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Charles Richman is a Actor American born on 11 january 1865 at Chicago (USA)

Charles Richman

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Birth name Charles J. Richman
Nationality USA
Birth 11 january 1865 at Chicago (USA)
Death 1 december 1940 (at 75 years) at the Bronx (USA)

Charles J. Richman (January 12, 1865 – December 1, 1940) was an American stage and film actor who appeared in 66 films between 1914 and 1939. Long before entering films Richman, in his youth one of the handsomest men on the stage, achieved a tremendous amount of stardom and success in the legitimate theatre. Most certainly film acting was an afterthought in his long and distinguished stage career. In Hollywood, he often played supporting roles as a dignified authoritarian figures like General Tufto in the first Technicolor film Becky Sharp (1935) and Judge Thatcher in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938).

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in The Bronx, New York.

Biography

Au théâtre, Charles Richman est très actif à Broadway (New York), où il joue de 1896 à 1936, exclusivement dans des pièces.

Au cinéma, il apparaît dans soixante-six films américains, entre 1914 et 1939 (dont vingt-huit muets jusqu'en 1923, puis un premier parlant en 1931).

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Filmography of Charles Richman (36 films)

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Actor

Dark Victory, 1h44
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Henry Travers, Ronald Reagan
Roles Colonel Mantle
Rating73% 3.69683.69683.69683.69683.6968
Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) is a young, carefree, hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses, fast cars, and too much smoking and drinking. She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision, but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding, and then tumbles down a flight of stairs, her secretary and best friend Ann King (Geraldine Fitzgerald) insists she see the family doctor, who refers her to a specialist.
Devil's Island, 1h2
Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films
Actors Boris Karloff, James Stephenson, Will Stanton, Edward Keane, Robert Warwick, Pedro de Cordoba
Roles Governor Beaufort
Rating64% 3.2397253.2397253.2397253.2397253.239725
For treating a wounded revolutionary, respected surgeon, Dr. Charles Gaudet (Boris Karloff) is sentenced to life imprisonment to the infamous French penal colony on Devil's Island. It isn't long before he speaks out against the inhuman conditions and incurs the anger of the brutal prison commander, Colonel Armand Lucien (James Stephenson). But when Lucien's daughter Collette receives life-threatening wounds in an accident, the only person on Devils Island who can save her, is Gaudet.
Exile Express, 1h11
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Anna Sten, Alan Marshal, Jerome Cowan, Walter Catlett, Jed Prouty, Stanley Fields
Roles Judge
Rating51% 2.588522.588522.588522.588522.58852
After being wrongly implicated in the murder of her scientist boss by foreign agents, a young immigrant woman is placed on board an "exile express" from California to New York City where she is to be deported from Ellis Island. With the help of a journalist who has fallen in love with her, she jumps the train and sets out to prove her innocence.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 1h33
Directed by George Cukor, Norman Taurog, H. C. Potter, William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about children
Actors Jackie Moran, Tommy Kelly, May Robson, Ann Gillis, Walter Brennan, Victor Jory
Roles Judge Thatcher
Rating70% 3.541493.541493.541493.541493.54149
The United Artists release includes most of the sequences familiar to readers of the book, including the fence-whitewashing episode; a wild raft ride down the Mississippi River; Tom and Huckleberry Finn's attendance at their own funeral, after the boys, who were enjoying an adventure on a remote island, are presumed dead; the murder trial of local drunkard Muff Potter; and Tom and Becky Thatcher's flight through a cave as they try to escape from Injun Joe, who is revealed to be the real killer.
Holiday
Holiday (1938)
, 1h35
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Edward Everett Horton, Henry Kolker
Roles Thayer (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.8468053.8468053.8468053.8468053.846805
Johnny Case (Cary Grant), a self-made man who has worked all of his life, is about to marry Julia Seton (Doris Nolan), whom he met while on holiday in Lake Placid, New York. He knows very little about his bride-to-be, and is flabbergasted to learn that she is from an extremely wealthy family, the daughter of banker Edward Seton (Henry Kolker). He meets Julia's vivacious sister Linda (Katharine Hepburn), to whom he confides his plan to take a long holiday from work to find the meaning of life, and also meets the sisters' dissolute brother Ned (Lew Ayres), whose spirit has been broken by subservience to his father. At first, the father is stunned when Julia tells him about her plan to marry Johnny, but he is appeased after meeting him and looking into his work history. Julia makes plans for an elaborate New Year's Eve engagement party, even though she promised Linda that she could throw Johnny and Julia a smaller, more personal affair that would include only close friends.
The Cowboy and the Lady, 1h31
Directed by William Wyler, H. C. Potter, Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Gary Cooper, Merle Oberon, Walter Brennan, Harry Davenport, Fuzzy Knight, Patsy Kelly
Roles Dillon
Rating64% 3.2462253.2462253.2462253.2462253.246225
Mary Smith (Merle Oberon), daughter of presidential hopeful Horace Smith (Henry Kolker), has lived a cloistered life free of any scandal. Although she is devoted to her father and supports his political aspirations, she longs for a life of her own. Believing she needs some excitement in her life, Mary's free-spirited Uncle Hannibal (Harry Davenport) takes her dancing at a nightclub, which the police raid for gambling. When Horace learns that press reporters have discovered Mary's name on the police report, he sends his daughter off to the family's Palm Beach, Florida mansion.
Nothing Sacred, 1h17
Directed by William A. Wellman, William Cameron Menzies
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about journalists
Actors Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Walter Connolly, Charles Winninger, Sig Ruman, Margaret Hamilton
Roles le maire
Rating68% 3.4453.4453.4453.4453.445
New York newspaper reporter Wally Cook (Fredric March) is blamed for passing off an ordinary African-American (Troy Brown) as an African nobleman hosting a charity event (despite his claims of not knowing this was false). Cook is demoted to writing obituaries. He begs his boss Oliver Stone (Walter Connolly) for another chance. Wally is sent to the (fictional) town of Warsaw, Vermont, to interview Hazel Flagg (Carole Lombard), a woman supposedly dying of radium poisoning. Cook finally locates Hazel, who is crying because her doctor has told her that she is not dying. Unaware of this, he invites her to New York as the guest of the Morning Star newspaper.
The Life of Emile Zola, 1h56
Directed by William Dieterle, Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Films about writers, Spy films, Seafaring films, Prison films, Films about racism, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about capital punishment, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Paul Muni, Gloria Holden, Gale Sondergaard, Joseph Schildkraut, Donald Crisp, Henry O'Neill
Roles M. Delagorgue
Rating71% 3.5950553.5950553.5950553.5950553.595055
Set in the mid through late 19th century, it depicts Zola's friendship with Post-Impressionist painter Paul Cézanne, and his rise to fame through his prolific writing, with particular focus on his involvement late in life in the Dreyfus affair.
Lady Behave!, 1h10
Directed by Lloyd Corrigan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sally Eilers, Neil Hamilton, Joseph Schildkraut, Grant Mitchell, Patricia Farr, Marcia Mae Jones
Roles Howells
Rating60% 3.0446453.0446453.0446453.0446453.044645
Prior to leaving for Haiti, two sisters and their godfather/legal advisor are having a holiday in New Orleans. The fun loving Clarice goes out for a night on the town for their Mardi Gras as sensible conservative Paula and Godfather Burton Williams remain home and prepare for their journey. Clarice comes back in the early morning in a state of drunkenness. Before she passes out she reveals she married the equally drunk wealthy playboy Stephen Cormack during the night. Clarice has forgotten that she is already married to gigolo Michael Andrews.
Make a Wish, 1h17
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Bobby Breen, Henry Armetta, Donald Meek, Leonid Kinskey, Herbert Rawlinson
Roles Wagner
Rating54% 2.723322.723322.723322.723322.72332
Whilst at summer camp in the Maine woods, young Chip Winters (Breen) befriends British composer Johnathan Selden (Rathbone), who left the city high life to try and break his creative block, and is soon playing matchmaker for his widowed singer mother Irene Winters (Claire) and Selden.
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford, 1h22
Directed by Stephen Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors William Powell, Jean Arthur, James Gleason, Eric Blore, Robert Armstrong, Lila Lee
Roles Mr. Curtis (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4443153.4443153.4443153.4443153.444315
Wealthy murder mystery writer Paula Bradford (Jean Arthur) returns from her worldwide travels to see her former husband, surgeon Dr. Lawrence "Brad" Bradford (William Powell). He had divorced her because she was always involving him in real-life murder cases, but she wants him back. When a jockey riding the favorite dies while leading a race, she is convinced it was murder. She and Mike North (Frank M. Thomas), the horse's trainer, persuade the reluctant doctor to investigate. Brad is puzzled when he finds traces of gelatin on the corpse.
Under Your Spell, 1h2
Directed by Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Wendy Barrie, Gregory Ratoff, Arthur Treacher, Gregory Gaye, Charles Richman, Berton Churchill
Roles Uncle Bob
Rating61% 3.050083.050083.050083.050083.05008
Chicago socialite Cynthia Drexel arranges for New York City opera star Anthony Allen to sing at a private party for a $15,000 fee but, tired of his arduous performance schedule and the silly promotional stunts devised by his agent Petroff, he flees to his hometown in New Mexico, then his secluded cabin in the Sierra Madres. Determined to make him fulfill his commitment, Cynthia pursues him in her private plane, but he refuses to return with her, despite the efforts of her Uncle Bob and his valet Botts to convince him otherwise.