Richard Talmadge
Born: 1892-12-03 in Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
Died: 1981-01-25
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Richard Talmadge (Sylvester Alphonse Metz, Camburg, Germany, December 3, 1892 – January 25, 1981) was a German-born American actor, stuntman and film director. Alberta Vaughn and Richard Talmadge share a cigar in The Live Wire (1935) When he arrived in Hollywood in 1910, he began his career as a stuntman for Douglas Fairbanks, before becoming an actor himself. His films include American Manners, Dancing Dynamite, Speed Madness, and the Pirate Treasure series. He was the lead in The Cavalier (1928), film released by Tiffany Pictures with only a music and sound effects soundtrack. He never got rid of his German accent, so with the advent of the talkies, he started working behind the cameras - as assistant director, stunt coordinator and director. His later work included How the West Was Won, The Greatest Story Ever Told and Casino Royale. He was also the stepfather of legendary polo player Sue Sally Hale.
Filmography
1967
- Casino Royale ... (Second Unit Director)
1966
- After the Fox ... (Second Unit Director)
- Hawaii ... (Second Unit Director)
1965
- What's New Pussycat? ... (Second Unit Director)
- John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! ... (Second Unit Director)
1964
- Circus World ... (Second Unit Director)
1962
- How the West Was Won ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1960
- Flaming Star ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1956
- I Killed Wild Bill Hickok ... (Director)
1953
- Project Moon Base ... (Director)
1950
- Border Outlaws ... (Director)
1948
- Black Eagle as Mort
1946
- Detour to Danger ... (Director)
1945
- Jeep-Herders ... (Producer)
1943
- Hitler's Madman
- Redhead from Manhattan as Fisherman
1942
- Lucky Legs as Sam
1939
- Beau Geste ... (Second Unit Director)
- The Real Glory ... (Co-Director)
1938
- The Duke of West Point ... (Second Unit Director)
1936
- The Speed Reporter as Dick Lawrence
- The Trail of the Lonesome Pine ... (Stunts)
- Step on It as Larry Evans
1935
- The Live Wire as 2nd Mate Dick Nelson
- Now or Never as Dick Rainey / Norman Gray
- Never Too Late as Det. Dick Manning
- The Fighting Pilot as Hal Foster
1934
- The Vanishing Shadow ... (Stunts)
- Pirate Treasure as Dick Moreland
1933
- On Your Guard as The Frisco Kid
1932
- Get That Girl as Dick Bartlett
- The Devil Horse ... (Stunts)
- Speed Madness as Bob Stuart
1931
- Danger Island ... (Stunts)
- Yankee Don as Dick Carsey
1928
- The Cavalier as El Caballero
1927
- The Gaucho ... (Stunt Coordinator)
1926
- The Night Patrol as Tom Collins
- The Broadway Gallant as Monty Barnes
- The Blue Streak as Richard Manley
- The Better Man as Lord Hugh Wainwright
1925
- The Fighting Demon as John Drake
- The Isle of Hope as Robert MacKay
- Tearing Through as Richard Jones
- Youth and Adventure as Reggie Dillingham
- The Prince of Pep as Dr. James Leland
- The Mysterious Stranger as Paul Lesage
1924
- American Manners as Roy Thomas
- On Time as Harry Willis
- Laughing at Danger as Alan Remington
- In Fast Company as Perry Whitman Jr.
1923
- Thru the Flames as Dan Merrill
- Let's Go as Barry Macklin
- Danger Ahead as Bruce Randall
- Speed King as Jimmy Martin / King Charles
1922
- Watch Him Step as Dick Underwood
1921
- The Nut ... (Stunts)