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Biography

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Frank Richards was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Richards's earliest roles were in film, including the horror feature "Before I Hang" (1940) with Boris Karloff, "Cairo" (1942) and "The Cowboy and the Indians" (1949). He also appeared in the western "South of Caliente" (1951) with Roy Rogers, the Spencer Tracy sports comedy "Pat and Mike" (1952) and the Charlton Hes...

Filmography

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A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Bells Are Ringing (1960)

Barney Lampweck

The Black Orchid (1959)

Arson for Hire (1959)

The Hangman (1959)

Teacher's Pet (1958)

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Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Wouldn't Stand There

Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) We Need Gas

Biography

Frank Richards was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Richards's earliest roles were in film, including the horror feature "Before I Hang" (1940) with Boris Karloff, "Cairo" (1942) and "The Cowboy and the Indians" (1949). He also appeared in the western "South of Caliente" (1951) with Roy Rogers, the Spencer Tracy sports comedy "Pat and Mike" (1952) and the Charlton Heston western "The Savage" (1952). His film career continued throughout the fifties in productions like "Tennessee Champ" (1954), "Destry" (1954) with Audie Murphy and "Gang-Busters" (1955). He also appeared in the crime flick "A Bullet For Joey" (1955) with Edward G Robinson. Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in the Harry Lauter crime feature "Cry Baby Killer" (1958), the dramatic adaptation "Lonelyhearts" (1958) with Montgomery Clift and the Peter Falk drama "A Woman Under the Influence" (1991). Richards was most recently credited in the Mike Myers blockbuster animated adventure "Shrek" (2001). Richards passed away in April 1992 at the age of 83.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

A Woman Under the Influence (1974)

Bells Are Ringing (1960)

Barney Lampweck

The Black Orchid (1959)

Arson for Hire (1959)

The Hangman (1959)

Teacher's Pet (1958)

Escape from Red Rock (1958)

Lonelyhearts (1958)

The Cry Baby Killer (1958)

Revolt in the Big House (1958)

Gun Battle at Monterey (1957)

The Storm Rider (1957)

The Hard Man (1957)

The Persuader (1957)

Man from Del Rio (1956)

Running Target (1956)

The Man with the Golden Arm (1956)

Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)

Gang Busters (1955)

Pirates of Tripoli (1955)

Spy Chasers (1955)

Thunder Over Sangoland (1955)

A Bullet for Joey (1955)

Tennessee Champ (1954)

Money from Home (1954)

Return from the Sea (1954)

The Atomic Kid (1954)

The Caddy (1953)

Girls in the Night (1953)

Stop, You're Killing Me (1953)

Prisoners of the Casbah (1953)

The System (1953)

Clipped Wings (1953)

Carbine Williams (1952)

The Savage (1952)

Love Is Better Than Ever (1952)

Pat and Mike (1952)

Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

South of Caliente (1951)

The Scarf (1951)

Father of the Bride (1950)

California Passage (1950)

Love That Brute (1950)

Western Pacific Agent (1950)

No Way Out (1950)

Black Hand (1950)

Wyoming Mail (1950)

The Outriders (1950)

Outrider at dance

Come to the Stable (1949)

Tough Assignment (1949)

The Threat (1949)

Prison Warden (1949)

The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)

"Smiley" Martin

Slattery's Hurricane (1949)

I Cheated the Law! (1949)

The Set-Up (1949)

A Double Life (1948)

Appointment with Murder (1948)

The Story of Mr. Hobbs (1947)

The House on 92nd Street (1945)

Redhead from Manhattan (1943)

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

Sunday Punch (1942)

A Man's World (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Cutler man in barrel room

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)

Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)

Public Enemies (1941)

Before I Hang (1940)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

Cast (Short)

Coffins on Wheels (1941)

Life Events

Videos

Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Wouldn't Stand There Thugs Nick and Lefty (Anthony Caruso, Frank Richards) making like friendly painters for cops guarding the office of the DA MacDonald (Frank Conroy), who’s been threatened by escaped killer “Red” Kluger (Charles McGraw), who makes his first to-camera appearance here, in the little-known low-rent Noir The Threat, 1949.

Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) We Need Gas Escaped killer Kluger (Charles McGraw) is inside the truck, with his hostages, on whom he plots revenge, tied up in a sedan, so his man Lefty (Frank Richards) and hijacked trucker Turner (Don McGuire) are the front-men, encountering cop Kenneth Patterson and grease monkey Peter Duchow, in The Threat, 1949.

Threat, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) She Spill Anything? Vengeful escaped gangster Kluger (Charles McGraw) is laying into his hostages, the D-A (Frank Conroy) and cop Williams (Michael O’Shea), with help from his goons (Anthony Caruso, Frank Richards), when he makes clear what he’s after from also-abducted ex-girlfriend Carol (Virginia Grey), in The Threat, 1949, directed by Felix Feist.

Before I Hang -- (Movie Clip) We've Done It! Convicted mercy-killer Dr. Garth (Boris Karloff) with prison-doctor colleague Howard (Edward Van Sloan), achieving a breakthrough against aging, with trouble brewing, in Universal's Before I Hang, 1940.

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