Richard Bennett
Acting
Born: 1870-05-21
Died: 1944-10-22
Biography
Richard Bennett (May 21, 1870 – October 22, 1944) was an American actor who became a stage and silent screen matinee idol over the early decades of the twentieth century. He was born in Deacon's Mills, Indiana in 1870 (some sources state 1872), the son of George Washington Bennett and Eliza Huffman. His younger sister was Ina Blanche Bennett. For a time, he was a sailor on Great Lakes steamer, a professional boxer, medicine showman, troubadour and night clerk in a hotel in Chicago. His silent m
🎬 Movies (25)
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
Seymour (uncredited)
Journey into Fear
1943
Ship's Captain
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
Major Amberson
18 Minutes
1935
Korn
Nana
1934
Gaston Greiner
Big Executive
1933
Commodore Richardson
If I Had a Million
1932
John Glidden
Madame Racketeer
1932
Elmer Hicks
Strange Justice
1932
Kearney
This Reckless Age
1932
Donald Ingals
No Greater Love
1932
Surgeon
Five and Ten
1931
John Rarick
Bought!
1931
David Meyer
Arrowsmith
1931
Gustav Sondelius
The Home Towners
1928
Vic Arnold
Lying Wives
1925
Ted Stanhope
Youth for Sale
1924
Montgomery Breck
The Eternal City
1923
Bruno
The End of the Road
1919
Doctor
The Gilded Youth
1917
John Slocum
The Valley of Decision
1916
Arnold Gray
The Sable Blessing
1916
John Slocum
And the Law Says
1916
Lawrence Kirby
Philip Holden - Waster
1916
Philip Holden
Damaged Goods
1914
George Dupont