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Richard Carlson

Actor

Richard Carlson

Born April 30, 1912 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, USADied November 26, 197761 films

Richard Dutoit Carlson (April 29, 1912 – November 25, 1977) was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter.

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The Little Foxes posterFirst watchThe Little Foxes19417.5as David HewittIn 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Creature from the Black Lagoon poster6.8Creature from the Black Lagoon1954The Valley of Gwangi poster7.1The Valley of Gwangi1969It Came from Outer Space poster6.3It Came from Outer Space1953King Solomon's Mines poster6.5King Solomon's Mines1950Hold That Ghost poster6.8Hold That Ghost1941The Ghost Breakers poster6.5The Ghost Breakers1940All I Desire poster7.0All I Desire1953The Sound of Fury poster6.5The Sound of Fury1950

Filmography

61 films as actor
  1. 1974Freedom 2000
  2. 1969Change of HabitBishop Finley
  3. 1969The Valley of GwangiChamp Connors
  4. 1968The PowerN. E. Van Zandt
  5. 1966The Doomsday FlightChief Pilot Bob Shea
  6. 1966Kid RodeloLink
  7. 1964DellaDavid Stafford
  8. 1961Famous Ghost StoriesTom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')
  9. 1960TormentedTom Stewart
  10. 1958The Unchained GoddessThe Writer
  11. 1957The Strange Case of the Cosmic RaysThe Fiction Writer
  12. 1957The Helen Morgan StoryRussell Wade
  13. 1957Hemo the MagnificentMr. Fiction Writer
  14. 1956Three for Jamie DawnMartin Random
  15. 1955BengaziInsp. Levering
  16. 1955The Last CommandWilliam B. Travis
  17. 1955An Annapolis StoryIntroductory Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  18. 1954Creature from the Black LagoonDr. David Reed
  19. 1954Riders to the StarsDr. Jerry Lockwood
  20. 1953The Golden BladeNarrator (voice)
  21. 1953All I DesireHenry Murdoch
  22. 1953The MazeGerald MacTeam
  23. 1953It Came from Outer SpaceJohn Putnam
  24. 1953SeminoleMajor Degan
  25. 1953The Magnetic MonsterDr. Jeffrey Stewart
  26. 1952Flat TopLt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers
  27. 1952Retreat, Hell!Capt. Paul Hansen
  28. 1952Whispering Smith vs. Scotland YardSteve Smith ("Whispering Smith")
  29. 1951The Blue VeilGerald Kean
  30. 1951A Millionaire for ChristyDr. Roland Cook
  31. 1951ValentinoWilliam 'Bill' King
  32. 1950The Sound of FuryGil Stanton
  33. 1950King Solomon's MinesJohn Goode
  34. 1948Behind Locked DoorsRoss Stewart
  35. 1948The Amazing Mr. XMartin Abbott
  36. 1947So Well RememberedCharles Winslow / Charles Winslow Sr.
  37. 1943The Man from Down UnderNipper Wilson
  38. 1943Young IdeasTom Farrell
  39. 1943For God and CountryTom Manning
  40. 1943Presenting Lily MarsOwen Vail
  41. 1943A Stranger in TownBill Adams
  42. 1942White CargoMr. Langford
  43. 1942My Heart Belongs to DaddyR.I.C. Kay
  44. 1942Highways by NightTommy Van Steel
  45. 1942The Affairs of MarthaJeff Sommerfield
  46. 1942Fly By NightDr. Geoffrey Burton
  47. 1941The Little FoxesDavid Hewitt
  48. 1941Hold That GhostDoctor Jackson
  49. 1941West Point WidowDr. Jimmy Krueger
  50. 1941Back StreetCurt Stanton
  51. 1940No, No, NanetteTom Gillespie
  52. 1940Too Many GirlsClint Kelly
  53. 1940The Howards of VirginiaThomas Jefferson
  54. 1940The Ghost BreakersGeoff Montgomery
  55. 1940Beyond TomorrowJames Houston
  56. 1939Little AccidentPerry Allerton
  57. 1939Dancing Co-Ed'Pug' Braddock
  58. 1939These Glamour GirlsJoe
  59. 1939Winter CarnivalProfessor John Welden
  60. 1938The Duke of West PointJohn West
  61. 1938The Young in HeartDuncan Macrae