Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 20, 1913
Place of Birth:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Dick Wessel
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | The Ugly Dachshund | Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Who's Minding the Store? | Traffic Cop |
| 1963 | Wives and Lovers | Mr. Liberti |
| 1961 | All in a Night's Work | Janitor (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Governor of Florida (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Tricky Chicks | |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Train Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Desperados Are in Town | Hank Green (as Richard Wessel) |
| 1955 | Fling in the Ring | Chopper Kane |
| 1955 | G.I. Dood It | Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel) |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause | Planetarium Guide (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Bowery to Bagdad | Henchman Gus |
| 1953 | Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Let's Do It Again | Ajax Moving Man |
| 1953 | Champ for a Day | 'Speedtrap' Calhoun |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Deputy (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Blackbeard, the Pirate | Dutchman |
| 1952 | The WAC from Walla Walla | Sgt. Malone |
| 1952 | Love Is Better Than Ever | Smittie |
| 1952 | Young Man with Ideas | Eddie Tasling |
| 1951 | The Scarf | Sid, Drunk Cowboy |
| 1951 | Gasoline Alley | Pudge |
| 1951 | Flying Leathernecks | Mess Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Corky of Gasoline Alley | Pudge McKay |
| 1951 | The Texas Rangers | Arkansas (uncredited) |
| 1951 | An American in Paris | Ben Macrow (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Her First Romance | Night Watchman (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Life with Buster Keaton | |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival | Concessionaire #1 |
| 1951 | Reunion in Reno | Taxi Driver |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train | Bill (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Beware of Blondie | Mailman |
| 1950 | Blondie's Hero | Mailman (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Watch the Birdie | Man Who Undresses (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Punchy Cowpunchers | Sgt. Mullins |
| 1950 | Harvey | Mr. Cracker (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Dizzy Yardbird | Sergeant Flint |
| 1950 | Sands of Iwo Jima | Grenade Instructor (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Father of the Bride | Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Misadventures of Buster Keaton | Harry (uncredited) |
| 1949 | On the Town | Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Tulsa | Joker (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Slattery's Hurricane | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Canadian Pacific | Bailey |
| 1949 | Thieves' Highway | Cab Driver (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Green Promise | Mr. Clairborne |
| 1949 | Blondie Hits the Jackpot | Mailman (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Pitfall | Desk Sergeant |
| 1948 | Billie Gets Her Man | Mr. McGonagle |
| 1948 | The Fuller Brush Man | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Flat Feat | Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson |
| 1948 | Unknown Island | Sanderson, 1st Mate |
| 1948 | Hollow Triumph | Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Blondie's Big Moment | Bus Driver (uncredited) |
| 1947 | High Wall | Jim Hale (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Wife to Spare | |
| 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Gestapo Officer (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Radio Romeo | |
| 1947 | Wife Tames Wolf | Male Character |
| 1947 | Fright Night | Chopper Kane |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Chick |
| 1947 | It Happened in Brooklyn | Policeman |
| 1947 | Hectic Honeymoon | Duffy |
| 1947 | In Room 303 | |
| 1947 | Do or Diet | Old Boyfriend |
| 1947 | California | Blacksmith (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Pardon My Terror | Luke |
| 1946 | Dick Tracy vs. Cueball | Harry 'Cueball' Lake |
| 1946 | So's Your Antenna | |
| 1946 | Slappily Married | Eddie--Honey's Fiance |
| 1946 | In Old Sacramento | Oscar |
| 1946 | Blonde Alibi | Detective (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Young Widow | Cab Driver (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | Black Angel | Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited) |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Silver Spurs | Buck Walters |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia | Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited) |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Hershel |
| 1943 | False Faces | Detective Mallory |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Cherub Joe (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Traitor Within | Henchman Otis |
| 1942 | Friendly Enemies | Delivery man |
| 1942 | X Marks the Spot | Dizzy |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Referee (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Romance on the Range | Jailer-Deputy |
| 1942 | Sunset Serenade | Antlers Bartender |
| 1942 | About Face | Bartender Charlie |
| 1942 | Fall In | Army Barber |
| 1942 | Brooklyn Orchid | Al |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Manpower | Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Desert Bandit | Henchman Hawk |
| 1941 | The Great Train Robbery | Gorman |
| 1941 | Red River Valley | Lumber Deliverer |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Sgt. Brown (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live | Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Steel Against the Sky | Mike (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dangerous Lady | Officer Donahue |
| 1940 | The Border Legion | Oscar "Red" McGooney |
| 1940 | Brother Orchid | Buffalo Burns |
| 1940 | Flowing Gold | Man on Dance Floor (uncredited) |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia | Backwoodsman |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Convict Messenger (uncredited) |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Driver in Cafe (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Cafe Hostess | Henchman Willie |
| 1940 | So You Won't Talk? | Dopey |
| 1939 | The Cowboy Quarterback | Football player |
| 1939 | An Hour for Lunch | Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They All Come Out | Moxie (uncredited) |
| 1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Collucci |
| 1939 | Blackwell's Island | Convict (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Customer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Missing Daughters | Brick McGirk |
| 1939 | Hitler: Beast of Berlin | Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1939 | I Stole a Million | Cop #2 (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Crowd Roars | Fighter at Gym (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Hawk of the Wilderness | Dirk |
| 1938 | Racket Busters | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Submarine Patrol | Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera) |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp |
| 1937 | San Quentin | Trusty (uncredited) |
| 1937 | They Gave Him a Gun | German Machine Gunner (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Border Cafe | Jaillbird (uncredited) |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Beans Clerk |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Joe |
| 1937 | The Game That Kills | 'Leapfrog' Soule |
| 1937 | Round-Up Time in Texas | Henchman Craig Johnson |
| 1936 | Half Shot Shooters | Gunnery Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Fury | Bodyguard (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Adventures of Frank Merriwell | Joe |
| 1936 | Small Town Girl | College Boy in Car (uncredited) |
| 1935 | In Spite of Danger | Monk Grady |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Moses Hennepin |
| 1963 | The Fugitive | Charley Hendricks |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Officer |
| 1963 | Grindl | |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial | Carnival Manager |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction | Bink Sharfells |
| 1961 | Ben Casey | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Sam Dlugash |
| 1961 | 87th Precinct | Howard Pitt |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone | Charlie |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Barker |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Carney Kohler |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Big Mike Campbell |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Jed |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | Lawman | Jed Thomas |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Stan |
| 1957 | Trackdown | |
| 1957 | Perry Mason | Transfer Man |
| 1957 | The Thin Man | |
| 1957 | Wagon Train | Biff |
| 1957 | Zorro | Cpl. Delgado (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Hey, Jeannie! | Trucker |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow | Bartender |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Sol Durham |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | Fury | Fred |
| 1955 | Frontier | Hank |
| 1954 | December Bride | |
| 1954 | Father Knows Best | |
| 1954 | Lassie | Fred Brockway |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Sgt. Willis |
| 1954 | December Bride | Steve Farrell |
| 1954 | Studio 57 | Alvin T. 'Bear' Bristow |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf | Bill Basey |
| 1953 | The Life Of Riley | Squarehead Malloy |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Policeman |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Tom O'Brien (as Richard Wessell) |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Larry |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Bill Hart |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | CPO Delaney - USS Farragut |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Willard Crane |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Man |