Addison Richards
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Addison Whitaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television series between 1933 and his death.
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
For Those Who Think Young
1964
as Dean Watkins
The Raiders
1963
as Huntingdon Lawford
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Frank Newton
The Fugitive
1963
as Connelley
Ben Jerrod
1963
as John Abbott
Saintly Sinners
1962
as Monsignor
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
as Mr. Lucas
The Virginian
1962
as Morrison
Operation Eichmann
1961
as The Stranger
The Gambler Wore a Gun
1961
as Doc Devlin
The Flight That Disappeared
1961
as The Future-being Advocate
Frontier Uprising
1961
as Cmdr. Kimball
Mister Ed
1961
87th Precinct
1961
Miami Undercover
1961
Gunslinger
1961
as John Pearson
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
as Harris
Inherit the Wind
1960
as Townsman (uncredited)
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960
as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
Around the World with Nellie Bly
1960
as Mr. Pulitzer
My Three Sons
1960
Pete and Gladys
1960
Guestward, Ho!
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as James Fitzgibbon
The Oregon Trail
1959
as President James Polk (uncredited)
Bufakkar filli nassini
1959
as Sound
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Stacy
Rawhide
1959
as Jed Blaine
One Step Beyond
1959
as Warden
The Third Man
1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
as Cabinet Secretary
Rawhide
1959
as Frank Miller
Rawhide
1959
as Judge Wainwright
Startime
1959
as Doctor
The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958
as Col. Ford
Man with a Camera
1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
Yancy Derringer
1958
as Judge Harper
The Donna Reed Show
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Doctor
Cimarron City
1958
as Martin Kingsley
The Texan
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Dr. John Allen
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Adm. Frederick Benson
Lawman
1958
as Ben Thurston
Gunsight Ridge
1957
as Sheriff Tom Jones
Last of the Badmen
1957
as Dillon
The Deerslayer
1957
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
1957
as Jamieson
Trackdown
1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
1957
as Consul (uncredited)
Perry Mason
1957
as George Lansing
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Evanson
26 Men
1957
Perry Mason
1957
as Smith
Tales of Wells Fargo
1957
as Gen. Lew Wallace
Crime Against Joe
1956
as District Attorney Roy Kasden
When Gangland Strikes
1956
as Mark Spurlock
The Broken Star
1956
as Marshal Wayne Forrester
Fury at Gunsight Pass
1956
as Charles Hanford
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Doc Jennings (uncredited)
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Fan Bearer
Walk the Proud Land
1956
as Gov. Safford
Everything But the Truth
1956
as Roger Connolly
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
1956
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Judge Lovett
Hey, Jeannie!
1956
as Judge Larkin
Telephone Time
1956
State Trooper
1956
Illegal
1955
as Steve Harper
High Society
1955
as Sam Cosgrove
Fort Yuma
1955
as Gen. Crook
Cheyenne
1955
as Col. Danial H. Forrest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Judge
The Millionaire
1955
as H. H. Hungerford
Matinee Theater
1955
Frontier
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as Police Chief James L. Peterson
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Mr. Johnson
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
Lassie
1954
Climax!
1954
as Papa
Climax!
1954
Confessions of a Nervous Man
1953
as The Lawyer
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Leonard Craigle
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mr. Abbott
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ralph Verdeen
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mr. Ross
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Beseley
The United States Steel Hour
1953
as James Bellingham
You Are There
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Jesse Childs
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Pete Hunter
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
1950
as Capt. Weightman
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Michaels
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Col. Bessette
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Gen. Spencer
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Henry
The Jack Benny Program
1950
as Newspaper Reporter
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as Attorney (uncredited)
Rustlers
1949
as Frank Abbott
Henry, the Rainmaker
1949
as Steve Richards
The Saxon Charm
1948
as Abel Richman
Queen Esther
1948
as Haman
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Max Bradley
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
Lulu Belle
1948
as Police Commissioner John Dixon
Call Northside 777
1948
as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Studio One
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Studio One
1948
as Mr. MacKail
Studio One
1948
as Arthur
Studio One
1948
as Carter Jackson
Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
The Millerson Case
1947
as Dr. Wickersham
Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa
1947
as Zebion
Criminal Court
1946
as District Attorney Gordon
Step by Step
1946
as James Blackton
Dragonwyck
1946
as Head Farmer (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Reverend Miller
Angel on My Shoulder
1946
as Big Harry (uncredited)
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
1946
as Mr. Benedict
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946
as Police Chief Broderick
Strange Confession
1945
as Dr. Williams
Bewitched
1945
as John Ellis
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Captain Bates, G-2
The Shanghai Cobra
1945
as John Adams
Divorce
1945
as Plummer
The Tiger Woman
1945
as Mr. White
The Chicago Kid
1945
as The Warden
Lady on a Train
1945
The Master Key
1945
as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
Black Market Babies
1945
Bells of Rosarita
1945
as Slim Phillips
Grissly's Millions
1945
as Henry Adams
The Last Installment
1945
as Warden
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945
as John Hamilton
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
1945
as Jackson Decker
Men in Her Diary
1945
as Attorney Cavanagh
Danger Signal
1945
as Police Inspector
Spellbound
1945
as Police Captain (uncredited)
I'll Remember April
1945
as Inspector Pat Malloy
Adventures of Rusty
1945
as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
Leave Her to Heaven
1945
as Bedford (uncredited)
Come Out Fighting
1945
as Police Commissioner James Mitchell
A Guy Named Joe
1944
as Maj. Corbett
A Night of Adventure
1944
as District Attorney Branson
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
as Priest (uncredited)
Bordertown Trail
1944
as Fontaine
The Mummy's Curse
1944
as Maj. Pat Walsh
Are These Our Parents?
1944
as Clint Davis
The Fighting Seabees
1944
as Capt. Joyce
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
as Colonel Sewell
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Wade Gamelin
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944
as Col. H.W. Ryder
Main Street Today
1944
as Fred Baker
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944
as Judge
Follow the Boys
1944
as MacDermott (uncredited)
The Mad Ghoul
1943
as Editor Gavigan
Mystery Broadcast
1943
as Bill Burton
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
as District Attorney
Where Are Your Children?
1943
as Halstead
Smart Guy
1943
as District Attorney Ben Carter
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
Air Force
1943
as Maj. Daniels
The Deerslayer
1943
as Mr. Hutter
Crime Doctor
1943
as Prison Warden
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
Headin' for God's Country
1943
as District Commissioner
Oklahoma Outlaws
1943
as Judge John Walton
Corvette K-225
1943
as Cmdr. Rowland
Destroyer
1943
as Ship Building Foreman
Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
Sealed Lips
1942
as Chief Gary Benson
Flying Tigers
1942
as R.T. Lindsay
Underground Agent
1942
as George Martin
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
Friendly Enemies
1942
as Inspector McCarthy
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942
as Lester Younger
The Lady Has Plans
1942
as Paul Baker
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
as Gus Jordan
Secret Enemies
1942
as C.G. Travers
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Herbert Wilson
Secret Agent of Japan
1942
as Remsen
Secrets of a Co-Ed
1942
as District Attorney
Man With Two Lives
1942
as Lt. Detective George Bradley
Top Sergeant
1942
as Col. Gray
War Dogs
1942
as William Freeman
Men of Texas
1942
as Silas Hurlbert
Cowboy Serenade
1942
as Asa Lock
Blue, White and Perfect
1942
as Thomas
Mokey
1942
as Judge
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
1942
as Colonel
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Coach
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
as Gordon Trisby
Private Buckaroo
1942
as Officer
For Me and My Gal
1942
as France Doctor (uncredited)
The Big Street
1942
as Dr. Mitchell (uncredited)
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
as Mayor Luke Keeler
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
as Miitary Academy Commandant
Forbidden Passage
1941
as Frank J. Maxwell
Texas
1941
as Matt Lashan
The Great Lie
1941
as Mr. Talbot
Ball of Fire
1941
as District Attorney
Mutiny in the Arctic
1941
as Ferguson
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as George Benedict
Back in the Saddle
1941
as Duke Winston
Badlands of Dakota
1941
as Gen. George Custer
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Men of Boys Town
1941
as The Judge
Dive Bomber
1941
as Surgeon (uncredited)
Design for Scandal
1941
as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
Western Union
1941
as Captain Harlow
Her First Beau
1941
as Dr. Tom Wood
Our Wife
1941
as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
I Wanted Wings
1941
as Flight Surgeon
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
as Official (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
1940
as George Benedict
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940
as R.J. Godley
Flight Command
1940
as Vice Admiral
The Man from Dakota
1940
as Confederate Provost Marshal
Moon Over Burma
1940
as Art Bryan
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
as Stanley Young
Cherokee Strip
1940
as Ned Strawn
Arizona
1940
as Capt. Hunter
Gangs of Chicago
1940
as Evans
Edison, the Man
1940
as Mr. Johnson
Wyoming
1940
as Kincaid
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Judge (uncredited)
Northwest Passage
1940
as Lieutenant Crofton
Little Nellie Kelly
1940
as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
Pony Express Days
1940
as Tipton Walton
Island of Doomed Men
1940
as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
Public Deb No. 1
1940
as Sanford
South to Karanga
1940
as Edmund Daniels
Girl from Havana
1940
as Harrigan
Ski Patrol
1940
as James Burton - Speaker
Whispering Enemies
1939
as Red Barrett
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Streeter - President of Radex
They Made Her a Spy
1939
as Senator Everett Brock
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
Inside Information
1939
as Gerald Banford
They All Come Out
1939
as Warden - Atlanta
Bad Lands
1939
as Rayburn
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
1939
as Ed Eberhart
Exile Express
1939
as Chief G-Man Purnell
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
as Berquist
Tell No Tales
1939
as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Admiral Ross
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
as Detective
Espionage Agent
1939
as Bruce Corvall
Money to Loan
1939
as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
Geronimo
1939
as Frederick Allison
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939
as Mr. Benedict
Mystery of the White Room
1939
as Dr. Finley Morton
Off the Record
1939
as Brand
The Man from Montreal
1939
as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
When Tomorrow Comes
1939
as Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)
Boys Town
1938
as Judge
Accidents Will Happen
1938
as Blair Thurston
Strange Glory
1938
as Senator
Prison Nurse
1938
as Warden Benson
The Black Doll
1938
as A.H. Mallison
Valley of the Giants
1938
as Hewitt
Gateway
1938
as Inspector
That Certain Age
1938
as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Devil's Party
1938
as Inspector Bresnahan
Flight to Fame
1938
as Colonel King
Smart Blonde
1937
as Fitz Mularkay
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Gaskett
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
as Gordon Fox
Romance of Louisiana
1937
as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
as Edward McNeil
Draegerman Courage
1937
as John McNally
Love Is on the Air
1937
as E.E. Nichols
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
as Steven Garron
The Singing Marine
1937
as Mr. Fowler
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
as Gambler
White Bondage
1937
as Kip Gillis
Alcatraz Island
1937
as Fred MacLane
Black Legion
1937
as Prosecuting Attorney
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
The Barrier
1937
as Runnion
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
1936
as Narrator (voice)
The Walking Dead
1936
as Prison Warden
Colleen
1936
as Schuyler
Song of the Saddle
1936
as Frank Wilson Sr.
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Frank Locke
Public Enemy's Wife
1936
as Warden Williams
Road Gang
1936
as Parmenter
Sutter's Gold
1936
as James Marshall
The Law in Her Hands
1936
as William McGuire
Trailin' West
1936
as Curley Thorne
Jailbreak
1936
as Dan Varner
Man Hunt
1936
as Mel Purdue
Ceiling Zero
1936
as Fred Adams
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Capt. Matanaza
The Petrified Forest
1936
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
China Clipper
1936
as Mr. B.C. Hill
Hot Money
1936
as Forbes
Little Big Shot
1935
as Hank Gibbs
Frisco Kid
1935
as William Coleman
Sweet Music
1935
as Mr. Thomas
Dinky
1935
as District Attorney
The White Cockatoo
1935
as David Lorn
Society Doctor
1935
as Harrigan
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Herden
Alias Mary Dow
1935
as Martin
Here Comes the Band
1935
as Colonel Wallace
'G' Men
1935
as Bruce J. Gregory
Freckles
1935
as Jack Carter
Freckles
1935
as Butch
Eight Bells
1935
as Tracey
A Dream Comes True
1935
as Narrator
The Eagle's Brood
1935
as Big Henry
Front Page Woman
1935
as District Attorney
Home on the Range
1935
as Beady
Such Women Are Dangerous
1934
as Delange
Our Daily Bread
1934
as Louie
A Lost Lady
1934
as State Attorney (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Judge Markham
The St. Louis Kid
1934
as Mr. Brown
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Martinson
Beyond the Law
1934
as Morgan
Let’s Be Ritzy
1934
as Lt. Spaulding
Babbitt
1934
as District Attorney
Handy Andy
1934
as McKechnie (uncredited)
Lone Cowboy
1933
as Dobe Jones
Riot Squad
1933
as Diamonds Jareck