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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
October 20, 1902
Place of Birth:
Zanesville, Ohio, USA
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Addison Richards
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Addison Whitaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television series between 1933 and his death.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1964 | For Those Who Think Young | Dean Watkins |
| 1963 | The Raiders | Huntingdon Lawford |
| 1962 | Saintly Sinners | Monsignor |
| 1961 | Operation Eichmann | The Stranger |
| 1961 | The Gambler Wore a Gun | Doc Devlin |
| 1961 | The Flight That Disappeared | The Future-being Advocate |
| 1961 | Frontier Uprising | Cmdr. Kimball |
| 1960 | The Dark at the Top of the Stairs | Harris |
| 1960 | Inherit the Wind | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | All the Fine Young Cannibals | Mr. McDowall (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Oregon Trail | President James Polk (uncredited) |
| 1958 | The Saga of Hemp Brown | Col. Ford |
| 1957 | Gunsight Ridge | Sheriff Tom Jones |
| 1957 | Last of the Badmen | Dillon |
| 1957 | The Deerslayer | |
| 1956 | Crime Against Joe | District Attorney Roy Kasden |
| 1956 | When Gangland Strikes | Mark Spurlock |
| 1956 | The Broken Star | Marshal Wayne Forrester |
| 1956 | Fury at Gunsight Pass | Charles Hanford |
| 1956 | The Fastest Gun Alive | |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Fan Bearer |
| 1956 | Walk the Proud Land | Gov. Safford |
| 1956 | Everything But the Truth | Roger Connolly |
| 1955 | Illegal | Steve Harper |
| 1955 | High Society | Sam Cosgrove |
| 1955 | Fort Yuma | Gen. Crook |
| 1950 | Davy Crockett, Indian Scout | Capt. Weightman |
| 1949 | Mighty Joe Young | Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Rustlers | Frank Abbott |
| 1949 | Henry, the Rainmaker | Steve Richards |
| 1948 | The Saxon Charm | Abel Richman |
| 1948 | Queen Esther | Haman |
| 1948 | Reaching from Heaven | Max Bradley |
| 1948 | If You Knew Susie | Senator Making Speech (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Lulu Belle | Police Commissioner John Dixon |
| 1948 | Call Northside 777 | State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux | Bank Manager (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Millerson Case | Dr. Wickersham |
| 1947 | Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa | Zebion |
| 1946 | Criminal Court | District Attorney Gordon |
| 1946 | Step by Step | James Blackton |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Head Farmer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Reverend Miller |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Big Harry (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Love Laughs at Andy Hardy | Mr. Benedict |
| 1945 | Strange Confession | Dr. Williams |
| 1945 | Bewitched | John Ellis |
| 1945 | Betrayal from the East | Captain Bates, G-2 |
| 1945 | The Shanghai Cobra | John Adams |
| 1945 | Divorce | Plummer |
| 1945 | The Tiger Woman | Mr. White |
| 1945 | The Chicago Kid | The Warden |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | |
| 1945 | The Master Key | Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue |
| 1945 | Black Market Babies | |
| 1945 | Bells of Rosarita | Slim Phillips |
| 1945 | Grissly's Millions | Henry Adams |
| 1945 | The Last Installment | Warden |
| 1945 | Secrets of a Sorority Girl | John Hamilton |
| 1945 | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | Jackson Decker |
| 1945 | Men in Her Diary | Attorney Cavanagh |
| 1945 | Danger Signal | Police Inspector |
| 1945 | Spellbound | Police Captain (uncredited) |
| 1945 | I'll Remember April | Inspector Pat Malloy |
| 1945 | Adventures of Rusty | Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist |
| 1945 | Leave Her to Heaven | Bedford (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Come Out Fighting | Police Commissioner James Mitchell |
| 1944 | A Night of Adventure | District Attorney Branson |
| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster | Priest (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Bordertown Trail | Fontaine |
| 1944 | The Mummy's Curse | Maj. Pat Walsh |
| 1944 | Are These Our Parents? | Clint Davis |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Capt. Joyce |
| 1944 | Raiders of Ghost City | Colonel Sewell |
| 1944 | Barbary Coast Gent | Wade Gamelin |
| 1944 | Marriage Is a Private Affair | Col. H.W. Ryder |
| 1944 | Main Street Today | Fred Baker |
| 1944 | Moon Over Las Vegas | Judge |
| 1943 | A Guy Named Joe | Maj. Corbett |
| 1943 | The Mad Ghoul | Editor Gavigan |
| 1943 | Mystery Broadcast | Bill Burton |
| 1943 | The Mystery of the 13th Guest | District Attorney |
| 1943 | Where Are Your Children? | Halstead |
| 1943 | Smart Guy | District Attorney Ben Carter |
| 1943 | Wagon Wheels West | Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Air Force | Maj. Daniels |
| 1943 | The Deerslayer | Mr. Hutter |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor | Prison Warden |
| 1943 | Adventures of the Flying Cadets | A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1] |
| 1943 | Headin' for God's Country | District Commissioner |
| 1943 | Oklahoma Outlaws | Judge John Walton |
| 1943 | Corvette K-225 | Cmdr. Rowland |
| 1943 | Destroyer | Ship Building Foreman |
| 1943 | Swing Shift Maisie | Chief Investigator (Uncredited) |
| 1942 | Sealed Lips | Chief Gary Benson |
| 1942 | Flying Tigers | R.T. Lindsay |
| 1942 | Underground Agent | George Martin |
| 1942 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Attorney Malcolm Kilgore |
| 1942 | Friendly Enemies | Inspector McCarthy |
| 1942 | A Close Call for Ellery Queen | Lester Younger |
| 1942 | The Lady Has Plans | Paul Baker |
| 1942 | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Gus Jordan |
| 1942 | Secret Enemies | C.G. Travers |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Herbert Wilson |
| 1942 | Secret Agent of Japan | Remsen |
| 1942 | Secrets of a Co-Ed | District Attorney |
| 1942 | Man With Two Lives | Lt. Detective George Bradley |
| 1942 | Top Sergeant | Col. Gray |
| 1942 | War Dogs | William Freeman |
| 1942 | Men of Texas | Silas Hurlbert |
| 1942 | Cowboy Serenade | Asa Lock |
| 1942 | Blue, White, and Perfect | Thomas |
| 1942 | Mokey | Judge |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Colonel |
| 1942 | The Pride of the Yankees | Coach |
| 1942 | Pacific Rendezvous | Gordon Trisby |
| 1942 | Private Buckaroo | Officer |
| 1942 | For Me and My Gal | France Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Big Street | Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited) |
| 1941 | Sheriff of Tombstone | Mayor Luke Keeler |
| 1941 | Tall, Dark and Handsome | Miitary Academy Commandant |
| 1941 | Forbidden Passage | Frank J. Maxwell |
| 1941 | Texas | Matt Lashan |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Mr. Talbot |
| 1941 | Ball of Fire | District Attorney |
| 1941 | Mutiny in the Arctic | Ferguson |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary | George Benedict |
| 1941 | Back in the Saddle | Duke Winston |
| 1941 | Badlands of Dakota | Gen. George Custer |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Adjutant (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town | The Judge |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber | Surgeon (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Divorce Lawyer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Western Union | Captain Harlow |
| 1941 | Her First Beau | Dr. Tom Wood |
| 1941 | Our Wife | Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited) |
| 1941 | I Wanted Wings | Flight Surgeon |
| 1940 | Andy Hardy Meets Debutante | George Benedict |
| 1940 | Charlie Chan in Panama | R.J. Godley |
| 1940 | Flight Command | Vice Admiral |
| 1940 | The Man from Dakota | Confederate Provost Marshal |
| 1940 | Moon Over Burma | Art Bryan |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Stanley Young |
| 1940 | Cherokee Strip | Ned Strawn |
| 1940 | Arizona | Capt. Hunter |
| 1940 | Gangs of Chicago | Evans |
| 1940 | Edison, the Man | Mr. Johnson |
| 1940 | Wyoming | Kincaid |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee | Judge (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Northwest Passage | Lieutenant Crofton |
| 1940 | Little Nellie Kelly | Naturalization Judge (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Pony Express Days | Tipton Walton |
| 1940 | Island of Doomed Men | Jackson (#46) (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Public Deb No. 1 | Sanford |
| 1940 | South to Karanga | Edmund Daniels |
| 1940 | Girl from Havana | Harrigan |
| 1940 | Ski Patrol | James Burton - Speaker |
| 1939 | Whispering Enemies | Red Barrett |
| 1939 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Streeter - President of Radex |
| 1939 | They Made Her a Spy | Senator Everett Brock |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Inspector Melvyn Fromm |
| 1939 | Inside Information | Gerald Banford |
| 1939 | They All Come Out | Warden - Atlanta |
| 1939 | Bad Lands | Rayburn |
| 1939 | Burn 'Em Up O'Connor | Ed Eberhart |
| 1939 | Exile Express | Purnell |
| 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours | Berquist |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Jim Hollis (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Thunder Afloat | Admiral Ross |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Detective |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent | Bruce Corvall |
| 1939 | Money to Loan | District Attorney Norman Kennedy |
| 1939 | Geronimo | Frederick Allison |
| 1939 | Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever | Mr. Benedict |
| 1939 | Mystery of the White Room | Dr. Finley Morton |
| 1939 | Off the Record | Brand |
| 1939 | The Man from Montreal | Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P. |
| 1938 | Boys Town | Judge |
| 1938 | Accidents Will Happen | Blair Thurston |
| 1938 | Strange Glory | Senator |
| 1938 | Prison Nurse | Warden Benson |
| 1938 | The Black Doll | A.H. Mallison |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Hewitt |
| 1938 | Gateway | Inspector |
| 1938 | That Certain Age | Newspaper Man (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Warden (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Devil's Party | Inspector Bresnahan |
| 1938 | Flight to Fame | Colonel King |
| 1937 | Smart Blonde | Fitz Mularkay |
| 1937 | God's Country and the Woman | Gaskett |
| 1937 | Dance Charlie Dance | Gordon Fox |
| 1937 | Romance of Louisiana | James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio |
| 1937 | Ready, Willing and Able | Edward McNeil |
| 1937 | Draegerman Courage | John McNally |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air | E.E. Nichols |
| 1937 | Her Husband's Secretary | Steven Garron |
| 1937 | The Singing Marine | Mr. Fowler |
| 1937 | Wine, Women and Horses | Gambler |
| 1937 | White Bondage | Kip Gillis |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Fred MacLane |
| 1937 | Black Legion | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1937 | Mr. Dodd Takes the Air | Second Doctor (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel | Narrator (voice) |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead | Prison Warden |
| 1936 | Colleen | Schuyler |
| 1936 | Song of the Saddle | Frank Wilson Sr. |
| 1936 | The Case of the Velvet Claws | Frank Locke |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife | Warden Williams |
| 1936 | Road Gang | Parmenter |
| 1936 | Sutter's Gold | James Marshall |
| 1936 | The Law in Her Hands | William McGuire |
| 1936 | Trailin' West | Curley Thorne |
| 1936 | Jailbreak | Dan Varner |
| 1936 | Man Hunt | Mel Purdue |
| 1936 | Ceiling Zero | Fred Adams |
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Capt. Matanaza |
| 1936 | The Petrified Forest | Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bullets or Ballots | William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1936 | China Clipper | Mr. B.C. Hill |
| 1936 | Hot Money | Forbes |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Hank Gibbs |
| 1935 | Frisco Kid | William Coleman |
| 1935 | Sweet Music | Mr. Thomas |
| 1935 | Dinky | District Attorney |
| 1935 | The White Cockatoo | David Lorn |
| 1935 | Society Doctor | Harrigan |
| 1935 | A Dog of Flanders | Herden |
| 1935 | Here Comes the Band | Colonel Wallace |
| 1935 | Alias Mary Dow | Martin |
| 1935 | 'G' Men | Bruce J. Gregory |
| 1935 | Freckles | Jack Carter |
| 1935 | Freckles | Butch |
| 1935 | Eight Bells | Tracey |
| 1935 | A Dream Comes True | Narrator |
| 1935 | The Eagle's Brood | Big Henry |
| 1935 | Front Page Woman | District Attorney |
| 1935 | Home on the Range | Beady |
| 1934 | Such Women Are Dangerous | Delange |
| 1934 | Our Daily Bread | Louie |
| 1934 | A Lost Lady | State Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog | Judge Markham |
| 1934 | The St. Louis Kid | Mr. Brown |
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Martinson |
| 1934 | Beyond the Law | Morgan |
| 1934 | Let’s Be Ritzy | Lt. Spaulding |
| 1934 | Babbitt | District Attorney |
| 1934 | Handy Andy | McKechnie (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Lone Cowboy | Dobe Jones |
| 1933 | Riot Squad | Diamonds Jareck |