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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 20, 1902
Died
March 22, 1964
Place of Birth
Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Addison Whitaker Richards Jr.
- Addison Whittaker Richards, Jr.
Addison Richards
0.6 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Addison Whitaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television series between 1933 and his death.
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
5.3
Dean Watkins
For Those Who Think Young
1964
4.3
Huntingdon Lawford
The Raiders
1963
5.7
Frank Newton
Petticoat Junction
1963
7.2
Connelley
The Fugitive
1963
🎬
5.0
John Abbott
Ben Jerrod
1963
6.9
Mr. Lucas
The Beverly Hillbillies
1962
6.4
Morrison
The Virginian
1962
3.0
Monsignor
Saintly Sinners
1962
7.5
87th Precinct
1961
Credits
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
For Those Who Think Young
as Dean Watkins
1964
5.3
The Raiders
as Huntingdon Lawford
1963
4.3
Petticoat Junction
as Frank Newton
1963
5.7
The Fugitive
as Connelley
1963
7.2
🎬
Ben Jerrod
as John Abbott
1963
5.0
The Beverly Hillbillies
as Mr. Lucas
1962
6.9
The Virginian
as Morrison
1962
6.4
Saintly Sinners
as Monsignor
1962
3.0
87th Precinct
1961
7.5
The Flight That Disappeared
as The Future-being Advocate
1961
5.3
The Gambler Wore a Gun
as Doc Devlin
1961
5.0
Operation Eichmann
as The Stranger
1961
6.0
Gunslinger
as John Pearson
1961
6.0
Frontier Uprising
as Cmdr. Kimball
1961
4.8
Miami Undercover
1961
6.0
Mister Ed
1961
6.7
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
Guestward, Ho!
1960
4.0
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Harris
1960
6.4
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as James Fitzgibbon
1960
6.2
Pete and Gladys
1960
6.0
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
1960
5.3
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
1960
7.7
Around the World with Nellie Bly
as Mr. Pulitzer
1960
0.0
Dennis the Menace
as Stacy
1959
6.5
The Third Man
1959
7.1
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959
6.0
The Oregon Trail
as President James Polk (uncredited)
1959
5.5
One Step Beyond
as Warden
1959
5.6
One Step Beyond
as Cabinet Secretary
1959
5.6
Rawhide
as Jed Blaine
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Frank Miller
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as Judge Wainwright
1959
7.2
Bufakkar filli nassini
as Sound
1959
0.0
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Man with a Camera
1958
4.6
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1958
5.8
Yancy Derringer
as Judge Harper
1958
6.0
The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Col. Ford
1958
6.3
The Texan
1958
5.5
Cimarron City
as Martin Kingsley
1958
5.0
The Donna Reed Show
1958
6.2
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Doctor
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Dr. John Allen
1958
6.8
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Consul (uncredited)
1957
8.6
26 Men
1957
4.2
Trackdown
1957
6.4
Perry Mason
as George Lansing
1957
7.7
Perry Mason
as Smith
1957
7.7
The Deerslayer
1957
6.0
Gunsight Ridge
as Sheriff Tom Jones
1957
5.7
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Evanson
1957
6.2
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Gen. Lew Wallace
1957
6.9
Last of the Badmen
as Dillon
1957
5.7
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Jamieson
1957
0.0
Everything But the Truth
as Roger Connolly
1956
8.2
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Judge Lovett
1956
6.0
The Ten Commandments
as Fan Bearer
1956
7.8
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
1956
6.0
🎬
State Trooper
1956
5.0
🎬
Hey, Jeannie!
as Judge Larkin
1956
6.0
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1956
5.0
Walk the Proud Land
as Gov. Safford
1956
6.1
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
6.9
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
The Broken Star
as Marshal Wayne Forrester
1956
6.4
Crime Against Joe
as District Attorney Roy Kasden
1956
5.9
When Gangland Strikes
as Mark Spurlock
1956
0.0
Fury at Gunsight Pass
as Charles Hanford
1956
6.0
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Illegal
as Steve Harper
1955
6.4
Fort Yuma
as Gen. Crook
1955
5.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Judge
1955
7.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Johnson
1955
7.8
Frontier
1955
5.0
Cheyenne
as Col. Danial H. Forrest
1955
6.0
High Society
as Sam Cosgrove
1955
5.0
Science Fiction Theatre
1955
6.2
The Millionaire
as H. H. Hungerford
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Police Chief James L. Peterson
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Papa
1954
3.3
Climax!
1954
3.3
Lassie
1954
6.1
The United States Steel Hour
as James Bellingham
1953
6.2
Letter to Loretta
as Leonard Craigle
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mr. Abbott
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Ralph Verdeen
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Mr. Ross
1953
6.5
Letter to Loretta
as Beseley
1953
6.5
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Jesse Childs
1951
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Pete Hunter
1951
7.2
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Michaels
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Col. Bessette
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Gen. Spencer
1950
6.3
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Henry
1950
5.6
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Capt. Weightman
1950
4.9
Mighty Joe Young
as Attorney (uncredited)
1949
6.4
Rustlers
as Frank Abbott
1949
5.3
Henry, the Rainmaker
as Steve Richards
1949
0.0
A Guy Named Joe
as Maj. Corbett
1949
6.6
Studio One
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Mr. MacKail
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Arthur
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Carter Jackson
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Saxon Charm
as Abel Richman
1948
3.8
Lulu Belle
as Police Commissioner John Dixon
1948
4.6
Call Northside 777
as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
1948
6.7
If You Knew Susie
as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
1948
7.5
Reaching from Heaven
as Max Bradley
1948
0.0
Queen Esther
as Haman
1948
5.0
Monsieur Verdoux
as Bank Manager (uncredited)
1947
7.7
🎬
Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa
as Zebion
1947
0.0
The Millerson Case
as Dr. Wickersham
1947
5.6
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
as Mr. Benedict
1946
5.5
Criminal Court
as District Attorney Gordon
1946
5.2
Angel on My Shoulder
as Big Harry (uncredited)
1946
6.4
Step by Step
as James Blackton
1946
6.2
Dragonwyck
as Head Farmer (uncredited)
1946
6.7
The Hoodlum Saint
as Reverend Miller
1946
5.2
Leave Her to Heaven
as Bedford (uncredited)
1945
7.4
Black Market Babies
1945
5.0
Danger Signal
as Police Inspector
1945
5.8
The Tiger Woman
as Mr. White
1945
5.3
Spellbound
as Police Captain (uncredited)
1945
7.4
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as Jackson Decker
1945
5.8
Strange Confession
as Dr. Williams
1945
6.8
The Shanghai Cobra
as John Adams
1945
5.8
Come Out Fighting
as Police Commissioner James Mitchell
1945
7.0
Men in Her Diary
as Attorney Cavanagh
1945
0.0
Adventures of Rusty
as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
1945
6.0
Divorce
as Plummer
1945
5.0
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
as John Hamilton
1945
0.0
Lady on a Train
1945
6.6
Bewitched
as John Ellis
1945
5.3
The Chicago Kid
as The Warden
1945
0.0
Bells of Rosarita
as Slim Phillips
1945
5.4
The Last Installment
as Warden
1945
5.5
The Master Key
as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
1945
0.0
Betrayal from the East
as Captain Bates, G-2
1945
5.8
I'll Remember April
as Inspector Pat Malloy
1945
3.7
Grissly's Millions
as Henry Adams
1945
6.0
The Mummy's Curse
as Maj. Pat Walsh
1944
5.5
Barbary Coast Gent
as Wade Gamelin
1944
4.6
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Col. H.W. Ryder
1944
5.2
Bordertown Trail
as Fontaine
1944
0.0
Raiders of Ghost City
as Colonel Sewell
1944
6.0
🎬
Are These Our Parents?
as Clint Davis
1944
0.0
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Priest (uncredited)
1944
6.0
A Night of Adventure
as District Attorney Branson
1944
4.7
Follow the Boys
as MacDermott (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Judge
1944
0.0
Main Street Today
as Fred Baker
1944
6.2
The Fighting Seabees
as Capt. Joyce
1944
6.2
Smart Guy
as District Attorney Ben Carter
1943
5.0
Where Are Your Children?
as Halstead
1943
4.0
Mystery Broadcast
as Bill Burton
1943
6.2
The Deerslayer
as Mr. Hutter
1943
7.0
The Mad Ghoul
as Editor Gavigan
1943
5.9
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as District Attorney
1943
5.4
Wagon Wheels West
as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
1943
4.0
Swing Shift Maisie
as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
1943
6.5
Corvette K-225
as Cmdr. Rowland
1943
6.1
Oklahoma Outlaws
as Judge John Walton
1943
5.0
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
1943
6.5
Headin' for God's Country
as District Commissioner
1943
0.0
Destroyer
as Ship Building Foreman
1943
6.6
Crime Doctor
as Prison Warden
1943
6.2
Air Force
as Maj. Daniels
1943
6.5
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gus Jordan
1942
7.0
Underground Agent
as George Martin
1942
0.0
War Dogs
as William Freeman
1942
4.7
Secrets of a Co-Ed
as District Attorney
1942
2.0
For Me and My Gal
as France Doctor (uncredited)
1942
6.4
Flying Tigers
as R.T. Lindsay
1942
6.2
Secret Enemies
as C.G. Travers
1942
5.2
The Big Street
as Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)
1942
5.6
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
1942
6.0
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Colonel
1942
5.0
The Pride of the Yankees
as Coach
1942
7.4
Men of Texas
as Silas Hurlbert
1942
0.0
Friendly Enemies
as Inspector McCarthy
1942
5.7
Top Sergeant
as Col. Gray
1942
6.0
Private Buckaroo
as Officer
1942
4.6
Pacific Rendezvous
as Gordon Trisby
1942
6.0
Secret Agent of Japan
as Remsen
1942
4.0
My Favorite Blonde
as Herbert Wilson
1942
6.4
Mokey
as Judge
1942
5.0
Man With Two Lives
as Lt. Detective George Bradley
1942
5.3
Cowboy Serenade
as Asa Lock
1942
5.0
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Lester Younger
1942
5.2
The Lady Has Plans
as Paul Baker
1942
5.2
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Thomas
1942
6.3
Sealed Lips
as Chief Gary Benson
1942
5.8
Ball of Fire
as District Attorney
1941
7.3
Design for Scandal
as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
1941
4.9
They Died with Their Boots On
as Adjutant (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Texas
as Matt Lashan
1941
6.5
Badlands of Dakota
as Gen. George Custer
1941
5.9
Dive Bomber
as Surgeon (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Our Wife
as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
1941
5.7
Her First Beau
as Dr. Tom Wood
1941
5.0
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Mayor Luke Keeler
1941
6.8
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Ferguson
1941
0.0
Men of Boys Town
as The Judge
1941
6.1
The Great Lie
as Mr. Talbot
1941
6.9
I Wanted Wings
as Flight Surgeon
1941
5.4
Back in the Saddle
as Duke Winston
1941
5.5
Western Union
as Captain Harlow
1941
6.0
The Strawberry Blonde
as Official (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as George Benedict
1941
5.4
Forbidden Passage
as Frank J. Maxwell
1941
6.3
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Miitary Academy Commandant
1941
5.7
Flight Command
as Vice Admiral
1940
5.6
Arizona
as Capt. Hunter
1940
6.3
Little Nellie Kelly
as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
1940
6.7
Cherokee Strip
as Ned Strawn
1940
4.0
Wyoming
as Kincaid
1940
5.9
Public Deb No. 1
as Sanford
1940
4.4
Girl from Havana
as Harrigan
1940
5.0
South to Karanga
as Edmund Daniels
1940
0.0
Moon Over Burma
as Art Bryan
1940
5.0
Pony Express Days
as Tipton Walton
1940
6.0
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as George Benedict
1940
5.4
Island of Doomed Men
as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
1940
5.4
Gangs of Chicago
as Evans
1940
5.3
Edison, the Man
as Mr. Johnson
1940
6.8
Ski Patrol
as James Burton - Speaker
1940
3.7
Charlie Chan in Panama
as R.J. Godley
1940
6.8
Northwest Passage
as Lieutenant Crofton
1940
6.5
The Man from Dakota
as Confederate Provost Marshal
1940
5.3
My Little Chickadee
as Judge (uncredited)
1940
6.4
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Stanley Young
1940
6.3
Slightly Honorable
as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
1939
4.7
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Streeter - President of Radex
1939
5.7
The Man from Montreal
as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
1939
3.8
Geronimo
as Frederick Allison
1939
4.6
Espionage Agent
as Bruce Corvall
1939
5.9
Thunder Afloat
as Admiral Ross
1939
5.9
Bad Lands
as Rayburn
1939
3.7
When Tomorrow Comes
as Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)
1939
5.1
They All Come Out
as Warden - Atlanta
1939
5.6
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Mr. Benedict
1939
5.4
Tell No Tales
as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
1939
4.6
Inside Information
as Gerald Banford
1939
0.0
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Detective
1939
5.6
Exile Express
as Chief G-Man Purnell
1939
5.0
They Made Her a Spy
as Senator Everett Brock
1939
5.7
Whispering Enemies
as Red Barrett
1939
0.0
Mystery of the White Room
as Dr. Finley Morton
1939
0.0
Money to Loan
as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
1939
6.7
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Berquist
1939
5.2
Off the Record
as Brand
1939
6.0
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Ed Eberhart
1939
5.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Flight to Fame
as Colonel King
1938
5.0
That Certain Age
as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
1938
5.1
Valley of the Giants
as Hewitt
1938
6.0
Boys Town
as Judge
1938
6.8
Gateway
as Inspector
1938
6.5
Strange Glory
as Senator
1938
4.0
The Devil's Party
as Inspector Bresnahan
1938
5.0
Accidents Will Happen
as Blair Thurston
1938
6.0
Prison Nurse
as Warden Benson
1938
5.1
The Black Doll
as A.H. Mallison
1938
5.3
Alcatraz Island
as Fred MacLane
1937
4.9
Love Is on the Air
as E.E. Nichols
1937
5.0
Wine, Women and Horses
as Gambler
1937
4.3
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
1937
5.4
White Bondage
as Kip Gillis
1937
6.0
Romance of Louisiana
as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
1937
6.0
Dance Charlie Dance
as Gordon Fox
1937
6.0
The Singing Marine
as Mr. Fowler
1937
4.0
Draegerman Courage
as John McNally
1937
6.5
Ready, Willing and Able
as Edward McNeil
1937
5.1
Her Husband's Secretary
as Steven Garron
1937
5.0
Black Legion
as Prosecuting Attorney
1937
6.6
God's Country and the Woman
as Gaskett
1937
4.2
Smart Blonde
as Fitz Mularkay
1937
6.1
Trailin' West
as Curley Thorne
1936
0.0
Anthony Adverse
as Capt. Matanaza
1936
5.7
China Clipper
as Mr. B.C. Hill
1936
5.6
Jailbreak
as Dan Varner
1936
6.4
Public Enemy's Wife
as Warden Williams
1936
5.8
Hot Money
as Forbes
1936
4.0
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Frank Locke
1936
6.8
Bullets or Ballots
as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
1936
6.6
The Law in Her Hands
as William McGuire
1936
5.0
Road Gang
as Parmenter
1936
6.5
Colleen
as Schuyler
1936
5.3
Sutter's Gold
as James Marshall
1936
0.0
The Walking Dead
as Prison Warden
1936
6.3
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson Sr.
1936
7.0
The Petrified Forest
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
1936
7.1
Man Hunt
as Mel Purdue
1936
0.0
Ceiling Zero
as Fred Adams
1936
5.8
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Narrator (voice)
1936
6.0
A Dream Comes True
as Narrator
1935
5.5
Frisco Kid
as William Coleman
1935
6.8
The Eagle's Brood
as Big Henry
1935
4.7
Freckles
as Butch
1935
0.0
Freckles
as Jack Carter
1935
0.0
Little Big Shot
as Hank Gibbs
1935
6.0
Here Comes the Band
as Colonel Wallace
1935
5.0
Front Page Woman
as District Attorney
1935
5.8
Dinky
as District Attorney
1935
6.7
'G' Men
as Bruce J. Gregory
1935
6.6
Alias Mary Dow
as Martin
1935
6.2
Eight Bells
as Tracey
1935
6.0
A Dog of Flanders
as Herden
1935
7.0
Sweet Music
as Mr. Thomas
1935
5.7
Home on the Range
as Beady
1935
0.0
The White Cockatoo
as David Lorn
1935
5.4
Society Doctor
as Harrigan
1935
6.3
Babbitt
as District Attorney
1934
6.0
Gentlemen Are Born
as Martinson
1934
6.5
The St. Louis Kid
as Mr. Brown
1934
5.8
Our Daily Bread
as Louie
1934
6.7
A Lost Lady
as State Attorney (uncredited)
1934
5.6
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Judge Markham
1934
6.2
Beyond the Law
as Morgan
1934
0.0
Handy Andy
as McKechnie (uncredited)
1934
1.0
Such Women Are Dangerous
as Delange
1934
0.0
Let’s Be Ritzy
as Lt. Spaulding
1934
0.0
Lone Cowboy
as Dobe Jones
1933
2.7
Riot Squad
as Diamonds Jareck
1933
3.3