Addison Richards

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Gender Male

Birthday 1902-10-20

Day of Death 1964-03-22 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Zanesville, Ohio, USA

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Addison Whitaker Richards Jr.

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Addison Richards

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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.

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Acting

1983

as Himself (archive footage)

1964

as Dean Watkins

1963		The Raiders as Huntingdon Lawford
1963		Petticoat Junction (1 episode)
1963		The Fugitive (1 episode) as Connelley
1963		Ben Jerrod (65 episodes) as John Abbott

1962		The Beverly Hillbillies (2 episodes)
1962		The Virginian (1 episode) as Morrison
1962		Saintly Sinners as Monsignor

1961		87th Precinct (1 episode)
1961		The Flight That Disappeared as The Future-being Advocate
1961		The Gambler Wore a Gun as Doc Devlin
1961		Frontier Uprising as Cmdr. Kimball
1961		Miami Undercover (1 episode)
1961		Mister Ed (1 episode)

1960		Guestward, Ho! (1 episode)
1960		My Three Sons (1 episode)
1960		The Dark at the Top of the Stairs as Harris
1960		The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1 episode) as James Fitzgibbon
1960		Pete and Gladys (1 episode)
1960		All the Fine Young Cannibals as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)

1959		Dennis the Menace (1 episode) as Stacy
1959		The Third Man (1 episode)
1959		The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1 episode)
1959		The Oregon Trail as President James Polk
1959		One Step Beyond (1 episode) as Cabinet Secretary (1 episode) as Warden
1959		Rawhide (1 episode) as Judge Wainwright (1 episode) as Frank Miller (1 episode) as Jed Blaine

1958		77 Sunset Strip (1 episode)
1958		Man with a Camera (1 episode)
1958		Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1 episode)
1958		Yancy Derringer (1 episode) as Judge Harper
1958		The Texan (1 episode)
1958		Cimarron City (26 episodes) as Martin Kingsley
1958		The Donna Reed Show (1 episode)
1958		Wanted: Dead or Alive (1 episode) as Dr. John Allen (1 episode) as Doctor
1958		The Saga of Hemp Brown as Col. Ford

1957		The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1 episode)
1957		26 Men (1 episode)
1957		Trackdown (6 episodes)
1957		Perry Mason (1 episode) as Smith (1 episode) as George Lansing
1957		The Deerslayer
1957		Gunsight Ridge as Tom Jones
1957		Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1 episode) as Evanson
1957		Tales of Wells Fargo (1 episode) as Gen. Lew Wallace

1956		Everything But the Truth as Roger Connolly
1956		Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1 episode) as Judge Lovett
1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1 episode)
1956		The Ten Commandments as Fan Bearer
1956		State Trooper (1 episode)
1956		Hey, Jeannie! (1 episode) as Judge Larkin
1956		The Adventures of Jim Bowie (2 episodes)
1956		Walk the Proud Land as Gov. Safford
1956		Telephone Time (1 episode)
1956		The Broken Star as Marshal Wayne Forrester
1956		Crime Against Joe as District Attorney Roy Kasden
1956		When Gangland Strikes as Mark Spurlock
1956		Fury at Gunsight Pass as Charles Hanford

1955		Matinee Theater (5 episodes)
1955		Illegal as Steve Harper
1955		Fort Yuma as Gen. Crook
1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 episode) as Mr. Johnson (1 episode) as Judge
1955		Frontier (1 episode)
1955		Cheyenne (1 episode) as Col. Danial H. Forrest
1955		High Society as Sam Cosgrove
1955		The Millionaire (1 episode) as Police Chief James L. Peterson (1 episode) as H. H. Hungerford

1954		Climax! (2 episodes)
1954		Lassie (1 episode)

1953

(1 episode) as Beseley (2 episodes) as Mr. Ross (1 episode) as Ralph Verdeen (1 episode) as Mr. Abbott (1 episode) as Leonard Craigle

1951

(1 episode) as Pete Hunter (1 episode) as Jesse Childs (1 episode)

1950		Lux Video Theatre (1 episode) as Gen. Spencer (1 episode) as Col. Bessette (1 episode) as Michaels
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents (1 episode) as Henry (2 episodes)
1950		Davy Crockett, Indian Scout as Capt. Weightman

1949		Mighty Joe Young as Attorney (uncredited)
1949		Rustlers as Frank Abbott
1949		Henry, the Rainmaker as Steve Richards

1948		Studio One (1 episode) as Arthur (1 episode) as Mr. MacKail (1 episode) as Carter Jackson (1 episode)
1948		The Philco Television Playhouse (1 episode)
1948		Lulu Belle as Police Commissioner John Dixon
1948		Call Northside 777 as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
1948		If You Knew Susie as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
1948		Reaching from Heaven as Max Bradley

1947		Monsieur Verdoux as Bank Manager (uncredited)
1947		The Millerson Case as Dr. Wickersham

1946		Love Laughs at Andy Hardy as Mr. Benedict
1946		Criminal Court as District Attorney Gordon
1946		Angel on My Shoulder as Big Harry (uncredited)
1946		Step by Step as James Blackton
1946		The Hoodlum Saint as Reverend Miller

1945		Leave Her to Heaven as Bedford (uncredited)
1945		Black Market Babies
1945		Danger Signal as Police Inspector
1945		The Tiger Woman as Mr. White
1945		Spellbound as Police Captain (uncredited)
1945		The Royal Mounted Rides Again as Jackson Decker
1945		Strange Confession as Dr. Williams
1945		Come Out Fighting as Police Commissioner James Mitchell
1945		The Shanghai Cobra as John Adams
1945		Men in Her Diary as Attorney Cavanagh
1945		Adventures of Rusty as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
1945		Divorce as Plummer
1945		Secrets of a Sorority Girl as John Hamilton
1945		Bewitched as John Ellis
1945		The Chicago Kid as The Warden
1945		Bells of Rosarita as Slim Phillips
1945		The Last Installment as Warden
1945		Betrayal from the East as Captain Bates, G-2
1945		The Master Key as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
1945		I'll Remember April as Inspector Pat Malloy
1945		Grissly's Millions as Henry Adams

1944		The Mummy's Curse as Maj. Pat Walsh
1944		Barbary Coast Gent as Wade Gamelin
1944		Marriage Is a Private Affair as Col. H.W. Ryder
1944		Bordertown Trail as Fontaine
1944		Raiders of Ghost City as Colonel Sewell
1944		Are These Our Parents? as Clint Davis
1944		A Night of Adventure as District Attorney Branson
1944		Moon Over Las Vegas as Judge
1944		Main Street Today as Fred Baker
1944		The Fighting Seabees as Capt. Joyce

1943		A Guy Named Joe as Maj. Corbett
1943		Where Are Your Children? as Halstead
1943		Mystery Broadcast as Bill Burton
1943		The Deerslayer as Mr. Hutter
1943		The Mad Ghoul as Editor Gavigan
1943		The Mystery of the 13th Guest as District Attorney
1943		Wagon Wheels West as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
1943		Swing Shift Maisie as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
1943		Corvette K-225 as Cmdr. Rowland
1943		Oklahoma Outlaws as Judge John Walton
1943		Adventures of the Flying Cadets as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
1943		Headin' for God's Country as District Commissioner
1943		Destroyer as Ship Building Foreman
1943		Crime Doctor as Prison Warden
1943		Air Force as Maj. Daniels

1942		Ridin' Down the Canyon as Gus Jordan
1942		Underground Agent as George Martin
1942		War Dogs as William Freeman
1942		Secrets of a Co-Ed as District Attorney
1942		For Me and My Gal as France Doctor (uncredited)
1942		Flying Tigers as R.T. Lindsay
1942		Secret Enemies as C.G. Travers
1942		The Big Street as Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)
1942		The War Against Mrs. Hadley as Colonel
1942		A-Haunting We Will Go as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
1942		The Pride of the Yankees as Coach
1942		Men of Texas as Silas Hurlbert
1942		Friendly Enemies as Inspector McCarthy
1942		Private Buckaroo as Officer
1942		Top Sergeant as Col. Gray
1942		Pacific Rendezvous as Gordon Trisby
1942		Secret Agent of Japan as Remsen
1942		My Favorite Blonde as Herbert Wilson
1942		Mokey as Judge
1942		Man With Two Lives as Lt. Detective George Bradley
1942		Cowboy Serenade as Asa Lock
1942		A Close Call for Ellery Queen as Lester Younger
1942		The Lady Has Plans as Paul Baker
1942		Blue, White, and Perfect as Thomas
1942		Sealed Lips as Chief Gary Benson

1941		Ball of Fire as District Attorney
1941		Design for Scandal as Divorce Lawyer
1941		They Died with Their Boots On as Adjutant (uncredited)
1941		Texas as Matt Lashan
1941		Badlands Of Dakota as Gen. George Custer
1941		Dive Bomber as Surgeon (uncredited)
1941		Our Wife as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
1941		Her First Beau as Dr. Tom Wood
1941		Sheriff of Tombstone as Mayor Luke Keeler
1941		Mutiny in the Arctic as Ferguson
1941		Men of Boys Town as The Judge
1941		The Great Lie as Mr. Talbot
1941		I Wanted Wings as Flight Surgeon
1941		Back in the Saddle as Duke Winston
1941		Western Union as Captain Harlow
1941		Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as George Benedict
1941		Forbidden Passage as Frank J. Maxwell
1941		Tall, Dark and Handsome as Miitary Academy Commandant

1940		Flight Command as Vice Admiral
1940		Arizona as Capt. Hunter
1940		Little Nellie Kelly as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
1940		Cherokee Strip as Ned Strawn
1940		Public Deb No. 1 as Sanford
1940		Wyoming as Kincaid
1940		Girl from Havana as Harrigan
1940		South to Karanga as Edmund Daniels
1940		Moon Over Burma as Art Bryan
1940		Pony Express Days as Tipton Walton
1940		Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as George Benedict
1940		Island of Doomed Men as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
1940		Gangs of Chicago as Evans
1940		Edison, the Man as Mr. Johnson
1940		Ski Patrol as James Burton - Speaker
1940		Charlie Chan in Panama as R.J. Godley
1940		Northwest Passage as Lieutenant Crofton
1940		The Man from Dakota as Confederate Provost Marshal
1940		My Little Chickadee as Judge (uncredited)
1940		The Lone Wolf Strikes as Stanley Young

1939		Slightly Honorable as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
1939		Nick Carter, Master Detective as Streeter - President of Radex
1939		The Man from Montreal as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
1939		Geronimo as Frederick Allison
1939		Espionage Agent as Bruce Corvall
1939		Thunder Afloat as Admiral Ross
1939		Bad Lands as Rayburn
1939		When Tomorrow Comes as Refugee Leader at Bus
1939		They All Come Out as Warden - Atlanta
1939		Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever as Mr. Benedict
1939		Tell No Tales as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
1939		The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Detective
1939		Inside Information as Gerald Banford
1939		Exile Express as Purnell
1939		They Made Her a Spy as Senator Everett Brock
1939		Whispering Enemies as Red Barrett
1939		Mystery of the White Room as Dr. Finley Morton
1939		Money to Loan as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
1939		Twelve Crowded Hours as Berquist
1939		Off the Record as Brand
1939		Burn 'Em Up O'Connor as Ed Eberhart

1938		Flight to Fame as Colonel King
1938		That Certain Age as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
1938		Valley of the Giants as Hewitt
1938		Boys Town as Judge
1938		Gateway as Inspector
1938		Strange Glory as Senator
1938		The Devil's Party as Inspector Bresnahan
1938		Accidents Will Happen as Blair Thurston
1938		Prison Nurse as Warden Benson
1938		Breakdowns of 1938 as Himself
1938		The Black Doll as A.H. Mallison

1937		Alcatraz Island as Fred MacLane
1937		Love Is on the Air as E.E. Nichols
1937		Wine, Women and Horses as Gambler
1937		Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Second Doctor (uncredited)
1937		White Bondage as Kip Gillis
1937		Romance of Louisiana as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
1937		Dance Charlie Dance as Gordon Fox
1937		The Singing Marine as Mr. Fowler
1937		Draegerman Courage as John McNally
1937		Ready, Willing and Able as Edward McNeil
1937		Her Husband's Secretary as Steven Garron
1937		Black Legion as Prosecuting Attorney
1937		God's Country and the Woman as Gaskett
1937		Smart Blonde as Fitz Mularkay

1936		Trailin' West as Curley Thorne
1936		Anthony Adverse as Capt. Matanaza
1936		The Case of the Velvet Claws as Frank Locke
1936		China Clipper as Mr. B.C. Hill
1936		Jailbreak as Dan Varner
1936		Hot Money as Forbes
1936		Public Enemy's Wife as Warden Williams
1936		Bullets or Ballots as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
1936		The Law in Her Hands as William McGuire
1936		Road Gang as Parmenter (Prison Farm Warden)
1936		Colleen as Schuyler
1936		The Walking Dead as Prison Warden
1936		Sutter's Gold as James Marshall
1936		Song of the Saddle as Frank Wilson Sr.
1936		The Petrified Forest as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1936		Man Hunt as Mel Purdue
1936		Ceiling Zero as Fred Adams

1935		A Dream Comes True as Narrator
1935		Frisco Kid as William Coleman
1935		The Eagle's Brood as Big Henry
1935		Freckles as Butch as Jack Carter
1935		Little Big Shot as Hank Gibbs
1935		Here Comes the Band as Colonel Wallace
1935		Front Page Woman as District Attorney
1935		Dinky as District Attorney
1935		'G' Men as Bruce J. Gregory
1935		Alias Mary Dow as Martin
1935		Eight Bells as Tracey
1935		A Dog of Flanders as Herden
1935		Sweet Music as Mr. Thomas
1935		Home on the Range as Beady
1935		The White Cockatoo as David Lorn
1935		Society Doctor as Harrigan

1934		Babbitt as District Attorney
1934		Gentlemen Are Born as Martinson
1934		The St. Louis Kid as Mr. Brown
1934		Our Daily Bread as Louie
1934		A Lost Lady as State Attorney (uncredited)
1934		The Case of the Howling Dog as Judge Markham
1934		Handy Andy as McKechnie (uncredited)
1934		Such Women Are Dangerous as Delange

1933		Lone Cowboy as Dobe Jones
1933		Riot Squad as Diamonds Jareck

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