Richard Arlen

Infobox actor
name = Richard Arlen


imagesize = 200px
caption = from "Wings" (1927)
birthdate = birth date|1898|9|1|mf=y
location = Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
deathdate = death date and age|1976|3|28|1898|9|1|mf=y
deathplace = Los Angeles, Hollywood, U.S.
birthname = Cornelius Richard Van Mattimore

Richard Arlen (September 1, 1898 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor.

Biography

Born Cornelius Richard Van Mattimore in Charlottesville, Virginia, he served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War I. At war's end, he went to Los Angeles where he found work as an unskilled laborer. By a stroke of pure luck, he was given an opportunity to act, appearing at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies.

He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as an Army Air Force Flight Instructor in World War Two. During his lifetime he served in two world wars then before his death in 1976, he experienced both the Korean and Vietnam Wars as an American citizen. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the 1927 Academy Award-winning "Wings" with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, and his future first-wife Jobyna Ralston.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Richard Arlen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6753 Hollywood Blvd.

On his death from emphysema in 1976, Richard Arlen was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Filmography

*"Wings" (1927)
*"Beggars of Life" (1928)
*"Ladies of the Mob" (1928)
*"Thunderbolt" (1929)
*"The Four Feathers" (1929)
*"The Virginian" (1929)
*"The Secret Call" (1931)
*"Island of Lost Souls" (1933)
*"Three-Cornered Moon" (1933)
*"Alice in Wonderland" (1933)
*"Artists and Models" (1937)
*"Missing Daughters" (1939)
*"The Man from Montreal" (1940)
*"A Dangerous Game" (1941)
*"Forced Landing" (1941)
*"Accomplice" (1946)
*"When My Baby Smiles at Me" (1948)
*"The Blazing Forest" (1952)
*"Cavalry Command" (1963)
*"The Road to Nashville" (1967)
*"The Sky's the Limit" (1975)

External links

*imdb name|id=0035159|Name= Richard Arlen Retrieved on 2008-01-26
*amg name|2:2228
*findagrave|33 Retrieved on 2008-01-26
* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=651 Photographs of Richard Arlen]

Persondata
NAME= Arlen, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Mattimore, Cornelius Richard Van
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= September 1, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH= Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH= March 28, 1976
PLACE OF DEATH= Los Angeles, Hollywood, U.S.