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Addison Richards
★ Acting

Addison Richards

1902 – 1964 · Zanesville, Ohio, USA · Active 1933–1983

Addison Richards, born in 1902, carved out a niche in genre cinema with a career spanning from the 1930s to the early 1960s. He is known for his roles in The Mad Ghoul (1943), where he embodies the chilling character of Dr. George Cleveland, and Mighty Joe Young (1949), contributing to the film's blend of adventure and fantasy. His extensive filmography includes appearances in Northwest Passage (1940) and The Big Street (1942), highlighting his adaptability across various roles in cult and exploitation cinema.

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Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young

1949 ★ 6.3
as Attorney (uncredited)

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.

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Filmography

333 credits
1980s 1 credit
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1960s 24 credits
1964
Movie ★ 5.7
1963
The Raiders as Huntingdon Lawford
Movie ★ 4.8
1963
Petticoat Junction as Frank Newton
TV ★ 5.8
1963
The Fugitive as Connelley
TV ★ 7.3
1963
Ben Jerrod as John Abbott
TV ★ 7.0
1962
Saintly Sinners as Monsignor
Movie ★ 5.3
1962
TV ★ 6.9
1962
The Virginian as Morrison
TV ★ 6.5
1961
Operation Eichmann as The Stranger
Movie ★ 6.8
1961
Movie ★ 5.3
1961
The Flight That Disappeared as The Future-being Advocate
Movie ★ 5.5
1961
Frontier Uprising as Cmdr. Kimball
Movie ★ 5.4
1961
TV ★ 6.8
1961
TV ★ 7.8
1961
TV ★ 6.3
1961
Gunslinger as John Pearson
TV ★ 6.3
1960
Movie ★ 6.5
1960
Inherit the Wind as Townsman (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.7
1960
All the Fine Young Cannibals as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1960
Movie ★ 10.0
1960
TV ★ 6.6
1960
TV ★ 6.3
1960
TV ★ 6.5
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show as James Fitzgibbon
TV ★ 6.4
1950s 77 credits
1959
The Oregon Trail as President James Polk (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1959
Movie ★ 9.0
1959
Rawhide as Jed Blaine
TV ★ 7.2
1959
TV ★ 6.6
1959
TV ★ 5.7
1959
TV ★ 7.2
1959
One Step Beyond as Cabinet Secretary
TV ★ 5.7
1959
Rawhide as Frank Miller
TV ★ 7.2
1959
Rawhide as Judge Wainwright
TV ★ 7.2
1959
Startime as Doctor
TV ★ 6.8
1958
Movie ★ 6.4
1958
TV ★ 5.5
1958
Yancy Derringer as Judge Harper
TV ★ 6.2
1958
TV ★ 6.5
1958
TV ★ 7.0
1958
Cimarron City as Martin Kingsley
TV ★ 6.3
1958
TV ★ 6.0
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive as Dr. John Allen
TV ★ 7.0
1958
77 Sunset Strip as Adm. Frederick Benson
TV ★ 7.1
1958
Lawman as Ben Thurston
TV ★ 5.8
1957
Gunsight Ridge as Sheriff Tom Jones
Movie ★ 6.0
1957
Movie ★ 6.8
1957
Movie ★ 6.1
1957
TV ★ 6.9
1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour as Consul (uncredited)
TV ★ 8.7
1957
Perry Mason as George Lansing
TV ★ 7.7
1957
TV ★ 6.8
1957
TV ★ 5.0
1957
Perry Mason as Smith
TV ★ 7.7
1957
Tales of Wells Fargo as Gen. Lew Wallace
TV ★ 7.1
1956
Crime Against Joe as District Attorney Roy Kasden
Movie ★ 5.9
1956
When Gangland Strikes as Mark Spurlock
Movie ★ 6.0
1956
The Broken Star as Marshal Wayne Forrester
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
Fury at Gunsight Pass as Charles Hanford
Movie ★ 6.3
1956
Movie ★ 6.9
1956
Movie ★ 7.8
1956
Walk the Proud Land as Gov. Safford
Movie ★ 6.1
1956
Everything But the Truth as Roger Connolly
Movie ★ 8.2
1956
TV ★ 6.4
1956
TV ★ 6.2
1956
Hey, Jeannie! as Judge Larkin
TV ★ 6.3
1956
TV ★ 6.5
1956
TV ★ 5.7
1955
Illegal as Steve Harper
Movie ★ 6.4
1955
High Society as Sam Cosgrove
Movie ★ 5.7
1955
Fort Yuma as Gen. Crook
Movie ★ 5.3
1955
Cheyenne as Col. Danial H. Forrest
TV ★ 6.1
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1955
The Millionaire as H. H. Hungerford
TV ★ 5.8
1955
TV ★ 5.3
1955
TV ★ 7.5
1955
The Millionaire as Police Chief James L. Peterson
TV ★ 5.8
1955
TV ★ 7.8
1954
TV ★ 6.2
1954
Climax! as Papa
TV ★ 3.8
1954
TV ★ 3.8
1953
Movie
1953
Letter to Loretta as Leonard Craigle
TV ★ 6.6
1953
Letter to Loretta as Mr. Abbott
TV ★ 6.6
1953
Letter to Loretta as Ralph Verdeen
TV ★ 6.6
1953
TV ★ 6.6
1953
TV ★ 6.6
1953
The United States Steel Hour as James Bellingham
TV ★ 6.3
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1951
TV ★ 7.2
1950
Movie ★ 5.2
1950
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Col. Bessette
TV ★ 6.7
1950
Lux Video Theatre as Gen. Spencer
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 6.0
1940s 138 credits
1949
Mighty Joe Young as Attorney (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1949
Rustlers as Frank Abbott
Movie ★ 6.3
1949
Henry, the Rainmaker as Steve Richards
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
The Saxon Charm as Abel Richman
Movie ★ 4.6
1948
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Reaching from Heaven as Max Bradley
Movie ★ 8.0
1948
If You Knew Susie as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3
1948
Lulu Belle as Police Commissioner John Dixon
Movie ★ 5.0
1948
Call Northside 777 as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1948
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as Mr. MacKail
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as Arthur
TV ★ 5.4
1948
Studio One as Carter Jackson
TV ★ 5.4
1947
Monsieur Verdoux as Bank Manager (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.7
1947
The Millerson Case as Dr. Wickersham
Movie ★ 5.9
1947
Movie
1946
Criminal Court as District Attorney Gordon
Movie ★ 5.4
1946
Step by Step as James Blackton
Movie ★ 6.2
1946
Dragonwyck as Head Farmer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1946
The Hoodlum Saint as Reverend Miller
Movie ★ 5.5
1946
Angel on My Shoulder as Big Harry (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1946
Movie ★ 5.8
1946
Don't Gamble with Strangers as Police Chief Broderick
Movie ★ 6.1
1945
Strange Confession as Dr. Williams
Movie ★ 6.9
1945
Bewitched as John Ellis
Movie ★ 5.4
1945
Betrayal from the East as Captain Bates, G-2
Movie ★ 6.4
1945
The Shanghai Cobra as John Adams
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
Divorce as Plummer
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
The Tiger Woman as Mr. White
Movie ★ 5.8
1945
The Chicago Kid as The Warden
Movie ★ 10.0
1945
Movie ★ 6.7
1945
The Master Key as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
Movie ★ 8.0
1945
Movie ★ 5.8
1945
Bells of Rosarita as Slim Phillips
Movie ★ 6.2
1945
Grissly's Millions as Henry Adams
Movie ★ 6.5
1945
Movie ★ 6.7
1945
Movie ★ 9.0
1945
Movie ★ 7.2
1945
Men in Her Diary as Attorney Cavanagh
Movie ★ 9.0
1945
Danger Signal as Police Inspector
Movie ★ 6.0
1945
Spellbound as Police Captain (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1945
I'll Remember April as Inspector Pat Malloy
Movie ★ 4.5
1945
Adventures of Rusty as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
Movie ★ 6.3
1945
Leave Her to Heaven as Bedford (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1945
Come Out Fighting as Police Commissioner James Mitchell
Movie ★ 7.5
1944
A Guy Named Joe as Maj. Corbett
Movie ★ 6.7
1944
A Night of Adventure as District Attorney Branson
Movie ★ 5.0
1944
Roger Touhy, Gangster as Priest (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Bordertown Trail as Fontaine
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
The Mummy's Curse as Maj. Pat Walsh
Movie ★ 5.5
1944
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
The Fighting Seabees as Capt. Joyce
Movie ★ 6.3
1944
Raiders of Ghost City as Colonel Sewell
Movie ★ 7.0
1944
Barbary Coast Gent as Wade Gamelin
Movie ★ 5.5
1944
Movie ★ 6.4
1944
Main Street Today as Fred Baker
Movie ★ 6.4
1944
Movie ★ 10.0
1944
Follow the Boys as MacDermott (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.7
1943
The Mad Ghoul as Editor Gavigan
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Mystery Broadcast as Bill Burton
Movie ★ 6.7
1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest as District Attorney
Movie ★ 5.7
1943
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Smart Guy as District Attorney Ben Carter
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Wagon Wheels West as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.3
1943
Air Force as Maj. Daniels
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
The Deerslayer as Mr. Hutter
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Crime Doctor as Prison Warden
Movie ★ 6.4
1943
Adventures of the Flying Cadets as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
Movie ★ 6.7
1943
Headin' for God's Country as District Commissioner
Movie ★ 8.0
1943
Oklahoma Outlaws as Judge John Walton
Movie ★ 6.7
1943
Corvette K-225 as Cmdr. Rowland
Movie ★ 6.2
1943
Destroyer as Ship Building Foreman
Movie ★ 6.8
1943
Swing Shift Maisie as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1942
Sealed Lips as Chief Gary Benson
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Flying Tigers as R.T. Lindsay
Movie ★ 6.2
1942
Underground Agent as George Martin
Movie ★ 9.0
1942
A-Haunting We Will Go as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
Movie ★ 6.1
1942
Friendly Enemies as Inspector McCarthy
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Movie ★ 6.1
1942
The Lady Has Plans as Paul Baker
Movie ★ 6.0
1942
Movie ★ 7.5
1942
Secret Enemies as C.G. Travers
Movie ★ 5.8
1942
My Favorite Blonde as Herbert Wilson
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Movie ★ 5.5
1942
Secrets of a Co-Ed as District Attorney
Movie ★ 4.0
1942
Man With Two Lives as Lt. Detective George Bradley
Movie ★ 5.6
1942
Top Sergeant as Col. Gray
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
War Dogs as William Freeman
Movie ★ 5.3
1942
Men of Texas as Silas Hurlbert
Movie ★ 9.0
1942
Cowboy Serenade as Asa Lock
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
Mokey as Judge
Movie ★ 6.7
1942
Movie ★ 5.3
1942
Movie ★ 7.4
1942
Pacific Rendezvous as Gordon Trisby
Movie ★ 7.5
1942
Movie ★ 5.0
1942
For Me and My Gal as France Doctor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
The Big Street as Dr. Mitchell (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1941
Sheriff of Tombstone as Mayor Luke Keeler
Movie ★ 7.2
1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome as Miitary Academy Commandant
Movie ★ 6.1
1941
Forbidden Passage as Frank J. Maxwell
Movie ★ 6.4
1941
Texas as Matt Lashan
Movie ★ 6.6
1941
The Great Lie as Mr. Talbot
Movie ★ 7.0
1941
Ball of Fire as District Attorney
Movie ★ 7.4
1941
Movie ★ 7.5
1941
Movie ★ 5.7
1941
Back in the Saddle as Duke Winston
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
Badlands of Dakota as Gen. George Custer
Movie ★ 6.1
1941
They Died with Their Boots On as Adjutant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1941
Men of Boys Town as The Judge
Movie ★ 6.4
1941
Dive Bomber as Surgeon (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Design for Scandal as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.1
1941
Western Union as Captain Harlow
Movie ★ 6.0
1941
Her First Beau as Dr. Tom Wood
Movie ★ 6.5
1941
Our Wife as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1941
I Wanted Wings as Flight Surgeon
Movie ★ 5.6
1941
The Strawberry Blonde as Official (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante as George Benedict
Movie ★ 5.7
1940
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
Flight Command as Vice Admiral
Movie ★ 5.9
1940
The Man from Dakota as Confederate Provost Marshal
Movie ★ 5.8
1940
Moon Over Burma as Art Bryan
Movie ★ 5.8
1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes as Stanley Young
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
Cherokee Strip as Ned Strawn
Movie ★ 5.5
1940
Arizona as Capt. Hunter
Movie ★ 6.5
1940
Movie ★ 5.8
1940
Edison, the Man as Mr. Johnson
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
Wyoming as Kincaid
Movie ★ 6.7
1940
My Little Chickadee as Judge (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1940
Northwest Passage as Lieutenant Crofton
Movie ★ 6.6
1940
Little Nellie Kelly as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.8
1940
Pony Express Days as Tipton Walton
Movie ★ 6.5
1940
Island of Doomed Men as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1940
Movie ★ 4.9
1940
South to Karanga as Edmund Daniels
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Girl from Havana as Harrigan
Movie ★ 7.5
1940
Ski Patrol as James Burton - Speaker
Movie ★ 4.6
1930s 93 credits
1939
Whispering Enemies as Red Barrett
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Nick Carter, Master Detective as Streeter - President of Radex
Movie ★ 6.0
1939
They Made Her a Spy as Senator Everett Brock
Movie ★ 6.8
1939
Slightly Honorable as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
Movie ★ 5.1
1939
Inside Information as Gerald Banford
Movie ★ 9.0
1939
They All Come Out as Warden - Atlanta
Movie ★ 5.9
1939
Bad Lands as Rayburn
Movie ★ 5.3
1939
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor as Ed Eberhart
Movie ★ 6.3
1939
Exile Express as Chief G-Man Purnell
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Movie ★ 6.1
1939
Tell No Tales as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1939
Thunder Afloat as Admiral Ross
Movie ★ 6.1
1939
Movie ★ 6.3
1939
Espionage Agent as Bruce Corvall
Movie ★ 6.3
1939
Money to Loan as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
Movie ★ 7.0
1939
Geronimo as Frederick Allison
Movie ★ 5.3
1939
Movie ★ 5.7
1939
Mystery of the White Room as Dr. Finley Morton
Movie ★ 9.0
1939
Movie ★ 6.4
1939
The Man from Montreal as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
Movie ★ 4.9
1939
When Tomorrow Comes as Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1938
Boys Town as Judge
Movie ★ 6.8
1938
Accidents Will Happen as Blair Thurston
Movie ★ 6.3
1938
Strange Glory as Senator
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Prison Nurse as Warden Benson
Movie ★ 5.6
1938
The Black Doll as A.H. Mallison
Movie ★ 6.5
1938
Movie ★ 6.7
1938
Gateway as Inspector
Movie ★ 7.4
1938
That Certain Age as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1938
Breakdowns of 1938 as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1938
The Devil's Party as Inspector Bresnahan
Movie ★ 5.4
1938
Flight to Fame as Colonel King
Movie ★ 7.5
1937
Smart Blonde as Fitz Mularkay
Movie ★ 6.5
1937
Movie ★ 5.2
1937
Dance Charlie Dance as Gordon Fox
Movie ★ 8.0
1937
Romance of Louisiana as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Ready, Willing and Able as Edward McNeil
Movie ★ 5.4
1937
Draegerman Courage as John McNally
Movie ★ 7.3
1937
Love Is on the Air as E.E. Nichols
Movie ★ 6.3
1937
Her Husband's Secretary as Steven Garron
Movie ★ 6.0
1937
The Singing Marine as Mr. Fowler
Movie ★ 5.3
1937
Movie ★ 5.3
1937
White Bondage as Kip Gillis
Movie ★ 6.8
1937
Alcatraz Island as Fred MacLane
Movie ★ 5.1
1937
Black Legion as Prosecuting Attorney
Movie ★ 6.6
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as Second Doctor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.6
1936
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
The Walking Dead as Prison Warden
Movie ★ 6.3
1936
Colleen as Schuyler
Movie ★ 5.8
1936
Song of the Saddle as Frank Wilson Sr.
Movie ★ 7.3
1936
Movie ★ 7.2
1936
Public Enemy's Wife as Warden Williams
Movie ★ 6.4
1936
Road Gang as Parmenter
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Sutter's Gold as James Marshall
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
The Law in Her Hands as William McGuire
Movie ★ 6.0
1936
Trailin' West as Curley Thorne
Movie ★ 8.0
1936
Jailbreak as Dan Varner
Movie ★ 6.7
1936
Man Hunt as Mel Purdue
Movie ★ 10.0
1936
Ceiling Zero as Fred Adams
Movie ★ 5.9
1936
Anthony Adverse as Capt. Matanaza
Movie ★ 5.8
1936
The Petrified Forest as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1936
Bullets or Ballots as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1936
China Clipper as Mr. B.C. Hill
Movie ★ 5.9
1936
Hot Money as Forbes
Movie ★ 7.0
1935
Little Big Shot as Hank Gibbs
Movie ★ 7.3
1935
Frisco Kid as William Coleman
Movie ★ 7.1
1935
Sweet Music as Mr. Thomas
Movie ★ 6.8
1935
Dinky as District Attorney
Movie ★ 7.3
1935
The White Cockatoo as David Lorn
Movie ★ 5.9
1935
Society Doctor as Harrigan
Movie ★ 7.3
1935
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
Movie ★ 7.2
1935
Here Comes the Band as Colonel Wallace
Movie ★ 7.0
1935
'G' Men as Bruce J. Gregory
Movie ★ 6.6
1935
Freckles as Jack Carter
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
Freckles as Butch
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
Eight Bells as Tracey
Movie ★ 6.5
1935
Movie ★ 6.7
1935
The Eagle's Brood as Big Henry
Movie ★ 5.8
1935
Front Page Woman as District Attorney
Movie ★ 5.9
1935
Movie ★ 9.0
1934
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Movie ★ 6.7
1934
A Lost Lady as State Attorney (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1934
Movie ★ 6.3
1934
The St. Louis Kid as Mr. Brown
Movie ★ 6.3
1934
Movie ★ 7.3
1934
Movie ★ 9.0
1934
Let’s Be Ritzy as Lt. Spaulding
Movie ★ 10.0
1934
Babbitt as District Attorney
Movie ★ 6.3
1934
Handy Andy as McKechnie (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1933
Lone Cowboy as Dobe Jones
Movie ★ 4.0
1933
Riot Squad as Diamonds Jareck
Movie ★ 5.0