Richard Arlen

Known For: Acting
Born: August 30, 1899
Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Died: March 28, 1976

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 …

Filmography

Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess

2012

The Horror Show

1979 · (archive footage)

A Whale of a Tale

1976 · Mr. Monahan

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976 · Silent Film Star 2

The Sky's the Limit

1975 · Grimes

Buckskin

1968 · Townsman

Rogue's Gallery

1968 · Man in Club

Fort Utah

1967 · Sam Tyler

Hostile Guns

1967 · Sheriff Travis

Red Tomahawk

1967 · Deadwood Telegrapher

Road to Nashville

1966 · Studio Boss

Waco

1966 · Billy Kelly

To the Shores of Hell

1966 · Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate

Johnny Reno

1966 · Ned Duggan

Apache Uprising

1965 · Captain Gannon

The Bounty Killer

1965 · Matthew Ridgeway

Town Tamer

1965 · Doctor Kent

Black Spurs

1965 · Pete

The Human Duplicators

1965 · National Intelligence

Branded

1965

Young Fury

1964 · Sheriff Jenkins

Sex and the College Girl

1964 · Charles Devon

Law of the Lawless

1964 · Ben the Bartender

The Shepherd of the Hills

1964 · Old Matt

The Best Man

1964 · Sen. Oscar Anderson

Petticoat Junction

1963 · Self

The Crawling Hand

1963 · Lee Barrenger

The Young and the Brave

1963 · Col. Ralph Holbein

The Lucy Show

1962 · Richard

The New Breed

1961 · Willits

The Last Time I Saw Archie

1961 · Col. Edwin Martin

Coronado 9

1960

Raymie

1960 · Chris Garber

Lock-Up

1959

Warlock

1959 · Bacon

Bat Masterson

1958 · John Minor, Sheriff Dan Rainey

Yancy Derringer

1958 · General Hugh Morgan

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958 · Damon Ring, Sr.

Cavalry Command

1958 · Sgt. Jim Heisler

Perry Mason

1957 · Dr. Harrison

Child of Trouble

1957 · Louis Contino

The Mountain

1956 · C. W. Rivial

Hidden Guns

1956 · Sheriff Ward Young

Matinee Theater

1955

The 20th Century Fox Hour

1955

Blonde Blackmailer

1955 · Tony Pelassier

Devil's Point

1954 · John 'Captain' Martin

Climax!

1954 · Nevers

The Whistler

1954

Letter to Loretta

1953 · Christopher Waring

Sabre Jet

1953 · Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale

The Blazing Forest

1952 · Joe Morgan

Hurricane Smith

1952 · Brundage

This Is Your Life

1952 · Self

Flaming Feather

1952 · Showdown Calhoun

Silver City

1951 · Charles Storrs

Kansas Raiders

1950 · Union Captain

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950 · Self

Your Show of Shows

1950

Grand Canyon

1949 · Mike Adams

When My Baby Smiles at Me

1948 · Harvey Howell

The Return of Wildfire

1948 · Dobe Williams

Speed to Spare

1948 · Cliff Jordan

Buffalo Bill Rides Again

1947 · Buffalo Bill

Accomplice

1946 · Simon Lash

The French Key

1946 · Himself (uncredited)

The Phantom Speaks

1945 · Matt Fraser

Identity Unknown

1945 · Johnny March

The Big Bonanza

1944 · Capt. Jed Kilton

Storm Over Lisbon

1944 · John Craig

That's My Baby!

1944 · Tim Jones

The Lady and the Monster

1944 · Dr. Patrick Cory

Timber Queen

1944 · Russell Evans

Minesweeper

1943 · Richard Houston

Submarine Alert

1943 · Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold

Alaska Highway

1943 · Woody Ormsby

Aerial Gunner

1943 · Jon Davis

Wrecking Crew

1942 · Matt Carney

A Letter From Bataan

1942 · Pvt. John W. Lewis

Wildcat

1942 · Johnny Maverick

Soaring Stars

1942 · Himself

Torpedo Boat

1942 · Skinner Barnes

Flying Blind

1941 · Jim Clark

A Dangerous Game

1941 · Dick Williams

Raiders of the Desert

1941 · Dick Manning

Forced Landing

1941 · Dan Kendall

Power Dive

1941 · Brad Farrell

Men of the Timberland

1941 · Dick O'Hara

Mutiny in the Arctic

1941 · Dick Barclay

Lucky Devils

1941 · Dick McManus

The Devil's Pipeline

1940 · Dick Talbot

The Leather Pushers

1940 · Dick 'Kid' Roberts

Black Diamonds

1940 · Walter Norton

Swing with Bing

Swing with Bing

1940 · Himself

Hot Steel

1940 · Frank Stewart

Danger On Wheels

1940 · "Lucky" Larry Taylor

The Man from Montreal

1939 · Clark Manning

Legion of Lost Flyers

1939 · Gene 'Loop' Gillan

Tropic Fury

1939 · Dan Burton

Mutiny on the Blackhawk

1939 · Capt. Robert Lawrence

Missing Daughters

1939 · Wally King

Straight, Place and Show

1938 · Denny Paine

Call of The Yukon

1938 · Gaston Rogers

No Time to Marry

1938 · Perry Brown

Murder in Greenwich Village

1937 · Steve Havens Jackson Jr.

Artists & Models

1937 · Alan Townsend

Secret Valley

1937 · Lee Rogers

The Great Barrier

1937 · Hickey

The Mine with the Iron Door

1936 · Bob Harvey

Three Live Ghosts

1936 · William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster

The Calling of Dan Matthews

1935 · Dan Matthews

Hollywood Hobbies

Hollywood Hobbies

1935 · Himself

Let 'em Have It

1935 · Mal Stevens

Helldorado

1935 · Art Ryan

Ready for Love

1934 · Julian Barrow

She Made Her Bed

1934 · Wild Bill Smith

Hollywood on Parade No. B-10

1934 · Self

Come On, Marines!

1934 · Lucky Davis

Alice in Wonderland

1933 · Cheshire Cat

Hell and High Water

Hell and High Water

1933 · Capt J.J. Jericho

Golden Harvest

1933 · Walt Martin

Three Cornered Moon

1933 · Dr. Alan Stevens

How to Break 90 #4: Downswing

How to Break 90 #4: Downswing

1933

College Humor

1933 · Mondrake

Song of the Eagle

1933 · Bill Hoffman

Hollywood on Parade No. A-6

1933 · Self / Arlen the Great

Island of Lost Souls

1932 · Edward Parker

The All-American

1932 · Gary King

Tiger Shark

1932 · Pipes Boley

Guilty as Hell

1932 · Frank C. Marsh

Sky Bride

1932 · Bert 'Speed' Condon

Hollywood on Parade No. A-4

1932 · Self (uncredited)

Wayward

1932 · David Frost

Touchdown!

1931 · Dan Curtis

Caught

1931 · Lt. Tom Colton

The Secret Call

1931 · Tom Blake

The Lawyer's Secret

1931 · Joe Hart

Gun Smoke

1931 · Brad Farley

The Conquering Horde

1931 · Dan McMasters

Only Saps Work

1930 · Larry Payne

The Santa Fe Trail

1930 · Stan Hollister

The Sea God

1930 · Phillip 'Pink' Barker

The Border Legion

1930 · Jim Cleve

Paramount on Parade

1930 · Hunter (Dream Girl)

The Light of Western Stars

1930 · Dick Bailey

Dangerous Paradise

1930 · Heyst

Burning Up

1930 · Lou Larrigan

The Virginian

1929 · Steven 'Steve'

Dangerous Curves

1929 · Larry Lee

Thunderbolt

1929 · Bob Moran

The Four Feathers

1929 · Lt. Harry Faversham

The Man I Love

1929 · Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks

Manhattan Cocktail

1928 · Fred Tilden

Beggars of Life

1928 · The Boy (Jim)

Ladies of the Mob

1928 · Red

Feel My Pulse

1928 · Her Problem

Under the Tonto Rim

1928 · Edd Denmeade

She's a Sheik

1927 · Capt. Colton

Figures Don't Lie

1927 · Bob Blewe

Sally in Our Alley

1927 · Jimmie Adams

Wings

1927 · David Armstrong

The Blood Ship

1927 · John Shreve

Rolled Stockings

1927 · Ralph Treadway

Old Ironsides

1926 · Seaman (uncredited)

You'd Be Surprised

1926 · Reporter (uncredited)

Padlocked

1926 · 'Tubby' Clark

Behind the Front

1926 · Percy Brown

The Enchanted Hill

1926 · Link Halliwell

The Coast of Folly

1925 · Bather

In the Name of Love

1925 · Dumas Dufrayne

Hollywood

1923 · Richard Arlen

Quicksands

1923

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