Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken leg outside the Paramount Pictures lot. A sympathetic film director gave him his start as an extra. He appeared at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. His first important film role was in Vengeance of the Deep. He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927. He was among the more famous residents of the celebrity enclave, Toluca Lake, California. He married New York socialite, Margaret Kinsella, in 1946. In 1939, Universal teamed him with Andy Devine for a series of 14 B-pictures, mostly action-comedies with heavy reliance on stock footage from larger-scale films. They are informally known as the "Aces of Action" series, which is how the stars were billed in the trailers. When Arlen left the studio in 1941, the series continued with Devine teamed with a variety of other actors. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Arlen was active in television, having guest starred in several anthology series, including Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour, and in three episodes of the series about clergymen, Crossroads. In 1960, Arlen was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry. In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction playing himself. The episode was called "Wings" and it was in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings. Arlen appeared in westerns, such as Lawman, Branded, Bat Masterson, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, and Yancy Derringer, and in such drama/adventure programs as Ripcord, Whirlybirds, Perry Mason, The New Breed, Coronado 9, and Michael Shayne.

Known For: Acting

Born: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1899-08-30

Died: 1976-03-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1923	Hollywood	Richard Arlen	70
2	1925	In the Name of Love	Dumas Dufrayne	0
3	1925	The Coast of Folly	Bather	0
4	1926	The Enchanted Hill	Link Halliwell	0
5	1926	Behind the Front	Percy Brown	60
6	1926	Padlocked	'Tubby' Clark	60
7	1926	You'd Be Surprised	Reporter (uncredited)	65
8	1926	Old Ironsides	Seaman (uncredited)	62
9	1927	Rolled Stockings	Ralph Treadway	0
10	1927	The Blood Ship	John Shreve	70
11	1927	Wings	David Armstrong	72
12	1927	Sally in Our Alley	Jimmie Adams	0
13	1927	Figures Don't Lie	Bob Blewe	0
14	1927	She's a Sheik	Capt. Colton	0
15	1928	Under the Tonto Rim	Edd Denmeade	0
16	1928	Feel My Pulse	Her Problem	60
17	1928	Ladies of the Mob	Red	0
18	1928	Beggars of Life	The Boy (Jim)	71
19	1928	Manhattan Cocktail	Fred Tilden	0
20	1929	The Man I Love	Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks	40
21	1929	The Four Feathers	Lt. Harry Faversham	44
22	1929	Thunderbolt	Bob Moran	58
23	1929	Dangerous Curves	Larry Lee	60
24	1929	The Virginian	Steven 'Steve'	58
25	1930	Burning Up	Lou Larrigan	35
26	1930	Dangerous Paradise	Heyst	36
27	1930	The Light of Western Stars	Dick Bailey	28
28	1930	Paramount on Parade	Hunter (Dream Girl)	61
29	1930	The Border Legion	Jim Cleve	0
30	1930	The Sea God	Phillip 'Pink' Barker	47
31	1930	The Santa Fe Trail	Stan Hollister	52
32	1930	Only Saps Work	Larry Payne	55
33	1931	The Conquering Horde	Dan McMasters	50
34	1931	Gun Smoke	Brad Farley	55
35	1931	The Lawyer's Secret	Joe Hart	58
36	1931	The Secret Call	Tom Blake	0
37	1931	Caught	Lt. Tom Colton	60
38	1931	Touchdown!	Dan Curtis	0
39	1932	Wayward	David Frost	60
40	1932	Hollywood on Parade No. A-4	Self (uncredited)	0
41	1932	Sky Bride	Bert 'Speed' Condon	0
42	1932	Guilty as Hell	Frank C. Marsh	58
43	1932	Tiger Shark	Pipes Boley	66
44	1932	The All-American	Gary King	50
45	1932	Island of Lost Souls	Edward Parker	69
46	1933	Hollywood on Parade No. A-6	Self	50
47	1933	Song of the Eagle	Bill Hoffman	0
48	1933	College Humor	Mondrake	56
49	1933	How to Break 90 #4: Downswing		0
50	1933	Three Cornered Moon	Dr. Alan Stevens	57
51	1933	Golden Harvest	Walt Martin	50
52	1933	Hell and High Water	Capt J.J. Jericho	0
53	1933	Alice in Wonderland	Cheshire Cat	60
54	1934	Come On, Marines!	Lucky Davis	50
55	1934	She Made Her Bed	Wild Bill Smith	35
56	1934	Ready for Love	Julian Barrow	48
57	1935	Helldorado	Art Ryan	0
58	1935	Let 'em Have It	Mal Stevens	70
59	1935	Hollywood Hobbies	Himself	60
60	1935	The Calling of Dan Matthews	Dan Matthews	30
61	1936	Three Live Ghosts	William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster	50
62	1936	The Mine with the Iron Door	Bob Harvey	0
63	1937	The Great Barrier	Hickey	50
64	1937	Secret Valley	Lee Rogers	40
65	1937	Artists & Models	Alan Townsend	60
66	1937	Murder in Greenwich Village	Steve Havens Jackson Jr.	63
67	1938	No Time to Marry	Perry Brown	60
68	1938	Call of The Yukon	Gaston Rogers	47
69	1938	Straight, Place and Show	Denny Paine	60
70	1939	Missing Daughters	Wally King	30
71	1939	Mutiny on the Blackhawk	Capt. Robert Lawrence	0
72	1939	Tropic Fury	Dan Burton	0
73	1939	Legion of Lost Flyers	Gene 'Loop' Gillan	40
74	1939	The Man from Montreal	Clark Manning	38
75	1940	Danger On Wheels	"Lucky" Larry Taylor	38
76	1940	Hot Steel	Frank Stewart	0
77	1940	Swing with Bing	Himself	40
78	1940	Black Diamonds	Walter Norton	0
79	1940	The Leather Pushers	Dick 'Kid' Roberts	0
80	1940	The Devil's Pipeline	Dick Talbot	60
81	1941	Lucky Devils	Dick McManus	10
82	1941	Mutiny in the Arctic	Dick Barclay	0
83	1941	Men of the Timberland	Dick O'Hara	0
84	1941	Power Dive	Brad Farrell	40
85	1941	Forced Landing	Dan Kendall	40
86	1941	Raiders of the Desert	Dick Manning	0
87	1941	A Dangerous Game	Dick Williams	50
88	1941	Flying Blind	Jim Clark	27
89	1942	Torpedo Boat	Skinner Barnes	60
90	1942	Soaring Stars	Himself	0
91	1942	Wildcat	Johnny Maverick	35
92	1942	A Letter From Bataan	Pvt. John W. Lewis	45
93	1942	Wrecking Crew	Matt Carney	55
94	1943	Aerial Gunner	Jon Davis	44
95	1943	Alaska Highway	Woody Ormsby	50
96	1943	Submarine Alert	Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold	42
97	1943	Minesweeper	Richard Houston	50
98	1944	Timber Queen	Russell Evans	57
99	1944	The Lady and the Monster	Dr. Patrick Cory	58
100	1944	That's My Baby!	Tim Jones	50
101	1944	Storm Over Lisbon	John Craig	48
102	1944	The Big Bonanza	Capt. Jed Kilton	55
103	1945	Identity Unknown	Johnny March	50
104	1945	The Phantom Speaks	Matt Fraser	54
105	1946	The French Key	Himself (uncredited)	50
106	1946	Accomplice	Simon Lash	53
107	1947	Buffalo Bill Rides Again	Buffalo Bill	50
108	1948	Speed to Spare	Cliff Jordan	50
109	1948	The Return of Wildfire	Dobe Williams	0
110	1948	When My Baby Smiles at Me	Harvey Howell	48
111	1949	Grand Canyon	Mike Adams	0
112	1950	Kansas Raiders	Union Captain	58
113	1951	Silver City	Charles Storrs	64
114	1952	Flaming Feather	Showdown Calhoun	58
115	1952	Hurricane Smith	Brundage	62
116	1952	The Blazing Forest	Joe Morgan	60
117	1953	Sabre Jet	Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale	67
118	1954	Devil's Point	John 'Captain' Martin	0
119	1955	Blonde Blackmailer	Tony Pelassier	0
120	1956	Hidden Guns	Sheriff Ward Young	50
121	1956	The Mountain	C. W. Rivial	69
122	1958	The Day of the Trumpet	Sgt. Jim Heisler	50
123	1959	Warlock	Bacon	67
124	1960	Raymie	Chris Garber	0
125	1961	The Last Time I Saw Archie	Col. Edwin Martin	57
126	1961	Hollywood: The Selznick Years	'Four Feathers' (archive footage) (uncredited)	33
127	1963	The Young and the Brave	Col. Ralph Holbein	59
128	1963	The Crawling Hand	Lee Barrenger	29
129	1964	The Best Man	Sen. Oscar Anderson	73
130	1964	Law of the Lawless	Ben the Bartender	61
131	1964	Sex and the College Girl	Charles Devon	40
132	1964	Young Fury	Sheriff Jenkins	54
133	1965	The Human Duplicators	National Intelligence	33
134	1965	Black Spurs	Pete	61
135	1965	Town Tamer	Doctor Kent	64
136	1965	The Bounty Killer	Matthew Ridgeway	58
137	1965	Apache Uprising	Captain Gannon	63
138	1966	Johnny Reno	Ned Duggan	63
139	1966	To the Shores of Hell	Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate	50
140	1966	Waco	Billy Kelly	64
141	1967	Red Tomahawk	Deadwood Telegrapher	64
142	1967	Hostile Guns	Sheriff Travis	51
143	1967	Fort Utah	Sam Tyler	36
144	1968	Rogue's Gallery	Man in Club	60
145	1968	Buckskin	Townsman	53
146	1975	The Sky's the Limit	Grimes	0
147	1976	Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood	Silent Film Star 2	41
148	1976	A Whale of a Tale	Mr. Monahan	40
149	1979	The Horror Show	(archive footage)	38

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	Your Show of Shows		63
2	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	68
3	1952	This Is Your Life	Self	64
4	1953	Letter to Loretta	Christopher Waring	65
5	1954	The Whistler		0
6	1954	Climax!	Nevers	33
7	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		54
8	1955	Matinee Theater		50
9	1957	Perry Mason	Dr. Harrison	77
10	1958	Wanted: Dead or Alive	Damon Ring, Sr.	69
11	1958	Yancy Derringer	General Hugh Morgan	56
12	1958	Bat Masterson	John Minor	61
13	1958	Bat Masterson	Sheriff Dan Rainey	61
14	1959	Lock-Up		62
15	1960	Coronado 9		60
16	1961	The New Breed	Willits	70
17	1962	The Lucy Show	Richard	70
18	1963	Petticoat Junction	Self	58
19	1965	Branded		64

Richard Arlen

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