Cast

Richard Barthelmess

1895 – 1963

Active years (films on this site)

1919–1939

Genres

DramaRomanceAdventure

Schools and movements

Classical HollywoodEarly and Pioneering Cinema

Directors worked with

D.W. Griffith2 filmsHoward Hawks1 film

Biography

Richard Semler Barthelmess was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. Two years later he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two films: The Patent Leather Kid and The Noose.

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Awards and honours

National / local

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

3 films on this site

1. Broken Blossoms 1919 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
2. Way Down East 1920 · D.W. Griffith · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
3. Only Angels Have Wings 1939 · Howard Hawks · IMDb 7.6 · Cast