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Richard Cromwell is a Actor American born on 8 january 1910 at Long Beach (USA)

Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell
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Birth name LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh
Nationality USA
Birth 8 january 1910 at Long Beach (USA)
Death 11 october 1960 (at 50 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Richard Cromwell, born LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh ((1910-01-08)January 8, 1910 – October 11, 1960(1960-10-11)), was an American actor. His family and friends called him Roy, though he was also professionally known and signed autographs as Dick Cromwell. Cromwell's career was at its pinnacle with his work in Jezebel (1938) with Bette Davis and Henry Fonda and again with Fonda in John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). Cromwell's fame was perhaps first assured in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), where he shared top billing with Gary Cooper and Franchot Tone. That film was the first major effort directed by Henry Hathaway and it was based upon the popular novel by Francis Yeats-Brown. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer earned Paramount Studios a nomination for Best Picture in 1935, though Mutiny on the Bounty instead took the top award at the Oscars that year.

Leslie Halliwell in The Filmgoer's Companion, summed up Cromwell's enduring appeal when he described him as "a leading man, [the] gentle hero of early sound films."

Biography

Back in California for good, Cromwell was married once, briefly from 1945–1946, to the British-born actress Angela Lansbury, when she was 19 and Cromwell was 35. Cromwell and Lansbury eloped and were married in a small civil ceremony on September 27, 1945, in Independence, California.

In her authorized biography, Balancing Act, Lansbury recounts her life with Cromwell, as well as the couple's close friendship with Zachary Scott and his first wife, Elaine. Lansbury and Cromwell have stars within walking distance of each other on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cromwell made just one statement to the press regarding his wife of nine months and one of her habits: "All over the house, tea bags. In the middle of the night she'd get up and start drinking tea. It nearly drove me crazy."

According to the biography: Angela Lansbury, A Life on Stage and Screen, Lansbury stated in a 1966 interview that her first marriage, "was a mistake" and that she learned from it. She stated, "I wouldn't have not done it", and, "I was too young at 19. [The marriage] shouldn't have happened." Articles based on interviews with Lansbury have stated that Cromwell was gay.

Cromwell and Lansbury remained friends until his death in 1960.

Best films

Emma
Emma
(1932)
(Actor)

Usually with

Robert Warwick
Robert Warwick
(3 films)
Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson
(3 films)
Wade Boteler
Wade Boteler
(3 films)
Charles Middleton
Charles Middleton
(3 films)
Slim Summerville
Slim Summerville
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Cromwell (28 films)

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Actor

Baby Face Morgan
Baby Face Morgan (1942)
, 1h3
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Mary Carlisle, Richard Cromwell, Robert Armstrong, Chick Chandler, Warren Hymer, Charles Judels
Roles Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan
Rating52% 2.618752.618752.618752.618752.61875
With America engaged in fighting World War II, the traditional gangsters have fallen on tough times. 'Doc' Rogers (Robert Armstrong) summons criminals from around the nation for a summit. He proposes that the only way they can regain their former wealth and influence is uniting under a strong leader. As the now deceased Mob Boss “Big Morgan” was their greatest leader, Rogers, his lieutenant, decides to bring in Morgan’s son (Richard Cromwell) Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan to lead the united gangsters. Rogers sends two of his loyal, but dim witted henchmen to see whether Edward as the capabilities of his father, and if he does to bring him back.
Parachute Battalion
Parachute Battalion (1941)
, 1h15
Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Robert Preston, Nancy Kelly, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Carey, Buddy Ebsen, Paul Kelly
Roles Spence
Rating58% 2.905492.905492.905492.905492.90549
Three men enlist in the United States Army in the summer of 1941. Bill Burke (O'Brien) is doubtful of his own courage and enlists while intoxicated. Don Morse (Preston), an All-American football player at Harvard, enlists to avoid being engaged to two women simultaneously, told that army privates are not allowed to marry. Jeff Hollis (Ebsen) is a hillbilly cajoled into enlisting by the daughter of a feuding family. They meet on the train to Fort Benning, Georgia, for training as parachute infantry. Don and Bill's attempts to become better acquainted with pretty fellow passenger Kit Richards (Nancy Kelly) annoy her father, Bill "Old Thunderhead" Richards (Carey), until they reveal that they are Army recruits.
The Villain Still Pursued Her
The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940)
, 1h6
Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Cromwell, Hugh Herbert, Alan Mowbray, Buster Keaton, Anita Louise, Joyce Compton
Roles Edward Middleton
Rating55% 2.757562.757562.757562.757562.75756
Le mélodrame victorien obtient un grand envoi dans cette production parodie de la vieille pièce "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved". La pièce dans le film est l'ancienne où le méchant méchant Cribbs envisage de mettre ses griffes vigoureuses sur l'héroïne en conduisant son mari naïf à la ruine alcoolique. Heureusement, un conférencier en tempérance est sur place pour mettre les choses au clair, tout comme le grand Buster Keaton en tant qu'ami de l'ivrogne.
Young Mr. Lincoln
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
, 1h40
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Richard Cromwell, Donald Meek
Roles Matt Clay
Rating74% 3.745933.745933.745933.745933.74593
A family traveling through New Salem, Illinois in their wagon need groceries from Lincoln's store and the only thing of value they have is a barrel of old books including a law book, Blackstone's Commentaries. After thoroughly reading the book, Abe opts for the law after receiving encouragement from his early, ill-fated love, Ann Rutledge (Pauline Moore). Too poor to own even a horse, he arrives in Springfield on a mule and soon establishes a law practice with friend John Stuart (Edwin Maxwell). At a July 4 celebration, a man is murdered in a brawl – the accused are two brothers. Lincoln prevents the lynching of the accused at the jail by telling the angry mob he really needs these clients for his first real case. Admiring his courage, Mary Todd (Marjorie Weaver) – later to be his wife – invites Lincoln to her sister's soiree and expresses an intense interest in his future.
Jezebel
Jezebel (1938)
, 1h44
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Fay Bainter
Roles Ted Dillard
Rating73% 3.6974453.6974453.6974453.6974453.697445
In 1852 New Orleans, spoiled, strong-willed belle Julie Marsden (Bette Davis) is engaged to banker Preston "Pres" Dillard (Henry Fonda). In retaliation for Pres refusing to drop his work and accompany her while she shops for a dress, she orders a brazen red one for the most important ball of the year, one where white dresses for unmarried women are expected. All of Julie's friends are shocked, but no one can convince her to give up her whim.
Storm Over Bengal
Storm Over Bengal (1938)
, 1h5
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Patric Knowles, Richard Cromwell, Edward Van Sloan, Rochelle Hudson, Douglass Dumbrille, Colin Tapley
Roles Lt. Neil Allison
Rating53% 2.693162.693162.693162.693162.69316
Two Royal Air Force officers, Flt Lt Hallett and F/O Neil Allison visit a British outpost in India. Neil is the younger brother of Army Intelligence Officer Captain Jeffrey Allison who is away on an undercover mission in the unaligned and independent Princely state of Lhanapur. The British are worried about radio broadcasts from Ramin Khan inciting the Indian people to revolt. Upon the death of the elderly Maharajah of Lhanapur, Ramin Khan schemes to usurp the throne as a base for his revolt.
The Road Back
The Road Back (1937)
, 1h37
Directed by James Whale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors John King, Richard Cromwell, Slim Summerville, Maurice Murphy, Andy Devine, John Emery
Roles Ludwig
Rating63% 3.1944053.1944053.1944053.1944053.194405
The despair and disillusionment of four men who return to civilian life in Germany after the First World War.
The Wrong Road
The Wrong Road (1937)
, 1h2
Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Cromwell, Helen Mack, Lionel Atwill, Horace McMahon, Russ Powell, Billy Bevan
Roles Jimmy Caldwell
Rating53% 2.66332.66332.66332.66332.6633
A young married couple (Cromwell and Mack), whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected, decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences.
Poppy
Poppy (1936)
, 1h13
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Circus films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors W. C. Fields, Rochelle Hudson, Richard Cromwell, Catherine Doucet, Lynne Overman, Wade Boteler
Roles Billy Farnsworth
Rating66% 3.3445153.3445153.3445153.3445153.344515
Eustace McGargle (Fields), a con artist, snake oil salesman and exponent of the shell game, tries to escape the sheriff while taking care of his beloved adopted daughter, Poppy (Hudson), who after pretending to be an heiress to win an inheritance, turns out to really be an heiress.
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
, 1h49
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell, Guy Standing, Kathleen Burke, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles Donald Stone
Rating69% 3.495743.495743.495743.495743.49574
On the northwest frontier of India during the British Raj, Scottish Canadian Lieutenant Alan McGregor (Gary Cooper), in charge of newcomers, welcomes two replacements to the 41st Bengal Lancers, Lieutenant Forsythe (Franchot Tone) and Lieutenant Donald Stone (Richard Cromwell), the son of the unit's commander, Colonel Tom Stone (Guy Standing). Lieutenant Stone has volunteered to serve on the Indian front solely in the belief that his father specifically sent for him, while Lieutenant Forsythe, an experienced cavalrymen, is simply sent off as a replacement for an officer who recently died. After the formal introduction, Lieutenant Stone realizes his father never actually sent for him, a discovery that breaks his heart. In attempt to show impartiality, the colonel treats his son very coldly, which is misinterpreted and causes even more frustration and resentment in the young man.