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Richard Alexander

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Richard Alexander

Born November 19, 1902 in Dallas, Texas, USADied August 9, 1989170 films

Richard Alexander (November 19, 1902 – August 9, 1989) was an American film character actor.

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Modern Times posterFirst watchModern Times19368.3as Prison CellmateA bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Great Dictator poster8.3The Great Dictator1940All Quiet on the Western Front poster7.8All Quiet on the Western Front1930The Cameraman poster7.8The Cameraman1928The Big Country poster7.6The Big Country1958The Great Race poster7.1The Great Race1965The Band Wagon poster7.2The Band Wagon1953Father of the Bride poster7.0Father of the Bride1950Destry Rides Again poster7.2Destry Rides Again1939

Filmography

170 films as actor
  1. 1970The Cheyenne Social ClubBarfly (uncredited)
  2. 1966A Big Hand for the Little LadyBarfly (uncredited)
  3. 1965The Great RaceBarfly (uncredited)
  4. 196436 HoursMan Paying Respects (uncredited)
  5. 1959Der MustergatteRoger Nyffeler
  6. 1959Alias Jesse James
  7. 1958The Last HurrahMourner Given Cigar at Wake (uncredited)
  8. 1958The Big CountryParty Guest - Oceans (uncredited)
  9. 1957The Buster Keaton StoryTough Guy (uncredited)
  10. 1956Hollywood or BustWestern Actor
  11. 1954The Two Gun TeacherLuke Barstow
  12. 1954Broken LanceMan Outside Courtroom (uncredited)
  13. 1954The Bounty HunterGambler (uncredited)
  14. 1954Do Someone a Favor!Irate Husband (uncredited)
  15. 1954The Long, Long TrailerBald Shopper in Bungalette Trailer (uncredited)
  16. 1953The Band WagonStagehand (uncredited)
  17. 1953South Sea WomanBouncer at Krastner's (uncredited)
  18. 1953Dangerous When WetEgyptian Channel swimmer
  19. 1953Woman They Almost LynchedTownsman (uncredited)
  20. 1952Night Stage to GalvestonPatrol Headquarters Leader
  21. 1951Silver CanyonHenchman Luke Anders
  22. 1951The ScarfBarfly
  23. 1950Rock Island TrailMorrow's Henchman
  24. 1950Father of the BrideMoving Man with Screen (uncredited)
  25. 1949HellfireBlacksmith (uncredited)
  26. 1949Canadian PacificRailroad Worker (uncredited)
  27. 1949RimfireKarl Weber
  28. 1948Joan of ArcMan on Boulevard (uncredited)
  29. 1948False ParadiseMiner-Henchman Buck
  30. 1948Silver RiverSweeney Henchman (uncredited)
  31. 1948The Dead Don't DreamDuke
  32. 1948Silent ConflictRancher #1
  33. 1947The MaraudersSmitty, hefty worker-henchman
  34. 1947Song of ScheherazadeTheater Attendant
  35. 1946North of the BorderHenchman Tiny (as Dick Alexander)
  36. 1946'Neath Canadian SkiesPete Davis
  37. 1946Spook BustersIvan
  38. 1946Canyon PassageMiner (uncredited)
  39. 1945Senorita from the WestMasseur (uncredited)
  40. 1945Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in HollywoodEddie (uncredited)
  41. 1945Renegades of the Rio GrandeHenchman Pete Jackson (as Dick Alexander)
  42. 1945The House of FearRalph King (uncredited)
  43. 1944Lost in a HaremExecutioner (uncredited)
  44. 1944Gunsmoke MesaLear
  45. 1944Raiders of Ghost CityHenchman (uncredited)
  46. 1944Trigger TrailHenchman Waco (as Dick Alexander)
  47. 1944Spook TownHenchman
  48. 1944Boss of BoomtownThe Yuma Kid (as Dick Alexander)
  49. 1944Call of the South SeasBailey
  50. 1944Oklahoma RaidersHenchman Duggan (as Dick Alexander)
  51. 1944Raiders of the BorderSteve Rollins - Henchman (as Dick Alexander)
  52. 1944Ali Baba and the Forty ThievesMongol Guard (uncredited)
  53. 1943The Chance of a LifetimeCarpet Man (Uncredited)
  54. 1943Du Barry Was a LadyMarching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited)
  55. 1943King of the CowboysJoe the Prop Man
  56. 1943Hangmen Also Die!Slugger in Theater (uncredited)
  57. 1942Lady in a JamHenpecked Husband at Auto Camp (uncredited)
  58. 1942In Old CaliforniaClem - Dawson's Henchman (uncredited)
  59. 1942Romance on the RangeHenchman
  60. 1942The Ghost of FrankensteinVillager at Council Meeting (uncredited)
  61. 1942The Corsican BrothersCastle Guard (Uncredited)
  62. 1941Paris CallingGerman Soldier at Jail Cell (uncredited)
  63. 1941Double TroubleSeaman
  64. 1941Sea RaidersJenkins
  65. 1941Badlands of DakotaCoach Driver with Rifle
  66. 1941Man from MontanaHenchman Kohler (as Dick Alexander)
  67. 1941The Iron ClawHenchman
  68. 1941Riders of Death ValleyHenchman Pete Grump
  69. 1941In the NavyBig Bruiser (uncredited)
  70. 1941The Lady from CheyenneHenchman
  71. 1940The Great DictatorTomainian Prison Guard in 1918 (uncredited)
  72. 1940Rangers of FortuneWater Thug
  73. 1940WyomingGus - Henchman
  74. 1940Son of Roaring DanBig Taylor (as Dick Alexander)
  75. 1940Dark CommandPhil - Guerrilla Guarding Seton
  76. 1940Strange CargoGuard (uncredited)
  77. 1939Death Rides the RangeBig Nick Harden
  78. 1939Destry Rides AgainCowboy (uncredited)
  79. 1939Tower of London2nd Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited)
  80. 1939The Kansas TerrorsNico
  81. 1939Frontier MarshalCurly Bill's Henchman
  82. 1939Captain FuryGuard
  83. 1939Union PacificCard Player (uncredited)
  84. 1938Santa Fe StampedeHenchman Joe Moffit
  85. 1938Mars Attacks the WorldPrince Barin
  86. 1938Where the Buffalo RoamSellers
  87. 1938The Mysterious RiderBig Tom Hudson
  88. 1938Marie AntoinetteMan with Pike (uncredited)
  89. 1938On the Great White TrailDoc Howe
  90. 1938Tell Your ChildrenPete Daley (uncredited)
  91. 1938Six Shootin' SheriffBar X Rider Big Boy
  92. 1938Joy of LivingAngry Man in Revolving Door (Uncredited)
  93. 1938Flash Gordon's Trip to MarsPrince Barin
  94. 1938Rocket ShipPrince Barin
  95. 1938The Ship That DiedCrewman of Mary Celeste
  96. 1938Where the West BeginsBarnes
  97. 1937Zorro Rides AgainEl Lobo
  98. 1937SOS Coast GuardThorg
  99. 1937Two-Fisted SheriffHenchman Bull
  100. 1937Mystery RangeLuke Bardos
  101. 1937The Feud of the TrailHolcomb Brother
  102. 1937Outcast
  103. 1936Wild Brian KentPhil Hansen - restaurant manager
  104. 1936The Public PaysDrunken Hood Who Knocks Over Milk Wagon (uncredited)
  105. 1936Everyman's LawBarber (as Dick Alexander)
  106. 1936Flash GordonPrince Barin
  107. 1936Silly BilliesJohn Little
  108. 1936Drift FenceHenchman Seth Haverly
  109. 1936Dangerous WatersHays
  110. 1936Modern TimesPrison Cellmate
  111. 1936Roarin' Guns'Bull' Langdon
  112. 1935The Fighting MarinesIvan
  113. 1935Riding WildHenchman Ed Barker (Jim in credits)
  114. 1935The Cowboy and the BanditScarface
  115. 1935Born to BattleNate
  116. 1935Coyote TrailsMack Larkin
  117. 1934Babes in ToylandKing's Guard (uncredited)
  118. 1934Cowboy HolidayDeputy Walt Gregor (as Dick Alexander)
  119. 1934Fate's FatheadMan Mountain McGinnis
  120. 1934Kentucky KernelsHank Wakefield