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Richard Arlen. Actor: Island of Lost Souls. During World War I, Richard Arlen served in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps as a pilot, but he never saw combat. After the war he drifted round and eventually wound up in Los Angeles, where he got a job as a motorcycle messenger at a film laboratory.
- January 1, 1
- St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- January 1, 1
- North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Overview. Born. September 1, 1899 · St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Died. March 28, 1976 · North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA (emphysema) Birth name. Sylvanus Richard Van Mattimore. Nickname. Dick. Height. 5′ 11½″ (1.82 m) Mini Bio. During World War I, Richard Arlen served in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps as a pilot, but he never saw combat.
- September 1, 1899
- March 28, 1976
Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award -winning Wings (1927) with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927.
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Mar 29, 1976 · NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March 28 (UPI) — Richard Arlen, a silent screen actor who made the transition to “talkies” and starred in “Wings” in 1927, the first motion picture to win an Academy...
The Light of Western Stars: Directed by Otto Brower, Edwin H. Knopf. With Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Harry Green, Regis Toomey. A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff.
Identity Unknown: Directed by Walter Colmes. With Richard Arlen, Cheryl Walker, Roger Pryor, Bobby Driscoll. An amnesiac soldier, the only survivor of a group of four unidentified soldiers - victims of a bomb raid - visits each man's address with the hope of restoring his memory and identity.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Walter Colmes
- 1945-04-02
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.
