- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 3, 1892
- Place of Birth
- Munich, German Empire [now Germany]
- Died
- January 25, 1981
Richard Talmadge
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 legen…
Filmography
movieCasino Royale
1967 · Second Unit Director
movieHawaii
1966 · Second Unit Director
movieAfter the Fox
1966 · Second Unit Director
movieWhat's New Pussycat?
1965 · Second Unit Director
movieJohn Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
1965 · Second Unit Director
movieCircus World
1964 · Second Unit Director
movieHow the West Was Won
1962 · Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
movieFlaming Star
1960 · Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director
movieI Killed Wild Bill Hickok
1956 · Director
movieProject Moon Base
1953 · Director
movieBorder Outlaws
1950 · Director
movieBlack Eagle
1948 · Mort
movieDetour to Danger
1946 · Director
movieJeep-Herders
1945 · Producer, Director, Story
movieHitler's Madman
1943
movieRedhead from Manhattan
1943 · Fisherman
movieLucky Legs
1942 · Sam
movieThe Real Glory
1939 · Co-Director
movieBeau Geste
1939 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Duke of West Point
1938 · Second Unit Director
movieThe Speed Reporter
1936 · Dick Lawrence
movieThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936 · Assistant Director, Stunts
movieStep on It
1936 · Larry Evans
movieNever Too Late
1935 · Det. Dick Manning
movieThe Live Wire
1935 · 2nd Mate Dick Nelson
movieNow or Never
1935 · Dick Rainey / Norman Gray
movieThe Fighting Pilot
1935 · Hal Foster
movieThe Vanishing Shadow
1934 · Stunts
moviePirate Treasure
1934 · Dick Moreland, Stunts
movieOn Your Guard
1933 · The Frisco Kid
movieThe Devil Horse
1932 · Stunts
movieSpeed Madness
1932 · Bob Stuart
movieGet That Girl
1932 · Dick Bartlett, Producer
movieDanger Island
1931 · Stunts
Yankee Don
movieYankee Don
1931 · Dick Carsey
movieThe Cavalier
1928 · El Caballero
movieThe Gaucho
1927 · Stunt Coordinator
movieThe Better Man
1926 · Lord Hugh Wainwright
movieThe Broadway Gallant
1926 · Monty Barnes, Producer
movieThe Night Patrol
1926 · Tom Collins, Producer
movieThe Blue Streak
1926 · Richard Manley, Producer
movieThe Prince of Pep
1925 · Dr. James Leland
movieThe Isle of Hope
1925 · Robert MacKay, Producer, Stunt Coordinator
The Mysterious Stranger
movieThe Mysterious Stranger
1925 · Paul Lesage
movieThe Fighting Demon
1925 · John Drake
movieTearing Through
1925 · Richard Jones
movieYouth and Adventure
1925 · Reggie Dillingham, Producer
movieLaughing at Danger
1924 · Alan Remington
movieAmerican Manners
1924 · Roy Thomas, Producer
movieIn Fast Company
1924 · Perry Whitman Jr.
movieOn Time
1924 · Harry Willis
movieLet's Go
1923 · Barry Macklin, Producer
movieDanger Ahead
1923 · Bruce Randall
movieThru the Flames
1923 · Dan Merrill
movieSpeed King
1923 · Jimmy Martin / King Charles
movieWatch Him Step
1922 · Dick Underwood
movieThe Nut
1921 · Stunts
Ethel's Roof Party
movieEthel's Roof Party
1914
The Poor Millionaire
movieThe Poor Millionaire
— · Sidney Thomas/Putt Magee