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Richard Thorpe
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Film & TV
Hutchinson, Kansas, USA
Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he…
Known for
- Flames of Desire — Dick Langton1924
- Three O'Clock in the Morning — Clayton Webster1923
- Burn 'Em Up Barnes — Stephen Thompson1921
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richard
- Family name
- Thorpe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hutchinson
- Place of death
- Palm Springs
- Child
- Jerry Thorpe
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Richard Thorpe Cheating Cheaters (1934) (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1896-02-24
- date of death
- 1991-05-01
- Commons category
- Richard Thorpe
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Richard Thorpe
- writing language
- English language
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