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Richard Arlen
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American actor (1899–1976)
Film & TV
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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…
Known for
- Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess2012
- The Muppets Go to the Movies — David Armstrong (archive footage) (uncredited)1981
- The Horror Show — (archive footage)1979
- A Whale of a Tale — Mr. Monahan1976
- Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood — Silent Film Star 21976
- The Sky's the Limit — Grimes1975
- Rogue's Gallery — Man in Club1968
- Buckskin — Townsman1968
- Red Tomahawk — Deadwood Telegrapher1967
- Hostile Guns — Sheriff Travis1967
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Saint Paul
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- Western
- Conflict
- World War I
- Image
- Richard Arlen - still.jpg
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- Commons category
- Richard Arlen
- date of birth
- 1898-09-01
- date of death
- 1976-03-28
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- Commons gallery
- Richard Arlen
- cause of death
- pulmonary emphysema
- start of work period
- 1921-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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