Richard Tucker

Personal Info

Birthday

June 3, 1884

Day of Death

1942-12-05

(58 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Richard Tucker

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Tucker (June 4, 1884 – December 5, 1942) was an American actor. Tucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1884. Appearing in 266 films between 1911 and 1940, he was the first official member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and a founding member of SAG's Board of Directors. Tucker died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in an unmarked niche in Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Faith.

Known For

The Fast Worker

The Jazz Singer

Wings

Flash Gordon

Libeled Lady

Road to Singapore

Shall We Dance

Rocket Ship

Filmography

1982
Dance of the Cookoos
as Banker Smith
1966
Spaceship to the Unknown
as Prof. Gordon (archive footage)
1940
Road to Singapore
as Officer on Ship (uncredited)
1939
The Great Victor Herbert
as Michael Brown
The Covered Trailer
as Doctor
Girl from Rio
as Roger Montgomery
They Made Her a Spy
as Colonel at Explosion
Sudden Money
as Mr. Rodney Hinds
Risky Business
as District Attorney
1938
Trade Winds
as John Johnson
Sons of the Legion
as State Commander
Letter of Introduction
as Mr. Tucker (uncredited)
On the Great White Trail
as Inspector Newcom
Delinquent Parents
as Harry Jefferson
The Higgins Family
as Burgess
The Girl of the Golden West
as Colonel
Rocket Ship
as Professor Gordon
1937
She's Got Everything
as Dr. Blicker
Something to Sing About
as Mr. Blaine
The Girl Said No
as Charles Dillon
Trapped by G-Men
as Agency Chief Conover
Make a Wish
as Grant
Jungle Menace
as Robert Banning
Headline Crasher
as Sen. James Tallant
I Cover the War!
as Army Officer
Dangerous Holiday
as Stone
Armored Car
as John Hale
Shall We Dance
as Mr. Russell (uncredited)
The Woman I Love
as General
The Little Maestro
as Manager
She's Dangerous
as District Attorney
We Who Are About to Die
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1936
The Plot Thickens
as John Carter
Flying Hostess
as Doctor
Two Minutes to Play
as Lyman Gaines
Libeled Lady
as Barker (uncredited)
Special Agent K-7
as Chief Agent John Adams
Flash Gordon
as Professor Gordon
1935
It's in the Air
as Revenue Chief (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
as Headwaiter
Here Comes the Band
as Jim - Banker in Band
Calm Yourself
as Police Inspector
Murder in the Fleet
as Harry Jeffries (Uncredited)
West Point of the Air
as George - Dare's Companion at Football Game
Shadow of Doubt
as Mark Torrey
1934
Elinor Norton
as Civilian Doctor
A Successful Failure
as J.W. Blair
Take the Stand
as Mr. Burnside
Paris Interlude
as Stevens
Handy Andy
as Mr. Beauregard
Baby Take a Bow
as Mr. Joseph Carson
Money Means Nothing
as George Whitney
The Road to Ruin
as Mr. Dixon
Sadie McKee
as Dr. Patrick (uncredited)
A Modern Hero
as Mr. Eggelson
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Picture Director
This Side of Heaven
as Henry W. Maxwell - Producer (uncredited)
Public Stenographer
as James Martin Sr.
1933
The Women in His Life
as Prosecuting Attorney
Back Page
as John H. Smith
Only Yesterday
as One of Jim's Friends (Uncredited)
Meet the Baron
as Radio Station Boss (uncredited)
Saturday's Millions
as Mr. Chandler
Midnight Mary
as Club Imperial Manager (uncredited)
Made on Broadway
as Party Guest
The Working Man
as Reeves Company Board Member (uncredited)
The World Gone Mad
as Graham Gaines
Daring Daughters
as Lawton
Men Must Fight
as Doctor
The Iron Master
as Paul Rankin
1932
The Crash
as Frank Parrish
A Successful Calamity
as Lawrence - Partington's Partner
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Mr. Smith
Guilty as Hell
as District Attorney
The Stoker
as Alan Ballard
Flames
as Garson
Careless Lady
as Captain Gerard
The Shadow of the Eagle
as Major Evans
1931
The Devil Plays
as Jerry Murdock
The Deceiver
as Mr. Lawson
Convicted
as Tony Blair
Graft
as District Attorney Martin Harrison
Maker of Men
as Mr. Rhodes
A Holy Terror
as Tom Hedges
The Black Camel
as Wilkie Ballou (uncredited)
Up for Murder
as Cyril Herk
Seed
as Bliss
Too Young to Marry
as Chester Armstrong
Hell Bound
as Gilbert
Stepping Out
as Charley Miller
Inspiration
as Galand
1930
The Bat Whispers
as Mr. Bell
Brothers
as Prosecuting Attorney
College Lovers
as Gene Hutton
Manslaughter
as J.P. Albee, Attorney
Recaptured Love
as Rawlings
Shadow of the Law
as Lew Durkin
Safety in Numbers
as F. Carstair Reynolds
Courage
as James Rudlin
The Benson Murder Case
as Anthony Benson
Puttin' on the Ritz
as Fenway Brooks
Peacock Alley
as Martin Saunders
1929
Navy Blues
as Man Dancing with Alice
Painted Faces
as District Attorney
Half Marriage
as Mr. Page
The Unholy Night
as Colonel Davidson
The King of the Kongo
as Chief of the Secret Service
This Is Heaven
as E.D. Wallace
The Squall
as Josef
The Dummy
as Blackie Baker
Lucky Boy
as Mr. Ellis
1928
The Border Patrol
as Earl Hanway
My Man
as Waldo
On Trial
as Prosecuting Attorney
Show Folks
as Vaudeville Performer
Captain Swagger
as Phil Poole
Show Girl
as Jack Milton
Loves of an Actress
as Baron Hartman
The Crimson City
as Richard Brand
Beware of Married Men
as Leonard Gilbert
1927
The Jazz Singer
as Harry Lee
Women's Wares
as Frank Stanton
The Girl from Rio
as Antonio Santos
The Desired Woman
as Sir Sydney Vincent
The Bush Leaguer
as Wallace Ramsey
Wings
as Air Commander
The World At Her Feet
as Dr. H.G. Pauls
Matinee Ladies
as Tom Mannion
A Kiss in a Taxi
as Henri Le Sage
1926
The Lily
as Huzar
Shameful Behavior?
as Jack Lee
Devil's Island
as Jean Valyon
That's My Baby
as Schuyler Van Loon
The Blind Goddess
as Henry Kelling
1925
The Golden Cocoon
as Mr. Renfro
The Air Mail
as Jim Cronin
As No Man Has Loved
as Aaron Burr
The Tornado
as Ross Travers
The Bridge of Sighs
as Glenn Hayden
1924
The Fast Worker
as Roxbury Medcroft
40-Horse Hawkins
as Rudolph Catalina
Beau Brummel
as Lord Stanhope
1923
The Broken Wing
as Sylvester Cross
Cameo Kirby
as Cousin Aaron Randall
The Eleventh Hour
as Herbert Glenville
Her Accidental Husband
as Paul Dupré
Lovebound
as Paul Meredith
Is Divorce a Failure?
as David Lockwood
The Dangerous Age
as Robert Chanslor
Poor Men's Wives
as Richard Smith-Blanton
Hearts Aflame
as Philip Rowe
1922
Remembrance
as J.P. Grout Jr.
Rags to Riches
as Blackwell Clarke
A Self-Made Man
as Hugo Bonsall
Yellow Men and Gold
as Lynch
The Worldly Madonna
as Alan Graves
Grand Larceny
as Franklin
1921
Voices of the City
as Clancy
Don't Neglect Your Wife
as George Geary
The Old Nest
as Tom at 36
A Voice in the Dark
as Lieutenant Patrick Cloyd
1920
The Great Lover
as Ward
The Branding Iron
as Prosper Gael
Darling Mine
as Jay Savoy
Dollars and Sense
as George Garrison
The Woman in Room 13
as Joe
1917
Behind the Mask
as Lord Strathmore
Babbling Tongues
as Viscount de Bellerive
Think It Over
as Henry Whitworth
The On-the-Square Girl
as Actor
The Power of Decision
as Austin Bland
The Law of the North
as The Rt. Hon. Reginald Annesley
Pardners
as Justus Morrow
Threads of Fate
as Dr. Grant Hunter
1916
The Cossack Whip
as Sergius Kordkin
When Love Is King
as Felix, the King
1915
Vanity Fair
as George Osborne
1913
Caste
as The Honorable George D'Alroy
Who Will Marry Mary?
as Duke Leonardo de Ferrara
A Proposal from the Duke
as Duke Leonardo Di Ferrara
A Reluctant Cinderella
as Dinner Guest
Bread on the Waters
as George Varick
A Letter to Uncle Sam
as 2nd Officer