Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras.[3] He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his long screen career, he wrote "several scenarios" for productions.[1] Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Richard Neill | |
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 Motion Picture News, 1916 | |
| Born | Richard Renchaw Neill, Jr. November 12, 1875 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Died | April 8, 1970 (aged 94) Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, screenwriter[1] |
| Years active | 1910–1961 |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Jerome Williams (m. 1915-1970; his death)[2] |
Partial filmography
edit- The Lighthouse by the Sea (1911, Short) - The Lighthouse Keeper's Son
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912)
- The Substitute Stenographer (1913, Short)
- Dolly of the Dailies (1914, Serial) - High Officer of the Secret Society [Ch. 5]
- Fantasma (1914) - The Princess' Father
- Colonel Carter of Cartersville (1915) - Robert Gill
- The Broken Law (1915) - Gaspar
- The Labyrinth (1915) - Rev. Herbert Fenton
- The Man Who Found Himself (1915) - Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
- The Fool's Revenge (1916) - Randall
- A Modern Thelma (1916)
- God's Half Acre (1916) - Perry Westley
- A Wall Street Tragedy (1916) - Ranson
- The Ragged Princess (1916) - Thomas Deigan
- The Battle of Life (1916) - O'Leary
- A Child of the Wild (1917)
- Love's Law (1917)
- The Co-Respondent (1917)
- The Woman in White (1917)
- Her Second Husband (1917)
- The Road to France (1918)
- His Wife's Friend (1919)
- The Plunger (1920)
- Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922)
- A Clouded Name (1923)
- Sinner or Saint (1923)
- Heritage of the Desert (1924)
- The Fighting Coward (1924)
- Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
- Percy (1925)
- Tumbleweeds (1925)
- Born to the West (1926)
- Satan Town (1926)
- The Trunk Mystery (1926)
- Galloping Thunder (1927)
- The Fightin' Comeback (1927)
- The Desert of the Lost (1927)
- Bulldog Pluck (1927)
- Somewhere in Sonora (1927)
- The Man Without a Face (1928)
- Beyond the Sierras (1928)
- The Law's Lash (1928)
- The Bushranger (1928)
- The King of the Kongo (1929)
- Where East is East (1929)
- The Last Frontier (1932)
- Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
References
edit- ^ a b "NEILL, Richard R.", featured in "Motion Picture Studio Directory" supplement in Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 196. Internet Archive, San Francisco. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", Richard Renchaw Neill to Grace Jerome Williams, November 12, 1915, Bronx, New York City. New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,940,961.
- ^ Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved March 28, 2019 – via Google Books.
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