Deceased

How Did Richard Barthelmess Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 68

Also known asRichard Semler Barthelmess, Richard S. Barthelmess, Richard Semler BarthelemysGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn08/05/1895Born inNew York City, New York, USADied17/08/1963Died inSouthamptonCauseesophageal cancerWikidataQ457293 ↗Buried atFerncliff CemeteryTMDb#13789 ↗

Richard Semler Barthelmess was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. Two years later he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for two films: The Patent Leather Kid and The Noose.

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Filmography33 titles

Importing filmography…

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1998	Star Power: The Creation Of United ArtistsMovie	The Yellow Man (archive footage)	103
1962	The Great ChaseMovie	—	67
1961	The Legend of Rudolph ValentinoMovie	Self (archive footage)	66
1942	The Mayor of 44th StreetMovie	Ed Kirby	47
1942	The SpoilersMovie	Bronco Kid	47
1942	Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)Movie	Self (archive footage)	47
1940	The Man Who Talked Too MuchMovie	J.B. Roscoe	45
1939	Only Angels Have WingsMovie	Bat MacPherson	44
1936	Spy of NapoleonMovie	Gerard de Lanoy	41
1935	Four Hours to Kill!Movie	Tony Mako	40
1933	How to Break 90 #1: The GripMovie	Himself	38
1932	Alias the DoctorMovie	Karl Brenner	37
1931	How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'Movie	—	36
1929	The Show of ShowsMovie	Meet My Sister Presenter (uncredited)	34
1928	Scarlet SeasMovie	Steven Dunkin	33
1928	The Little Shepherd of Kingdom ComeMovie	Chad Buford	33
1928	The NooseMovie	Nickie Elkins	33
1926	Ranson's FollyMovie	Lt. Ranson	31
1926	Just SupposeMovie	Prince Rupert of Koronia	31
1926	The White Black SheepMovie	Robert Kincarin	31
1926	The Amateur GentlemanMovie	Barnabas Barty	31
1925	Soul-FireMovie	Eric Fane	30
1925	Shore LeaveMovie	D.X. (Bilge) Smith	30
1923	The Fighting BladeMovie	Karl Van Kerstenbroock	28
1923	Twenty-OneMovie	Julian McCullough	28
1923	The Bright ShawlMovie	Charles Abbott	28
1922	Seeing StarsMovie	Self	27
1920	Way Down EastMovie	David Bartlett	25
1920	The Love FlowerMovie	Bruce Sanders	25
1919	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the GirlMovie	Cheng Huan	24
1918	Wild PrimroseMovie	Jack Wilton	23
1917	The Seven SwansMovie	Prince Charming	22
1917	The Eternal SinMovie	Gennaro	22