman
Golden Harvest
1933
as Walt Martin
How to Break 90 #4: Downswing
1933
Island of Lost Souls
1932
as Edward Parker
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
1932
as Self (uncredited)
Tiger Shark
1932
as Pipes Boley
Guilty as Hell
1932
as Frank C. Marsh
Wayward
1932
as David Frost
Sky Bride
1932
as Bert 'Speed' Condon
The All-American
1932
as Gary King
The Lawyer's Secret
1931
as Joe Hart
Caught
1931
as Lt. Tom Colton
The Secret Call
1931
as Tom Blake
Gun Smoke
1931
as Brad Farley
The Conquering Horde
1931
as Dan McMasters
Touchdown!
1931
as Dan Curtis
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as Dick Bailey
Only Saps Work
1930
as Larry Payne
Dangerous Paradise
1930
as Heyst
Burning Up
1930
as Lou Larrigan
The Border Legion
1930
as Jim Cleve
The Sea God
1930
as Phillip 'Pink' Barker
Paramount on Parade
1930
as Hunter (Dream Girl)
The Santa Fe Trail
1930
as Stan Hollister
Thunderbolt
1929
as Bob Moran
The Virginian
1929
as Steven 'Steve'
The Four Feathers
1929
as Lt. Harry Faversham
The Man I Love
1929
as Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks
Dangerous Curves
1929
as Larry Lee
Feel My Pulse
1928
as Her Problem
Beggars of Life
1928
as The Boy (Jim)
Ladies of the Mob
1928
as Red
Manhattan Cocktail
1928
as Fred Tilden
Under the Tonto Rim
1928
as Edd Denmeade
Wings
1927
as David Armstrong
Rolled Stockings
1927
as Ralph Treadway
She's a Sheik
1927
as Capt. Colton
Sally in Our Alley
1927
as Jimmie Adams
The Blood Ship
1927
as John Shreve
Figures Don't Lie
1927
as Bob Blewe
Behind the Front
1926
as Percy Brown
Old Ironsides
1926
as Seaman (uncredited)
You'd Be Surprised
1926
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Enchanted Hill
1926
as Link Halliwell
Padlocked
1926
as 'Tubby' Clark
The Coast of Folly
1925
as Bather
In the Name of Love
1925
as Dumas Dufrayne
Hollywood
1923
as Richard Arlen
Quicksands
1923