Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken leg outside the Paramount Pictures lot. A sympathetic film director gave him his start as an extra. He appeared at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. His first important film role was in Vengeance of the Deep.
He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927. He was among the more famous residents of the celebrity enclave, Toluca Lake, California. He married New York socialite, Margaret Kinsella, in 1946.
In 1939, Universal teamed him with Andy Devine for a series of 14 B-pictures, mostly action-comedies with heavy reliance on stock footage from larger-scale films. They are informally known as the "Aces of Action" series, which is how the stars were billed in the trailers. When Arlen left the studio in 1941, the series continued with Devine teamed with a variety of other actors.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Arlen was active in television, having guest starred in several anthology series, including Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour, and in three episodes of the series about clergymen, Crossroads. In 1960, Arlen was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry. In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction playing himself. The episode was called "Wings" and it was in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings.
Arlen appeared in westerns, such as Lawman, Branded, Bat Masterson, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, and Yancy Derringer, and in such drama/adventure programs as Ripcord, Whirlybirds, Perry Mason, The New Breed, Coronado 9, and Michael Shayne.
Known for
Perry Mason
Dr. Harrison
Climax!
Nevers
Petticoat Junction
Self
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Damon Ring, Sr.
The Lucy Show
Richard
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Lock-Up
Bat Masterson
John Minor
Bat Masterson
Sheriff Dan Rainey
Branded
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Alaska Highway
Woody Ormsby
Apache Uprising
Captain Gannon
Accomplice
Simon Lash
Yancy Derringer
General Hugh Morgan
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Dan Matthews
The Conquering Horde
Dan McMasters
Golden Harvest
Walt Martin
The Day of the Trumpet
Sgt. Jim Heisler
The Mine with the Iron Door
Bob Harvey
A Dangerous Game
Dick Williams
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Capt. Robert Lawrence
Flying Blind
Jim Clark
The New Breed
Willits
Aerial Gunner
Jon Davis
Come On, Marines!
Lucky Davis
Paramount on Parade
Hunter (Dream Girl)
This Is Your Life
Self
Your Show of Shows
Warlock
Bacon
Hollywood
Richard Arlen
To the Shores of Hell
Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
Kansas Raiders
Union Captain
The Crawling Hand
Lee Barrenger
Beggars of Life
The Boy (Jim)
Letter to Loretta
Christopher Waring
The Best Man
Sen. Oscar Anderson
The Bounty Killer
Matthew Ridgeway
Under the Tonto Rim
Edd Denmeade
Missing Daughters
Wally King
Guilty as Hell
Frank C. Marsh
The Border Legion
Jim Cleve
The Virginian
Steven 'Steve'
Identity Unknown
Johnny March
Coronado 9
Waco
Billy Kelly
Mutiny in the Arctic
Dick Barclay
Wildcat
Johnny Maverick
Hurricane Smith
Brundage
The Blood Ship
John Shreve
The Santa Fe Trail
Stan Hollister
The Phantom Speaks
Matt Fraser
Hidden Guns
Sheriff Ward Young
Dangerous Paradise
Heyst
The Whistler
Flaming Feather
Showdown Calhoun
Storm Over Lisbon
John Craig
Three Cornered Moon
Dr. Alan Stevens
The Blazing Forest
Joe Morgan
Raiders of the Desert
Dick Manning
The Lawyer's Secret
Joe Hart
A Letter From Bataan
Pvt. John W. Lewis
Legion of Lost Flyers
Gene 'Loop' Gillan
Grand Canyon
Mike Adams
Gun Smoke
Brad Farley
Behind the Front
Percy Brown
Wings
David Armstrong
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
The Human Duplicators
National Intelligence
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Buffalo Bill
The Secret Call
Tom Blake
The Man from Montreal
Clark Manning
Town Tamer
Doctor Kent
Burning Up
Lou Larrigan
Secret Valley
Lee Rogers
The Young and the Brave
Col. Ralph Holbein
Submarine Alert
Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold
Power Dive
Brad Farrell
Dangerous Curves
Larry Lee
The Sea God
Phillip 'Pink' Barker
Johnny Reno
Ned Duggan
Sky Bride
Bert 'Speed' Condon
Red Tomahawk
Deadwood Telegrapher
The Coast of Folly
Bather
The Big Bonanza
Capt. Jed Kilton
The Enchanted Hill
Link Halliwell
The Four Feathers
Lt. Harry Faversham
The Sky's the Limit
Grimes
The Mountain
C. W. Rivial
Minesweeper
Richard Houston
Island of Lost Souls
Edward Parker
The French Key
Himself (uncredited)
Black Spurs
Pete
Danger On Wheels
"Lucky" Larry Taylor
Fort Utah
Sam Tyler
Black Diamonds
Walter Norton
Forced Landing
Dan Kendall
A Whale of a Tale
Mr. Monahan
Rogue's Gallery
Man in Club
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
Artists & Models
Alan Townsend
Three Live Ghosts
William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster
Wayward
David Frost
Sally in Our Alley
Jimmie Adams
Touchdown!
Dan Curtis
The Lady and the Monster
Dr. Patrick Cory
Law of the Lawless
Ben the Bartender
That's My Baby!
Tim Jones
Helldorado
Art Ryan
Silver City
Charles Storrs
Tiger Shark
Pipes Boley
Buckskin
Townsman
Rolled Stockings
Ralph Treadway
Song of the Eagle
Bill Hoffman
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Silent Film Star 2
Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
Only Saps Work
Larry Payne
How to Break 90 #4: Downswing
The Leather Pushers
Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Speed to Spare
Cliff Jordan
Hell and High Water
Capt J.J. Jericho
Timber Queen
Russell Evans
Soaring Stars
Himself
Wrecking Crew
Matt Carney
Straight, Place and Show
Denny Paine
Tropic Fury
Dan Burton
Lucky Devils
Dick McManus
You'd Be Surprised
Reporter (uncredited)
Raymie
Chris Garber
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
Thunderbolt
Bob Moran
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self
Hostile Guns
Sheriff Travis
The Man I Love
Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks
Devil's Point
John 'Captain' Martin
No Time to Marry
Perry Brown
College Humor
Mondrake
The Devil's Pipeline
Dick Talbot
Ready for Love
Julian Barrow
Padlocked
'Tubby' Clark
Manhattan Cocktail
Fred Tilden
The Light of Western Stars
Dick Bailey
Figures Don't Lie
Bob Blewe
The Return of Wildfire
Dobe Williams
Torpedo Boat
Skinner Barnes
The Great Barrier
Hickey
Young Fury
Sheriff Jenkins
Hot Steel
Frank Stewart
Men of the Timberland
Dick O'Hara
Call of The Yukon
Gaston Rogers
In the Name of Love
Dumas Dufrayne
Murder in Greenwich Village
Steve Havens Jackson Jr.
Let 'em Have It
Mal Stevens
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Col. Edwin Martin
She's a Sheik
Capt. Colton
Sabre Jet
Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
The All-American
Gary King
Ladies of the Mob
Red
Caught
Lt. Tom Colton
Sex and the College Girl
Charles Devon
Feel My Pulse
Her Problem
Swing with Bing
Himself
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Harvey Howell
She Made Her Bed
Wild Bill Smith
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
Blonde Blackmailer
Tony Pelassier