Richard Tucker
Born: 1884-06-03 in Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Died: 1942-12-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Tucker (June 4, 1884 – December 5, 1942) was an American actor. Tucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1884. Appearing in 266 films between 1911 and 1940, he was the first official member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and a founding member of SAG's Board of Directors. Tucker died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in an unmarked niche in Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Faith.
Filmography
1982
- Dance of the Cookoos as Banker Smith
1966
- Spaceship to the Unknown as Prof. Gordon (archive footage)
1962
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
1940
- Road to Singapore as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
1939
- Sudden Money as Mr. Rodney Hinds
- They Made Her a Spy as Colonel at Explosion
- The Covered Trailer as Doctor
- Risky Business as District Attorney
- The Great Victor Herbert as Michael Brown
- Girl from Rio as Roger Montgomery
1938
- Letter of Introduction as Mr. Tucker (uncredited)
- Trade Winds as John Johnson
- Sons of the Legion as State Commander
- Rocket Ship as Professor Gordon
- On the Great White Trail as Inspector Newcom
- The Girl of the Golden West as Colonel
- The Higgins Family as Burgess
- Delinquent Parents as Harry Jefferson
1937
- Something to Sing About as Mr. Blaine
- Shall We Dance as Mr. Russell (uncredited)
- She's Got Everything as Dr. Blicker
- The Woman I Love as General
- Headline Crasher as Sen. James Tallant
- I Cover the War! as Army Officer
- Armored Car as John Hale
- We Who Are About to Die as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
- Make a Wish as Grant
- Jungle Menace as Robert Banning
- Dangerous Holiday as Stone
- The Little Maestro as Manager
- Trapped by G-Men as Agency Chief Conover
- The Girl Said No as Charles Dillon
- She's Dangerous as District Attorney
1936
- Flash Gordon as Professor Gordon
- Libeled Lady as Barker (uncredited)
- Two Minutes to Play as Lyman Gaines
- Special Agent K-7 as Chief Agent John Adams
- The Plot Thickens as John Carter
- Flying Hostess as Doctor
1935
- Diamond Jim as Headwaiter
- Murder in the Fleet as Harry Jeffries (Uncredited)
- Shadow of Doubt as Mark Torrey
- It's in the Air as Revenue Chief (uncredited)
- Here Comes the Band as Jim - Banker in Band
- Calm Yourself as Police Inspector
- West Point of the Air as George - Dare's Companion at Football Game
1934
- Take the Stand as Mr. Burnside
- Handy Andy as Mr. Beauregard
- Sadie McKee as Dr. Patrick (uncredited)
- Baby Take a Bow as Mr. Joseph Carson
- The Countess of Monte Cristo as Picture Director
- Elinor Norton as Civilian Doctor
- A Modern Hero as Mr. Eggelson
- The Road to Ruin as Mr. Dixon
- A Successful Failure as J.W. Blair
- Money Means Nothing as George Whitney
- This Side of Heaven as Henry W. Maxwell - Producer (uncredited)
- Paris Interlude as Stevens
- Public Stenographer as James Martin Sr.
1933
- Midnight Mary as Club Imperial Manager (uncredited)
- Saturday's Millions as Mr. Chandler
- Only Yesterday as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
- Made on Broadway as Party Guest
- The Working Man as Reeves Company Board Member (uncredited)
- The Women in His Life as Prosecuting Attorney
- The Iron Master as Paul Rankin
- Meet the Baron as Radio Station Boss (uncredited)
- Men Must Fight as Doctor
- Back Page as John H. Smith
- The World Gone Mad as Graham Gaines
- Daring Daughters as Lawton
1932
- Pack Up Your Troubles as Mr. Smith
- A Successful Calamity as Lawrence - Partington's Partner
- Careless Lady as Captain Gerard
- Guilty as Hell as District Attorney
- The Crash as Frank Parrish
- The Shadow of the Eagle as Major Evans
- The Stoker as Alan Ballard
- Flames as Garson
1931
- The Black Camel as Wilkie Ballou (uncredited)
- Seed as Bliss
- Graft as District Attorney Martin Harrison
- The Devil Plays as Jerry Murdock
- Inspiration as Galand
- Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
- Stepping Out as Charley Miller
- Too Young to Marry as Chester Armstrong
- Hell Bound as Gilbert
- A Holy Terror as Tom Hedges
- Convicted as Tony Blair
- Up for Murder as Cyril Herk
- Maker of Men as Mr. Rhodes
- The Deceiver as Mr. Lawson
1930
- Courage as James Rudlin
- Shadow of the Law as Lew Durkin
- Peacock Alley as Martin Saunders
- Brothers as Prosecuting Attorney
- Recaptured Love as Rawlings
- The Bat Whispers as Mr. Bell
- Safety in Numbers as F. Carstair Reynolds
- Puttin' on the Ritz as Fenway Brooks
- The Benson Murder Case as Anthony Benson
- Manslaughter as J.P. Albee, Attorney
- College Lovers as Gene Hutton
1929
- Half Marriage as Mr. Page
- The Squall as Josef
- The Unholy Night as Colonel Davidson
- Navy Blues as Man Dancing with Alice
- Lucky Boy as Mr. Ellis
- The King of the Kongo as Chief of the Secret Service
- The Dummy as Blackie Baker
- Painted Faces as District Attorney
- This Is Heaven as E.D. Wallace
- Ruby Lips
- Daughters of Desire
1928
- Beware of Married Men as Leonard Gilbert
- The Crimson City as Richard Brand
- Captain Swagger as Phil Poole
- On Trial as Prosecuting Attorney
- My Man as Waldo
- The Border Patrol as Earl Hanway
- Loves of an Actress as Baron Hartman
- Show Girl as Jack Milton
- Show Folks as Vaudeville Performer
- Love Over Night as Richard Thorne
- Thanks for the Buggy Ride as Mr. McBride
1927
- The Jazz Singer as Harry Lee
- Wings as Air Commander
- The Desired Woman as Sir Sydney Vincent
- The World At Her Feet as Dr. H.G. Pauls
- Women's Wares as Frank Stanton
- Matinee Ladies as Tom Mannion
- The Bush Leaguer as Wallace Ramsey
- A Kiss in a Taxi as Henri Le Sage
- Dearie as Luigi
- The Girl from Rio as Antonio Santos
1926
- The Lily as Huzar
- That's My Baby as Schuyler Van Loon
- The Blind Goddess as Henry Kelling
- Shameful Behavior? as Jack Lee
- Devil's Island as Jean Valyon
1925
- The Air Mail as Jim Cronin
- The Tornado as Ross Travers
- The Golden Cocoon as Mr. Renfro
- The Bridge of Sighs as Glenn Hayden
- The Lure of the Wild as Gordon Daniels
- As No Man Has Loved as Aaron Burr
1924
- Beau Brummel as Lord Stanhope
- The Fast Worker as Roxbury Medcroft
- 40-Horse Hawkins as Rudolph Catalina
- The Star Dust Trail as John Benton
1923
- The Eleventh Hour as Herbert Glenville
- Cameo Kirby as Cousin Aaron Randall
- The Broken Wing as Sylvester Cross
- Lovebound as Paul Meredith
- Her Accidental Husband as Paul Dupré
- The Dangerous Age as Robert Chanslor
- Hearts Aflame as Philip Rowe
- Poor Men's Wives as Richard Smith-Blanton
- Is Divorce a Failure? as David Lockwood
1922
- Remembrance as J.P. Grout Jr.
- Yellow Men and Gold as Lynch
- Grand Larceny as Franklin
- Rags to Riches as Blackwell Clarke
- Strange Idols as Malcolm Sinclair
- A Self-Made Man as Hugo Bonsall
- The Worldly Madonna as Alan Graves
- When the Devil Drives as John Graham
1921
- The Old Nest as Tom at 36
- Voices of the City as Clancy
- A Virginia Courtship as Dwight Neville
- A Voice in the Dark as Lieutenant Patrick Cloyd
- Don't Neglect Your Wife as George Geary
1920
- The Great Lover as Ward
- Darling Mine as Jay Savoy
- The Branding Iron as Prosper Gael
- The Woman in Room 13 as Joe
- Dollars and Sense as George Garrison
1917
- Behind the Mask as Lord Strathmore
- Babbling Tongues as Viscount de Bellerive
- The Law of the North as The Rt. Hon. Reginald Annesley
- The Power of Decision as Austin Bland
- Pardners as Justus Morrow
- The On-the-Square Girl as Actor
- Threads of Fate as Dr. Grant Hunter
- Think It Over as Henry Whitworth
- The Master Passion as Professor Alberto Martino
1916
- The Cossack Whip as Sergius Kordkin
- When Love Is King as Felix, the King
1915
- Vanity Fair as George Osborne
1913
- A Letter to Uncle Sam as 2nd Officer
- Who Will Marry Mary? as Duke Leonardo de Ferrara
- A Proposal from the Duke as Duke Leonardo Di Ferrara
- Caste as The Honorable George D'Alroy
- Bread on the Waters as George Varick
- A Reluctant Cinderella as Dinner Guest