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Richard Collins is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 20 july 1914 at New York City (USA)

Richard Collins

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Birth name Richard J. Collins
Nationality USA
Birth 20 july 1914 at New York City (USA)
Death 14 february 2013 (at 98 years) at Ventura (USA)

Richard Collins est un scénariste et producteur américain, né le 20 juillet 1914 à New York et mort le 14 février 2013 à Ventura en Californie.

Collins débute une carrière de scénariste au cours des années 1940. Il travaille à plusieurs reprises avec Paul Jarrico. Placé sur la « liste noire » en raison de ses liens avec le parti communiste, il dénonce une vingtaine de personnalités d'Hollywood devant la commission sur les activités antiaméricaines. Collins reprend sa carrière durant les années 1950, écrit des scénarios, notamment pour Don Siegel, et travaille pour la télévision en tant que scénariste et producteur.

Biography

Jeunesse et formation
Richard Collins naît à New York. Son père est couturier et travaille pour de grandes familles, dont les Vanderbilt. Lorsque les Collins s'installent en Californie, il est scolarisé à la Beverly Hills High School, puis intègre l'université Stanford. Collins abandonne ses études après un semestre en raison de la crise économique. De retour à New York il rejoint la Ligue des jeunes communistes.


Carrière
Richard Collins regagne la Californie. Il est employé par un grand magasin, puis travaille pour différents studios de cinéma, dont la MGM, en tant que scénariste. Collins, qui épouse l'actrice Dorothy Comingore en 1939, participe à l'écriture du scénario de Rulers of the Sea , sorti la même année. Avec Paul Jarrico, il écrit le scénario des films musicaux La Parade aux étoiles (Thousands Cheer) et Song of Russia , sortis sur les écrans en 1943 et 1944, et de la comédie Deux nigauds vendeurs (Little Giant) mettant en vedette les comiques Abbott et Costello.

Richard Collins attire l'attention de la commission sur les activités antiaméricaines (HUAC) de la chambre des représentants, qui considère Song of Russia comme un film de propagande pro-soviétique. Son nom figure sur la liste de 19 membres ou anciens membres du parti communiste des États-Unis travaillant dans l'industrie du cinéma établie en 1947 par la commission, avec laquelle il refuse de coopérer. Son placement sur la « liste noire » ne lui permet plus de travailler pour les studios d'Hollywood. En 1951, Collins accepte de témoigner devant la commission. Il dénonce une vingtaine d'amis et collègues sympathisants ou affiliés au Parti communiste, parmi lesquels figurent son coscénariste Paul Jarrico et Budd Schulberg.

Après son témoignage, sa carrière reprend son cours. Dans les années 1950, Richard Collins participe à l'écriture de plusieurs films de Don Siegel, dont Les Révoltés de la cellule 11 (Riot in Cell Block 11), L'Invasion des profanateurs de sépultures (Invasion of the Body Snatchers) et Le Secret du Grand Canyon (Edge of Eternity). Il signe également le scénario de longs métrages comme Les Aventures de Hajji Baba (The Adventures if Hajji Baba) de Don Weis, Le Culte du cobra (Cult of the Cobra) de Francis D. Lyon, ou encore L'Or du Hollandais (The Badlanders) de Delmer Daves. Collins travaille sur des programmes de télévision comme Gruen Playhouse et General Electric Theater . À partir des années 1960, il écrit des épisodes de séries télévisées comme Les Incorruptibles, Opération vol, Bonanza et Matlock. Il produit plus de 100 épisodes de ces deux dernières.

Usually with

Don Siegel
Don Siegel
(5 films)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
(1 films)
Dabbs Greer
Dabbs Greer
(4 films)
Walter Wanger
Walter Wanger
(3 films)
Renié
Renié
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Richard Collins (20 films)

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Actor

Siege
Siege (1983)
, 1h24
Directed by Paul Donovan
Origin Canada
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Daryl Haney, Keith Knight, Doug Lennox, Richard Collins, Richard Collins
Roles Rosie
Rating65% 3.293413.293413.293413.293413.29341
A fascist group who call themselves New Order want to set some "new rules" in town while the police in Halifax (Nova Scotia, Canada) are on strike. They try to scare all of the homosexuals in a bar, but by accident the owner of the establishment is killed, and the leader of the bullies then decides to execute all witnesses. One guy, though, escapes and takes refuge in an isolated block of flats. The young tenants in the house refuse to hand over the survivor, and the bullies then decide to get rid of all the residents in the house. This turns out to be not so easy when the young people in the house barricade their apartments and set up traps and arm themselves in order to fight back.

Scriptwriter

Pay or Die!, 1h51
Directed by Richard Wilson, Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Ernest Borgnine, John Arthur Kennedy, Roy Engel, Francis McDonald, Betta St. John, Zohra Lampert
Roles Writer
Rating68% 3.44183.44183.44183.44183.4418
It is a dramatization of the career of crusading New York City police officer Joseph Petrosino, a pioneer in the fight against organized crime in America. The film deals primarily with Petrosino and his Italian Squad's opposition to the extortion rackets of the Black Hand in lower Manhattan's Little Italy.
Edge of Eternity, 1h20
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Elam, Dabbs Greer
Rating63% 3.1990153.1990153.1990153.1990153.199015
The film begins with an attempted assassination of a man looking into the Grand Canyon with his binoculars. The assassin disables the emergency brake from the man's car and attempts to run him over as the car goes off the edge. The man leaps out of the way and kills his assassin by throwing him off the rim. He is seen wandering by Eli, an old prospector who attempts to tell a Deputy Sheriff (Cornel Wilde). However Eli has a reputation for telling tall tales, so the deputy ignores him to chase an attractive woman (Victoria Shaw) speeding recklessly down the road. The unidentified man is later found dead, hanging bound and gagged in a former mining office in an abandoned gold mine.
The Badlanders
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Nehemiah Persoff
Rating63% 3.1965753.1965753.1965753.1965753.196575
In 1898, two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison. One, mining engineer and geologist Peter Van Hoek (Ladd), the "Dutchman," tells the warden he was framed for the robbery of a gold shipment from the Lisbon Mine. The other, John McBain (Borgnine), killed Bascomb, the man who cheated him out of his land.
My Gun Is Quick, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution
Actors Robert Bray, Whitney Blake, Donald Randolph, Fred Essler, Pamela Duncan, Booth Colman
Rating60% 3.04453.04453.04453.04453.0445
Private investigator Mike Hammer, by assisting a prostitute being assaulted, cannot help noticing a unique ring on her finger. When she later is found murdered that ring is nowhere to be found. From here the story goes to a cache of jewelry stolen by the Nazis during World War II and smuggled out of France after the war by an American army colonel, who, together with Mike Hammer, tries to find the ring and recover all the other jewels. However many parties are on the lookout and the private eye runs into big troubles.
Spanish Affair
Directed by Don Siegel, Luis Marquina
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Richard Kiley, Carmen Sevilla, Jesús Tordesillas, José Guardiola, José Manuel Martín, José Marco Davó
Rating53% 2.692832.692832.692832.692832.69283
Merritt Blake, a young American architect, comes to Spain to close a series of commercial agreements. When he learns that he will need to convince three Spanish architects of the design which he has proposed, he insists on inviting Mari (Antonio's assistant) to function as interpreter.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1h20
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Disaster films
Actors Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Ralph Dumke
Rating76% 3.8476353.8476353.8476353.8476353.847635
Psychiatrist Dr. Hill is called to the emergency room of a hospital, where a screaming man is being held in custody. Dr. Hill agrees to listen to his story. The man identifies himself as doctor, and he recounts, in flashback, the events leading up to his arrest and arrival at the hospital:
Cult of the Cobra
Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Horror
Actors Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson, Jack Kelly, Kathleen Hughes, William Reynolds
Roles Ecrivain
Rating58% 2.902352.902352.902352.902352.90235
While stationed in Asia, six American G.I.'s witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When discovered by the cult, the High Lamian Priest vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". Once back in the United States, a mysterious woman enters into their lives and accidents begin to happen. The shadow of a cobra is seen just before each death.
Riot in Cell Block 11, 1h20
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films
Actors Neville Brand, Leo Gordon, Emile Meyer, Frank Faylen, Whit Bissell, Paul Frees
Roles Story
Rating69% 3.4953653.4953653.4953653.4953653.495365
One night, several prison inmates take guards prisoner to protest brutal conditions in their prison. They then make their demands known to Reynolds Warden (Emile Meyer), a liberal-minded administrator who has complained for many years about the same conditions. James V. Dunn (Neville Brand), the prisoners' leader, meets the press outside the cell block and makes demands that they will no longer tolerate the brutal guards, substandard food, overcrowding, and barely livable conditions.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba, 1h34
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Actors John Derek, Elaine Stewart, Rosemarie Bowe, Amanda Blake, Paul Picerni, Kurt Katch
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.9515252.9515252.9515252.9515252.951525
In Ispahan, Persia, a barber named Hajji Baba (John Derek) is leaving his father's shop to find a great fortune. At the same time the Princess Fawzia (Elaine Stewart) is trying to talk her father into giving her in marriage to Nur-El-Din (Paul Picerni) a prince known far and wide. Her father intends for Fawzia to marry a friend and ally, and makes plans to send her to him. But a courier brings word from Nur-El-Din that an escort awaits Fawzia on the outskirts of the city and she escapes the palace disguised as a boy. Hajji encounters the escort-warrior at the rendezvous spot, is attacked and beats up the escort with his barber's tools. The princess arrives and mistakes Hajji as the escort until he mistakes the emerald ring sent by Nur-El-Din to Fawzia as the prize to be delivered. In her efforts to escape him, her turban becomes unbound and Hajji realizes that the girl herself is the treasure Nur-El-Din awaits. Hajji promises to escort her and they spend the night with the caravan of Osman Aga (Thomas Gomez), who invites them to stay for the dancing girls, among them, the incomparable Ayesha (Rosemarie Bowe). The pair are overtaken by the Caliph's (Donald Randolph) guards sent to bring Fawzia back, but the guards are driven off by an invading army of Turcoman women, a band of fierce and beautiful women who prey on passing merchants.
China Venture, 1h23
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres War
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Barry Sullivan, Jocelyn Brando, Leo Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Richard Loo
Rating56% 2.8197452.8197452.8197452.8197452.819745
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une troupe de soldats américains part en mission dans le Sud de la Chine pour délivrer un prisonnier important.
Little Giant, 1h31
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce, George Cleveland, Margaret Dumont, Jacqueline deWit
Roles Story
Rating66% 3.3406653.3406653.3406653.3406653.340665
A naive country boy named Benny Miller (Lou Costello), from Cucamonga, California, has been taking correspondence phonograph lessons in salesmanship. Upon completion of the course, he leaves his mother (Mary Gordon) and his girlfriend Martha (Elena Verdugo) to pursue a career in Los Angeles. He arranges a meeting with his Uncle Clarence (George Cleveland), a bookkeeper with the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company. When he arrives to ask for a job, the sales manager, John Morrison (Bud Abbott), mistakes him for one of the auditioning fashion models and has him remove his clothing. Morrison's secret wife, Hazel Temple (Jacqueline deWit), discovers the mistake and suggests that Benny be hired to avoid an accounting scandal, as they have been "cooking the books". Unfortunately, Benny is fired from his salesman post after only one day. Clarence transfers Benny to the company's Stockton branch, which is run by Morrison's cousin, Tom Chandler (also played by Bud Abbott).
Song of Russia, 1h47
Directed by Gregory Ratoff, László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Robert Benchley, John Hodiak, Felix Bressart, Michael Chekhov
Rating58% 2.9075352.9075352.9075352.9075352.907535
American conductor John Meredith (Robert Taylor) and his manager, Hank Higgins (Robert Benchley), go to Russia shortly before the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Meredith falls in love with beautiful Soviet pianist Nadya Stepanova (Susan Peters) while they travel throughout the country on a 40-city tour. Their bliss is destroyed by the German invasion.