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Birth Day: 1899-08-30
Place of birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
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As (archive footage)
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As Mr. Monahan
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As Silent Film Star 2
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As Grimes
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As Capt J.J. Jericho
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As Townsman
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As Man in Club
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As Sheriff Travis
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As Sam Tyler
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As Deadwood Telegrapher
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As Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
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As Billy Kelly
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As Ned Duggan
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As Captain Gannon
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As National Intelligence
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As Pete
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As Matthew Ridgeway
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As Doctor Kent
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As Charles Devon
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As Sen. Oscar Anderson
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As Ben the Bartender
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As Sheriff Jenkins
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As Lee Barrenger
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As Col. Ralph Holbein
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As 'Four Feathers' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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As Col. Edwin Martin
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As Chris Garber
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As Bacon
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As Sgt. Jim Heisler
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As Sheriff Ward Young
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As C. W. Rivial
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As Tony Pelassier
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As John 'Captain' Martin
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As Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale
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As Joe Morgan
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As Brundage
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As Showdown Calhoun
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As Charles Storrs
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As Union Captain
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As Mike Adams
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As Cliff Jordan
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As Harvey Howell
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As Dobe Williams
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As Buffalo Bill
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As Simon Lash
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As Johnny March
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As Matt Fraser
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As Russell Evans
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As Tim Jones
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As John Craig
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As Capt. Jed Kilton
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As Dr. Patrick Cory
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As Woody Ormsby
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As Richard Houston
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As Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold
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As Jon Davis
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As Himself
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As Skinner Barnes
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As Matt Carney
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As Pvt. John W. Lewis
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As Johnny Maverick
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As Dick Williams
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As Jim Clark
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As Dick McManus
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As Dick Manning
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As Dick Barclay
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As Dick O'Hara
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As Brad Farrell
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As Dan Kendall
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As Dick 'Kid' Roberts
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As "Lucky" Larry Taylor
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As Frank Stewart
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As Walter Norton
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As Himself
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As Dick Talbot
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As Clark Manning
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As Gene 'Loop' Gillan
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As Dan Burton
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As Wally King
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As Capt. Robert Lawrence
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As Gaston Rogers
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As Denny Paine
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As Perry Brown
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As Lee Rogers
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As Steve Havens Jackson Jr.
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As Alan Townsend
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As Hickey
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As William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster
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As Bob Harvey
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As Himself
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As Mal Stevens
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As Art Ryan
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As Dan Matthews
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As Julian Barrow
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As Lucky Davis
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As Wild Bill Smith
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As Walt Martin
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As Self
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As Cheshire Cat
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As Dr. Alan Stevens
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As Bill Hoffman
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As Mondrake
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As Self (uncredited)
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As Pipes Boley
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As Frank C. Marsh
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As Gary King
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As Bert 'Speed' Condon
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As Edward Parker
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As David Frost
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As Tom Blake
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As Joe Hart
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As Lt. Tom Colton
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As Dan Curtis
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As Dan McMasters
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As Brad Farley
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As Dick Bailey
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As Phillip 'Pink' Barker
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As Self (from original version)
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As Hunter (Dream Girl)
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As Heyst
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As Jim Cleve
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As Stan Hollister
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As Lawrence Payne
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As Lou Larrigan
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As Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks
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As Bob Moran
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As Steven 'Steve'
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As Larry Lee
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As Lt. Harry Faversham
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As Red
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As Fred Tilden
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As Edd Denmeade
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As The Boy (Jim)
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As Her Problem
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As David Armstrong
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As Capt. Colton
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As Jimmie Adams
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As John Shreve
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As Bob Blewe
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As Ralph Treadway
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As 'Tubby' Clark
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As Photographer
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As Seaman (uncredited)
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As Link Halliwell
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As Percy Brown
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As Dumas Dufrayne
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As Bather
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As Richard Arlen