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| was born on December 27, 1878 in Portlaw, County Waterford, Ireland – a small townland approximately eleven miles outside of Waterford City. His father, James Edward O'Brien, was a master tailor, counting among his clients Lord Waterford and other area nobility. At age six, Richard emigrated with his family to North Adams, Massachusetts where his father established his own tailoring business.
In 1898, Richard enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving in the 26th Regiment of Company M on Miagao during the Philippine Insurrection. He later served on special assignment during World War I as well as participated in the USO Camp Shows during World War II.
Under the stage name , this gentle and elegant man performed in numerous stage productions; directed and acted in films; and on radio and television broadcasts. Below are just some of his credits.
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Produced by Irene M. Selznick.
Written by Tennessee Williams.
Directed by Elia Kazan.
Ethel Barrymore Theatre
243 W. 47th St., New York, NY
Dec 3, 1947 - Dec 17, 1949 |
Written by Arnaud d'Usseau and James Gow
Directed by Elia Kazan.
Fulton Theatre
210 W. 46th St., New York, NY
Sep 26, 1945 - Nov 16, 1946 |
Produced by Drama Repertoire Players, Inc..
Written by Ellison Harvey; from the novel by Anatole France.
Directed by Dorothy Deer Horn.
President Theatre
247 W. 48th St., New York, NY
Jun 19, 1931 - June 1931 |
Produced by Liebler & Co..
Directed by William Collier.
Wallack's Theatre
844 Broadway, New York, NY
Apr 24, 1911 - May 13, 1922 |
Produced by Liebler & Co..
Written by Joseph Medill Patterson and Harriet Ford.
Wallack's Theatre
844 Broadway, New York, NY
Oct 6, 1909 - Dec 1909 |
Produced by Charles Frohman.
Written by Major W. P. Drury and Leo Trevor
Criterion Theatre
1514-16 Broadway (44th St.), New York, NY
Aug 30, 1909 - Sep 1909 |
The Flag Station [Original, Play, One Act]
Produced by Arnold Daly Repertory.
Written by Charles A. Kenyon
Lyceum Theatre
149 W. 45th St., New York, NY
Apr 30, 1907 - May 21, 1907 |
Produced by Daniel Frohman.
Written by Rida Johnson Young
Lyceum Theatre
149 W. 45th St., New York, NY
Apr 8, 1907 - July 1907
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Played the role of Mr. Fox
Directed by Nunnally Johnson
Other cast members: Joanne Woodward, Lee J. Cobb, David Wayne |
Played the role of Edward, Tracy Lord's butler
Directed by Charles Walters
Other cast members: Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra,
Celeste Holm |
Played the role of Coloz
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Other cast members: Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Claire Trevor,
William Demarest, Barbara Darrow, Richard Arlen, E.G. Marshall |
Played the role of Dr. Joe Francis Directed by Philip Dunne
Other cast members: Jean Simmons, Guy Madison, Judith Evelyn, Gregg Palmer |
Played the role of Colonel Evanston Whiting
Directed by Henry Koster
Other cast members: Richard Todd, Jean Peters, Jill Esmond |
Played the role of Mr. Dooden
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Other cast members: Victor Mature, Richard Egan, Lee Marvin |
Played the role of Dr. Edwards
Directed by Elia Kazan
Other cast members: James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey,
Burl Ives |
Played the role of Preacher Ellis
Directed by Roy Rowland
Other cast members: Robert Taylor, Russ Tamblyn, James Arness |
Played the role of Count Regnaud
Directed by Henry Koster
Other cast members: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Merle Oberon, Cameron Mitchell |
Played the role of Walters
Directed by Andre de Toth
Other cast members: Randolph Scott, Wayne Morris, Joan Weldon
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Played the role of a judge
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Other cast members: John Wayne, Donna Reed, Charles Coburn, Chuck Connors |
Played the role of a Supreme Court Justice
Directed by Johnny Downs and Walter Lang
Other cast members: Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connnor,
George Sanders |
Played the role of the Ferry Master
Directed by Philip Ford and Louis King
Other cast members: Rory Calhoun, Cameron Mitchell, Corinne Calvet |
Played the role of Tasker
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Other cast members: Frank Lovejoy, Joan Weldon, Paul Picerni |
Played the role of Judge Williams
Directed by Nathan Juran
Other cast members: Ronald Regan, Dorothy Malone, Dennis Weaver. |
Played the role of the Old General
Directed by Elia Kazan
Other cast members: Marlon Brando, Jean Peters and Anthony Quinn. |
Played the role of Judge Bowles
Directed by Claude Binyon
Other cast members: Ginger Rogers, Anne Francis, Jeffrey Hunter
and Clifton Webb. |
Played the role of a doctor
Directed by Howard Hawks and Henry Hathaway
Other cast members: Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe
and Richard Widmark. |
Played the role of Secretary of the Navy
Directed by Henry Koster
Other cast members: Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner and Roger Moore. |
Played the role of Chandler
Directed by Robert Wise
Other cast members: Victor Mature, Patricia Neal and Edmund Gwenn.
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Played the role of Judge Simpkins
Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Other cast members: Maureen O'Sullivan, Gene Lockhart, Irene Ryan. |
Played the role of the Doctor
Directed by Elia Kazan
Other cast members: Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter and
Karl Malden. |
Played the role of the Old Timer
Directed by Louis King
Other cast members: Charles Coburn, Lloyd Nolan and Burl Ives. |
Played the role of Graham Rogers
Directed by Eliz Kazan
Other cast members: Lee J. Cobb, Dana Andrews, Ed Begley, Sr.,
Karl Malden and Brian Keith. |
Played the role of the Second Officer
Directed by Henry King
Other cast members: Spencer Tracy, Ned Sparks, Helen Morgan |
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Played role in film he also directed
Other cast members: Gina Manes, Andre Volbert, Paul Hubert, Claire de Lorez, Abel Tarride, Genica Missirio, Armand Tallier and Madame Desgranges. |
Played the role of Graham West
Directed by George Irving
Other cast members: Robert Broderick, Carl Dietz, Olga Petrova |
Played the role of Clark Porter in film he also directed
Other cast members: Malcolm Williams, Charles W. Travis, John Macklin, Lucile Taft, James Levering, Helen Marten, Charles Winston, James Arbuckle Jr., Alan Robinson and Professor Chira. |
Played role in film he also directed
Other cast members: Francis Herberlein, Lottye Fowler, Fred Sumner and Irma Earle. |
Played the role of Ben Letts
Other cast members: Mary Pickford, Harold Lockwood
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Played role in film he also directed
Other cast members: Irma Earle and Will E. Sheerer. |
Played role in film he also directed
Other cast members: William Duncan, Myrtle Stedman, Richard Garrick, Vera Hamilton, Mattie Fitzgerald, William Stowell and Rex De Rosselli. |
Played role in film he also directed
Other cast members: William Duncan, Myrtle Stedman, Walter Roberts, La Verne Barber, Lynette Griffin, Colin Reid, Mrs. Richard Griffin, Earl Dubrock, William Stowell and Frederick Bernard. |
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High Society
1956 |
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The Mountain
1956 |
East of Eden
1955 |
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A Man Called Peter
1955 |
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Many Rivers to Cross
1955
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Desiree
1954 |
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Law and Order
1953 |
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Call Me Madam
1953 |
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Trouble Along
the Way 1953 |
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Stars and Stripes
Forever 1952 |
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Released by Films A. Legrand
(France) B&W silent feature film based on the novel by Pierre Benoit and starring Gina Manes, Andre Volbert, Paul Hubert, Claire de Lorez, Abel Tarride, Genica Missirio, Armand Tallier and Madame Desgranges. |
Released by G.B. Samuelson Productions
(U.K.) B&W silent feature film based on novel by George Edgar. Starring Rex Davis, Daisy Burrell, Tom Reynolds, Fred Morgan, Dorothy Fane, Wyndham Guise, F. Pope-Stamper and Kid Gordon. |
Released by Broadwest
(U.K.) B&W silent feature film based on novel by E. Hoskin and Coralie Stanton. Starring Violet Hopson, Stewart Rome, Gregory Scott, Mercy Hatton, Cameron Carr and Violet Elliott. |
Released by Broadwest
(U.K.) B&W silent feature film based on novel by Nat Gould and Patrick L. Mannock. Starring Gwen Stratford, Cameron Stratford, Lewis Dayton, John Gliddon, Miles Mander and Martita Hunt. |
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Released by Broadwest
(U.K.) B&W silent feature film starring Gregory Scott, Pauline Peters, Clive Brook, George Foley, Cameron Carr, P.E. Hubbard and Richard Norton.
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Released May 1, 1916 by the Gaumont Company
(USA) B&W silent feature film starring Alexander Gaden, Gertrude Robinson, Lucile Taft, Charles W. Travis, John Reinhardt, Henry Pemberton, Alan Robinson and John Mackin.
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Released Mar 6, 1916 by the Gaumont Company
(USA) B&W silent feature film starring Mildred Gregory, Howard Hall, E.K. James, Madison Weeks, Alan Robinson, Albert Macklin, John Reinhardt, Charles W. Travis, Helen Marten and Mathilde Baring.
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Released Feb 7, 1916 by the Gaumont Company
(USA) B&W silent feature film starring Alexander Gaden, Lucile Taft, Albert Macklin, Iva Shepard and Stockton Quincy.
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Released Jan 31, 1916 by the Gaumont Company
Directed film and played the role of Clark Porter
(USA) B&W silent feature film starring Malcolm Williams, Charles W. Travis, John Macklin, Lucile Taft, Richard Garrick, James Levering, Helen Marten, Charles Winston, James Arbuckle Jr., Alan Robinson and Professor Chira. Filmed in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Released Dec 5, 1915 by the Casino Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Mathilde Baring, Joe Lasher, John Daly Murphy, Virginia Perry and Lucile Taft.
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Released Nov 17, 1915 by Rialto Star Features
(USA) B&W silent feature film starring Mathilde Baring, William Cahill, Edward Craske, Frank Goldsmsith, Elaine Ivans, James Levering, Charles Richmond, Lucile Taft, Charles W. Travis and Grace Valentine.
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Released Oct 20, 1915 by the Gaumont Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Madge Orlamond, William Roselle, William Stieff, Lucile Taft and Charles W. Travis.
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Released Jan 13, 1915 by Eclair American
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Fred Sumner and Irma Earle.
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Released Jan 6, 1915 by Eclair American
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Richard Garrick, Francis Herberlein, Lottye Fowler, Fred Sumner and Irma Earle. |
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Produced by Rialto Star Features; distrib, by the Gaumont Co.
B&W silent horror film starring Bradley Barker, James Levering, Charles W. Travis, Ivy Troutman and Frank Whitson.
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Released Nov 11, 1914 by Eclair American
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Richard Garrick, Irma Earle and Will E. Sheerer. Filmed in Tucson, Arizona.
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Released Nov 18, 1914 by Eclair American
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Will E. Sheerer, Irma Earle and Manuel Montijo.
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Released Dec 1, 1912 by Rex Motion Picture Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Alexander Gaden, William Sorelle, Miss Montevile, Charles W. Travis, Franklyn Hanna, Charles De Forrest and William Lloyd.
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Released Aug 26, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Allen Mathes, Adrenne Kroell and Walter Roberts.
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Released Aug 1, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Mac Barnes, Charles Clary, Winifred Greenwood, Vera Hamilton, Capitola Holmes, Douglas Lawrence, Margaret Melville and Timmy Sheehan.
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Released July 29, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Charles Clary, Lafe McKee, Lillian Leighton, Capitola Homes, Mac Barnes, Earle Stanley, Harry McCabe, Colin Reid, Frank De Camp and Charles de Delzecchio. |
Released July 26, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring William Duncan, Myrtle Stedman, Richard Garrick, Vera Hamilton, Mattie Fitzgerald, William Stowell and Rex De Rosselli. |
Released July 5, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Lynette Griffin, Frank Weed, Myrtle Stedman, John Austin, Mrs. Bennington and Phyllis Gardon. |
Released Jun 27, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Frances Osman, Richard Garrick, Myrtle Stedman and Louise Kelly. |
Released Jun 4, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring William Duncan, Myrtle Stedman, Walter Roberts, La Verne Barber, Lynette Griffin, Colin Reid, Mrs. Richard Griffin, Earl Dubrock, Richard Garrick, William Stowell and Frederick Bernard. |
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Released Apr 29, 1912 by Selig Polyscope Company
(USA) B&W silent short film starring Walter Roberts, William Duncan, Harold F. Larkin, William Stowell, Clyde Garner, Edgar G. Wynn, Myrtle Stedman and W. D. Emerson.
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Royal Carriage – Mar 16, 1956
Played the role of Thaddeus Grimshaw |
The Big Will – Nov 12, 1953
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Night Strike – Apr 29, 1953 and Oct 19, 1954
Played the role of Benjamin Franklin |
The Frightened Bride – Feb 27, 1953
Played the role of Amos Stoker |
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O. Henry's Full House
1952 |
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Dreamboat
1952 |
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A Streetcar Named Desire
1951 |
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Boomerang
1947 |
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Marie Galante
1934 |
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Ten Little Indians 1945.
Performed on the front lines
in Europe during World War II as
part of the USO Camp Shows.
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Richard Garrick as a young man.
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Information sources include The Internet Movie Database, the Internet Broadway Database, archives of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Washington (DC) Post, Chicago Tribune and extensive genealogical research.
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