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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 20, 1913
Died
April 20, 1965
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- Dick Wassel
- Richard M. Wessel
- Richard Wessel
- Dick Wessell
- Richard Wessell
- Richard Michael Wessel
Dick Wessel
0.3 Popularity
Known For
6.7
Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)
The Ugly Dachshund
1966
7.0
Moses Hennepin
Daniel Boone
1964
6.9
Traffic Cop
Who's Minding the Store?
1963
🎬
5.7
Officer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
Bink Sharfells
Petticoat Junction
1963
7.2
Charley Hendricks
The Fugitive
1963
7.7
Carnival Manager
Arrest and Trial
1963
🎬
5.5
Grindl
1963
4.1
Mr. Liberti
Wives and Lovers
1963
7.3
Governor of Florida (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Credits
The Ugly Dachshund
as Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)
1966
6.7
Daniel Boone
as Moses Hennepin
1964
7.0
Who's Minding the Store?
as Traffic Cop
1963
6.9
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Officer
1963
5.7
Petticoat Junction
as Bink Sharfells
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Charley Hendricks
1963
7.2
Arrest and Trial
as Carnival Manager
1963
7.7
🎬
Grindl
1963
5.5
Wives and Lovers
as Mr. Liberti
1963
4.1
Pocketful of Miracles
as Governor of Florida (uncredited)
1961
7.3
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
Dr. Kildare
as Sam Dlugash
1961
5.5
87th Precinct
as Howard Pitt
1961
7.5
All in a Night's Work
as Janitor (uncredited)
1961
5.9
The Gazebo
as Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel)
1960
6.9
The Twilight Zone
as Charlie
1959
8.5
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
6.0
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Aphrodite
1959
6.0
Riverboat
as Carney Kohler
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Big Mike Campbell
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Barker
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Jed
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Stan
1958
6.7
Man with a Camera
1958
4.6
Lawman
as Jed Thomas
1958
5.6
Peter Gunn
1958
6.4
🎬
Tricky Chicks
1957
0.0
Zorro
as Cpl. Delgado (uncredited)
1957
7.5
Trackdown
as Matt Morris
1957
6.4
Perry Mason
as Transfer Man
1957
7.7
The Thin Man
1957
7.5
Wagon Train
as Biff
1957
6.6
The Desperados Are in Town
as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
1956
0.0
Around the World in 80 Days
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
1956
6.6
🎬
Broken Arrow
as Bartender
1956
5.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Trucker
1956
6.0
Rebel Without a Cause
as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
1955
7.5
Fury
as Fred
1955
6.2
Frontier
as Hank
1955
5.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
Gunsmoke
as Sol Durham
1955
6.6
G.I. Dood It
as Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)
1955
0.0
Bowery to Bagdad
as Henchman Gus
1955
6.1
Fling in the Ring
as Chopper Kane
1955
5.2
December Bride
1954
5.5
December Bride
as Steve Farrell
1954
5.5
Father Knows Best
as Officer
1954
6.5
Studio 57
as Alvin T. 'Bear' Bristow
1954
0.0
Lassie
as Fred Brockway
1954
6.1
The Lone Wolf
as Bill Basey
1954
7.0
Public Defender
as Sgt. Willis
1954
5.7
The Danny Thomas Show
as Policeman
1953
6.0
Champ for a Day
as 'Speedtrap' Calhoun
1953
6.0
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1953
7.3
Let's Do It Again
as Ajax Moving Man
1953
3.2
The Life Of Riley
as Squarehead Malloy
1953
6.0
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Dutchman
1952
5.9
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Larry
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Bill Hart
1952
7.2
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Sgt. Malone
1952
0.0
The Ford Television Theatre
as Tom O'Brien (as Richard Wessell)
1952
7.3
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
7.3
Young Man with Ideas
as Eddie Tasling
1952
4.7
Rancho Notorious
as Deputy (uncredited)
1952
6.5
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Smittie
1952
6.1
Reunion in Reno
as Taxi Driver
1951
6.0
Texas Carnival
as Concessionaire #1
1951
4.7
The Red Skelton Show
as CPO Delaney - USS Farragut
1951
7.4
The Red Skelton Show
as Assistant (uncredited)
1951
7.4
An American in Paris
as Ben Macrow (uncredited)
1951
7.0
Corky of Gasoline Alley
as Pudge McKay
1951
0.0
Flying Leathernecks
as Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
1951
5.8
Strangers on a Train
as Bill (uncredited)
1951
7.7
The Texas Rangers
as Arkansas (uncredited)
1951
5.7
Her First Romance
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1951
3.0
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Willard Crane
1951
4.5
The Scarf
as Sid, Drunk Cowboy
1951
5.6
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
7.0
Gasoline Alley
as Pudge
1951
5.5
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
as Harry (uncredited)
1950
7.0
Watch the Birdie
as Man Who Undresses (uncredited)
1950
5.3
Harvey
as Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
1950
7.7
The Jack Benny Program
as Man
1950
7.8
Father of the Bride
as Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)
1950
7.0
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
1950
6.3
Beware of Blondie
as Mailman
1950
5.3
Blondie's Hero
as Mailman (uncredited)
1950
6.3
Dizzy Yardbird
as Sergeant Flint
1950
0.0
Punchy Cowpunchers
as Sgt. Mullins
1950
5.7
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Grenade Instructor (uncredited)
1950
6.4
On the Town
as Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)
1949
7.0
Thieves' Highway
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1949
7.2
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
as Mailman (uncredited)
1949
6.5
Slattery's Hurricane
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1949
5.0
Canadian Pacific
as Bailey
1949
5.0
Tulsa
as Joker (uncredited)
1949
6.3
The Green Promise
as Mr. Clairborne
1949
6.0
Unknown Island
as Sanderson, 1st Mate
1948
5.0
🎬
Billie Gets Her Man
as Mr. McGonagle
1948
0.0
Hollow Triumph
as Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)
1948
6.6
Pitfall
as Desk Sergeant
1948
6.8
Flat Feat
as Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson
1948
0.0
The Fuller Brush Man
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
1948
6.0
Radio Romeo
1947
0.0
High Wall
as Jim Hale (uncredited)
1947
6.3
🎬
Wife to Spare
1947
0.0
🎬
Hectic Honeymoon
as Duffy
1947
0.0
Merton of the Movies
as Chick
1947
6.8
🎬
In Room 303
1947
0.0
🎬
Wife Tames Wolf
as Male Character
1947
0.0
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Policeman
1947
5.8
Fright Night
as Chopper Kane
1947
6.4
California
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1947
6.7
Do or Diet
as Old Boyfriend
1947
0.0
13 Rue Madeleine
as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
1947
6.0
Blondie's Big Moment
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1947
4.8
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Harry 'Cueball' Lake
1946
5.3
Slappily Married
as Eddie--Honey's Fiance
1946
5.0
So's Your Antenna
1946
0.0
Pardon My Terror
as Luke
1946
0.0
Black Angel
as Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
1946
6.0
In Old Sacramento
as Oscar
1946
6.0
Blonde Alibi
as Detective (Uncredited)
1946
3.9
Young Widow
as Cab Driver (Uncredited)
1946
4.6
Scarlet Street
as Detective (uncredited)
1945
7.6
Silver Spurs
as Buck Walters
1943
3.8
Action in the North Atlantic
as Cherub Joe (uncredited)
1943
7.1
False Faces
as Detective Mallory
1943
7.0
Three Hearts for Julia
as Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)
1943
6.0
King of the Cowboys
as Hershel
1943
5.5
The Traitor Within
as Henchman Otis
1942
0.0
Fall In
as Army Barber
1942
6.0
Gentleman Jim
as Referee (uncredited)
1942
7.1
X Marks the Spot
as Dizzy
1942
3.9
Sunset Serenade
as Antlers Bartender
1942
5.5
Friendly Enemies
as Delivery man
1942
5.7
Romance on the Range
as Jailer-Deputy
1942
5.7
About Face
as Bartender Charlie
1942
6.0
Joe Smith, American
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
1942
5.8
Brooklyn Orchid
as Al
1942
6.0
Dangerously They Live
as Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)
1941
5.9
Steel Against the Sky
as Mike (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Red River Valley
as Lumber Deliverer
1941
7.7
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Dangerous Lady
as Officer Donahue
1941
4.4
Manpower
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
1941
6.7
Desert Bandit
as Henchman Hawk
1941
0.0
The Great Train Robbery
as Gorman
1941
7.5
The Strawberry Blonde
as Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Flight Command
as Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)
1940
5.6
The Border Legion
as Oscar "Red" McGooney
1940
4.4
So You Won't Talk?
as Dopey
1940
5.0
City for Conquest
as Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)
1940
6.8
The Howards of Virginia
as Backwoodsman
1940
6.5
Flowing Gold
as Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
1940
7.0
They Drive by Night
as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Brother Orchid
as Buffalo Burns
1940
6.5
Castle on the Hudson
as Convict Messenger (uncredited)
1940
6.8
Cafe Hostess
as Henchman Willie
1940
5.3
The Roaring Twenties
as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
1939
7.5
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
as Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)
1939
4.3
Dust Be My Destiny
as Customer (uncredited)
1939
6.2
They All Come Out
as Moxie (uncredited)
1939
5.6
I Stole a Million
as Cop #2 (uncredited)
1939
6.0
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Football player
1939
5.5
Missing Daughters
as Brick McGirk
1939
3.0
An Hour for Lunch
as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1939
4.5
Blackwell's Island
as Convict (uncredited)
1939
5.0
They Made Me a Criminal
as Collucci
1939
6.1
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Dirk
1938
7.0
Submarine Patrol
as Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
1938
6.6
The Crowd Roars
as Fighter at Gym (uncredited)
1938
6.5
Racket Busters
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1938
5.1
Over the Wall
as Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp
1938
5.0
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)
1938
6.2
Borrowing Trouble
as Joe
1937
6.0
The Game That Kills
as 'Leapfrog' Soule
1937
5.3
White Bondage
as Beans Clerk
1937
6.0
Border Cafe
as Jaillbird (uncredited)
1937
6.3
San Quentin
as Trusty (uncredited)
1937
6.5
They Gave Him a Gun
as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
1937
6.2
Round-Up Time in Texas
as Henchman Craig Johnson
1937
7.7
Fury
as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1936
7.4
Half Shot Shooters
as Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)
1936
7.2
Small Town Girl
as College Boy in Car (uncredited)
1936
5.9
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
as Joe
1936
4.0
In Spite of Danger
as Monk Grady
1935
1.0