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- Early Acting Career
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- Talkies 1929
- 'Only Angels Have Wings' 1939
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Taking her advice he began his movie career in 1916 in walk-on roles in several movies including the serial 'Gloria's Romance'. His first featured role was in the same year in 'War Brides'. The movie starred Nazimova in her film debut and was based on her successful stage play.
He sufficiently impressed the top director of the time, D.W. Griffith, to be cast opposite Lillian Gish in the hit film 'Broken Blossoms' in 1919, in which he gave a masterly performance as a Chinese man in love with a Caucasian woman. It was his big chance at stardom and he seized it with both hands. He was now a well known star and in 1920 he was...
It was a major setback for Barthelmess and his movie career never again reached the heights of the late silent era. He appeared in several well-received early sound movies such as 'The Dawn Patrol' in 1930, 'The Last Flight' the following year and 'Central Airport' in 1933, but, approaching the age of forty, he made the disastrous decision to have ...
During World War II Barthelmess served in the United States Navy Reserve as a lieutenant commander, and he never returned to acting.
He married twice, firstly in 1920 to Mary Hay, a chorus girl with Florenz Ziegfeld. They had one daughter before divorcing in 1926. His second wife was Jessica Stewart Sargent. He adopted her son from a previous marriage and their marriage lasted until his death. Richard Barthelmess died on August 17, 1963, from throat cancer. He was aged 68.
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Title: Richard Barthelmess in "Broken Blossoms" from Scenes from Movies Exhibit Cards series (W404) Date: ca. 1919. Medium: Commercial color photolithograph. Dimensions: Sheet: 5 5/16 × 3 3/8 in. (13.5 × 8.5 cm) Classifications: Prints, Ephemera. Credit Line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick. Accession Number ...
May 09, 1895. Died. August 17, 1963. Cause of Death. Throat Cancer. Biography. Read More. One of the bright lights of the silent era, Richard Barthelmess began in supporting roles and gradually worked his way up to lead parts.
Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an Oscar-nominated silent film star. Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut.
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