Richard Bennett

Personal Info

Birthday

May 21, 1870

Day of Death

1944-10-22

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Clarence Charles William Henry Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Biography

From Wikipedia Richard Bennett (May 21, 1870 – October 22, 1944) was an American actor who became a stage and silent screen matinee idol over the early decades of the twentieth century. He was born in Deacon's Mills, Indiana in 1870 (some sources state 1872), the son of George Washington Bennett and Eliza Huffman.

His younger sister was Ina Blanche Bennett. For a time, he was a sailor on Great Lakes steamer, a professional boxer, medicine showman, troubadour and night clerk in a hotel in Chicago. His silent movie debut was a reprisal of his stage role in Damaged Goods (1914), which co-starred his wife, Adrienne Morrison.

Known For

The Magnificent Ambersons

Journey into Fear

Arrowsmith

The Pirates of Blood River

Nana

If I Had a Million

Strange Justice

Big Executive

Filmography

1962
The Pirates of Blood River
as Seymour (uncredited)
1943
Journey into Fear
as Ship's Captain
1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
as Major Amberson
1935
18 Minutes
as Korn
1934
Nana
as Gaston Greiner
1933
Big Executive
as Commodore Richardson
1932
If I Had a Million
as John Glidden
Strange Justice
as Kearney
Madame Racketeer
as Elmer Hicks
This Reckless Age
as Donald Ingals
1931
Arrowsmith
as Gustav Sondelius
Bought!
as David Meyer
Five and Ten
as John Rarick
1928
The Home Towners
as Vic Arnold
1925
Lying Wives
as Ted Stanhope
1924
Youth for Sale
as Montgomery Breck
1923
The Eternal City
as Bruno
1919
The End of the Road
as Doctor
1917
The Gilded Youth
as John Slocum
1916
The Valley of Decision
as Arnold Gray
And the Law Says
as Lawrence Kirby
Philip Holden - Waster
as Philip Holden
The Sable Blessing
as John Slocum
1914
Damaged Goods
as George Dupont