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Dick Wessel is a Actor American born on 20 april 1913 at Milwaukee

Dick Wessel

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Birth name Richard M. Wessel
Nationality USA
Birth 20 april 1913 at Milwaukee
Death 20 april 1965 (at 52 years)

Dick Wessel (April 20, 1913 – April 20, 1965) was an American film actor. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wessel appeared in more than 270 films between 1935 and 1966. He is best remembered for his chilling portrayal of the ruthless strangler Harry "Cueball" Lake in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball.

Modern viewers will remember Wessel for his appearances in the Three Stooges short subjects Punchy Cowpunchers and as Chopper Kane in Fright Night and its remake, Fling in the Ring.

From 1959 to 1961, Wessel co-starred as Carney Kohler in all forty-two episodes of Darren McGavin's NBC western television series, Riverboat, set along the Mississippi River prior to the American Civil War.

In 1959, he appeared as police captain Bob Rattigan in the episode "Rattigan and the Cat" of the syndicated Border Patrol series, starring Richard Webb. He also appeared in the John Bromfield syndicated crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise. He was cast as Charlie in the episode, "A Kind of a Stopwatch" of CBS's The Twilight Zone. He also guest starred in Jackie Cooper's CBS sitcom/drama Hennesey and on Stanley Holloway's ABC sitcom, Our Man Higgins.

Wessel died of a sudden heart attack at his home in Studio City, California, on his 52nd birthday. He had just finished his role as Eddie the garbage man in the Disney film The Ugly Dachshund. Voice artist Paul Frees dubbed in Wessel's voice during post-production.

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Filmography of Dick Wessel (112 films)

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The Ugly Dachshund, 1h35
Directed by Norman Tokar, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette, Charles Ruggles, Parley Baer, Mako Iwamatsu, Charles Lane
Roles Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2503053.2503053.2503053.2503053.250305
Fran Garrison (Suzanne Pleshette) and her husband Mark (Dean Jones) are a young happy married couple and the proud owners of an award-winning Dachshund named Danke. The movie begins with them frantically getting into the car and heading to the hospital as "the pain has started and it's about time". In a hurry to the hospital, Officer Carmody tries to pull them over for going 50 mph in a 25 mph zone. After notifying that they are on the way to the hospital and indicating that Fran is the one in labor, Officer Carmody pulls in front of them and turns on the sirens to escort them to the county hospital. After he arrives and turns to find that Mr. and Mrs. Garrison have gone past him, he gets back on his motorcycle and follows them to the vet. It is then revealed that Danke is the one in labor. While Mark is outside waiting on Fran, Officer Carmody catches up to him and after Mark thanks him for helping them get to the vet on time, Officer Carmody reveals that he was under the impression that Mrs. Garrison was the one in labor and proceeds to write multiple traffic violation tickets totaling to $110. On the day that Mr. Garrison arrives at the vet to pick up Danke and her three newborn puppies: Wilhelmina, Heidi, and Chloe, veterinarian Dr. Pruitt (Charlie Ruggles) mentions that his female Great Dane, Duchess, has also just given birth but unfortunately does not have enough milk for all of her puppies and the runt of the group has been cast aside by her - as most dogs do under these circumstances. Doc Pruitt convinces Mark to bring the Great Dane puppy home so that Danke may wet nurse him until he has weaned. When he arrives home and Fran notices that there is another puppy, she is surprised but does not suspect that the puppy is from another litter and reminds Mark that he should thank Danke for giving him a boy like he always wanted. Before he knows it and after keeping his secret from Fran, the puppies have grown drastically in size. Of course, the Great Dane puppy whom he has named Brutus is significantly larger than the other four Dachshunds. As the dog grows up with Fran's Dachshund puppies, he believes he is one of them and picks up mannerisms like hunching close to the ground to walk. The Dachshunds are mischievous creatures and lead poor unsuspecting Brutus through a series of comic misadventures with Officer Carmody (now Sergeant Carmody) being chased up a tree, Mark's studio being splattered with paint, and a garden party being turned topsy-turvy. Fran wants Mark to remove Brutus from the house once-and-for-all but when Brutus saves her favorite puppy, Chloe from the garbage truck, she changes her mind. Mark and Fran enter their dogs in a dog show with Brutus meeting others of his breed. He notices a female Harlequin Great Dane and stands at attention. He goes on to win two blue ribbons. Brutus finally finds out what it's like to be a Great Dane.
Wives and Lovers, 1h43
Directed by John Rich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Janet Leigh, Van Johnson, Shelley Winters, Martha Hyer, Ray Walston, Lee Patrick
Roles Mr. Liberti
Rating58% 2.900492.900492.900492.900492.90049
Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a struggling writer, at least until agent Lucinda Ford breaks the news that she's sold his book to a publisher, including the rights to turn it into a Broadway play.
Who's Minding the Store?, 1h31
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Jerry Lewis, Jill St John, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Walston, Kathleen Freeman, John McGiver
Roles Traffic Cop
Rating67% 3.35043.35043.35043.35043.3504
The rich Mrs. Tuttle (Agnes Moorehead) is upset that her daughter Barbara (Jill St. John) is engaged to a man beneath their social stature, Norman Phiffier (Jerry Lewis).
All in a Night's Work, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Cliff Robertson, Charles Ruggles, Norma Crane, Jerome Cowan
Roles Janitor (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0484953.0484953.0484953.0484953.048495
Tony Ryder's uncle, the wealthy owner of a newspaper, has just died. The young playboy Tony inherits the paper but is left with a board of directors that thinks he's unsuited for the task, plus a hotel detective who thinks Tony should know about a girl who was seen running away from his uncle's Palm Beach hotel room, wearing nothing but a Turkish towel and an earring, on the night of his death.
Pocketful of Miracles, 2h16
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Governor of Florida (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5504353.5504353.5504353.5504353.550435
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he finds Annie terribly upset.
The Gazebo
The Gazebo (1960)
, 1h40
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Glenn Ford, Debbie Reynolds, Carl Reiner, Martin Landau, John McGiver, Mabel Albertson
Roles Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel)
Rating67% 3.3977153.3977153.3977153.3977153.397715
Television writer and director Elliott Nash (Glenn Ford) is being blackmailed by Dan Shelby (Stanley Adams) over nude photographs of his wife Nell (Debbie Reynolds), taken when she was 18 years old. Elliott does not inform Nell, the star of a Broadway musical, what is going on, but works feverishly to make enough money to pay off the ever-increasing demands.
Around the World in Eighty Days, 2h47
Directed by John Farrow, Michael Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on science fiction novels
Actors David Niven, Cantinflas, Robert Newton, Shirley MacLaine, Charles Boyer, Cedric Hardwicke
Roles Train Engineer (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3490153.3490153.3490153.3490153.349015
Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow presents an onscreen prologue, featuring footage from A Trip to the Moon (1902) by Georges Méliès, explaining that it is based loosely on the book From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne. Also included is the launching of an unmanned rocket and footage of the earth receding.
The Desperados Are in Town, 1h13
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Arthur, Rhys Williams, Rhodes Reason, Dave O'Brien, Mae Clarke, Robert Osterloh
Roles Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
Rating63% 3.1592853.1592853.1592853.1592853.159285
Rebel Without a Cause, 1h51
Directed by Nicholas Ray, Don Alvarado, Gary Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Transport films, Films about automobiles
Actors James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Ann Doran, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson
Roles Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.7990753.7990753.7990753.7990753.799075
Behind the opening credits, the film opens on a suburban Los Angeles street with teenager Jim Stark (Dean) drunkenly lying down on a sidewalk. He is arrested and taken to the juvenile division of the police station for "plain drunkenness". At the station he meets John "Plato" Crawford (Mineo), who was brought in for shooting a litter of puppies with his mother's gun, and Judy (Wood), who was brought in for curfew violation (she was wearing a bright red dress with matching lipstick and was mistaken for being a streetwalker). The three each separately reveal their innermost frustrations to officers; all three of them suffer from problems at home:
Bowery to Bagdad, 1h4
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Jean Willes
Roles Henchman Gus
Rating61% 3.097163.097163.097163.097163.09716
Sach buys a magic lamp containing a Genie. A group of gangsters see the boys using the lamp and steal it. However, the boys had made a wish that only the Slip and Sach could request wishes from the Genie so he is unable to grant the gangsters wishes. The gangsters decide that if the two of them were dead then the Genie would have no choice but to obey their commands. The Genie has taken a liking to the boys and helps them escape, but they are transported back to Baghdad where the true master of the lamp resides, leaving Slip and Sach without any more wishes. The Genie, feeling sorry for them, grants them one more wish, which Sach uses to "wish I had the nerve to sock him (Slip) in the chin", which the Genie grants.
Fling in the Ring
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Frank Sully, Dick Wessel, Tiny Brauer
Roles Chopper Kane
Rating64% 3.238753.238753.238753.238753.23875
The Stooges are trainers for the boxer Chopper Kane (Richard Wessel). Their boss, Big Mike (Frank Sully), a mean-spirited prankster and mobster bets on Chopper's opponent, Gorilla Watson. He then tells the boys (after they bet all their money on the Chopper) to make the Chopper throw the fight or else.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1h27
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Marcel Dalio, Tommy Noonan
Roles Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5518253.5518253.5518253.5518253.551825
Lorelei Lee (Marilyn Monroe) and Dorothy Shaw (Jane Russell) are American showgirls and best friends. Lorelei has a passion for diamonds, believing that attracting a rich husband is one of the few ways a woman can succeed economically. She is engaged to Gus Esmond (Tommy Noonan), a naive nerd willing to do or buy anything for her. However, Gus is under the control of his wealthy, upper-class father. Dorothy, on the other hand, is looking for a different kind of love, attracted only to men who are good-looking and fit.
Let's Do It Again, 1h35
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Jane Wyman, Ray Milland, Aldo Ray, Leon Ames, Valerie Bettis, Tom Helmore
Rating57% 2.8540852.8540852.8540852.8540852.854085
Broadway philandering composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) discovers to his outrage that while he was taking a brief holiday from his marriage to Constance Stuart (Jane Wyman), she spent an evening in a "country inn" with rival composer Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). Connie points out the impropriety of Gary's own behavior with dancer Lilly Adair (Valerie Bettis), yet when he agrees with her suggestion to consult a lawyer, she is regretful, and the couple get a divorce.
Blackbeard, the Pirate, 1h39
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, L'Or
Actors Robert Newton, Linda Darnell, William Bendix, Keith Andes, Torin Thatcher, Richard Egan
Roles Dutchman
Rating59% 2.9983052.9983052.9983052.9983052.998305
The film follows British Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard (Keith Andes), who sets out to earn a reward by proving that privateer Henry Morgan (Torin Thatcher) also engages in piracy. Maynard, however, winds up posing as a surgeon on a ship captained by Blackbeard (Robert Newton), who is in the middle of a conflict with Morgan. Blackbeard must deal with Morgan, Maynard, and even his own greedy crew.
Love Is Better Than Ever, 1h21
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Larry Parks, Elizabeth Taylor, Josephine Hutchinson, Alex Gerry, Tom Tully, Ann Doran
Roles Smittie
Rating57% 2.855112.855112.855112.855112.85511
Confirmed bachelor Jud Parker likes his life the way it is. A talent agent, he goes to New Haven, Connecticut on a client's behalf and meets Anastacia "Stacie" Macaboy, who owns a dance school.