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Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

Acting
08 May 1895
17 Aug 1963
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Semler "Dick" Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an Oscar-nominated silent film star. Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut. His father died when he was a baby and his mother, Caroline Harris , was a stage actress, so he worked in theatres in his early days, between schooling, doing "walk-ons". This led to acting in college, doing amateur productions. Russian a...

Also Known As

Richard Semler Barthelmess, Richard S. Barthelmess, Richard Semler Barthelemys

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