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name: "Addison Richards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/addison-richards"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 October 1902"
died: "22 March 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T01:19:14.521110+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Addison Richards

Actor. Born 20 October 1902 in Zanesville, Ohio, USA. Died 22 March 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 October 1902, Zanesville, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 22 March 1964
- **Active:** 1936–1942
- **Also known as:** Addison Whitaker Richards Jr., Addison Whittaker Richards, Jr.
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 acting, 1 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 61 (2), 1940s 68 (2)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Family 1, History 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $3m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison_Richards, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353142, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0723935/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97007

## Biography

Addison Richards was an American actor of film and television. Born Addison Whitaker Richards Jr. on 20 October 1902 in Zanesville, Ohio, he died on 22 March 1964 in Los Angeles, California. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television productions from 1933 until his death.

Richards graduated from Washington State College and joined the Pasadena Playhouse in 1931 as an actor and associate director. He entered motion pictures in 1933 and later held a nonexclusive contract with Warner Bros. He is credited as the Judge in *Boys Town* (1938) and appeared in numerous other films, often in supporting roles as authority figures.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), Fi1m 71, as Coach — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Boys Town* (1938), Fi1m 65, as Judge — [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *Anthony Adverse* (1936), Fi1m 57, as Capt. Matanaza — [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Spellbound* (1945), Fi1m 66, as Police Captain (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)

## Complete filmography (312)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *For Those Who Think Young* (1964), as Dean Watkins
- *The Raiders* (1963), as Huntingdon Lawford
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Frank Newton
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Connelley — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Ben Jerrod* (1963), series, as John Abbott
- *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, as Mr. Lucas
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Morrison
- *Saintly Sinners* (1962), as Monsignor
- *87th Precinct* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Flight That Disappeared* (1961), as The Future-being Advocate
- *The Gambler Wore a Gun* (1961), as Doc Devlin
- *Operation Eichmann* (1961), as The Stranger
- *Gunslinger* (1961), series, as John Pearson
- *Frontier Uprising* (1961), as Cmdr. Kimball
- *Miami Undercover* (1961), series, Actor
- *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor
- *My Three Sons* (1960), series, Actor
- *Guestward, Ho!* (1960), series, Actor
- *The Dark at the Top of the Stairs* (1960), as Harris
- *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as James Fitzgibbon
- *Pete and Gladys* (1960), series, Actor
- *All the Fine Young Cannibals* (1960), as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
- *Inherit the Wind* (1960), as Townsman (uncredited)
- *Around the World with Nellie Bly* (1960), as Mr. Pulitzer
- *Startime* (1959), series, as Doctor
- *Dennis the Menace* (1959), series, as Stacy
- *The Third Man* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Oregon Trail* (1959), as President James Polk (uncredited)
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Warden, Cabinet Secretary
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Jed Blaine, Frank Miller, Judge Wainwright
- *Bufakkar filli nassini* (1959), as Sound
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Adm. Frederick Benson
- *Man with a Camera* (1958), series, Actor
- *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor
- *Lawman* (1958), series, as Ben Thurston
- *Yancy Derringer* (1958), series, as Judge Harper
- *The Texan* (1958), series, Actor
- *Cimarron City* (1958), series, as Martin Kingsley
- *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor
- *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Doctor, Dr. John Allen
- *The Saga of Hemp Brown* (1958), as Col. Ford
- *The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour* (1957), series, as Consul (uncredited)
- *26 Men* (1957), series, Actor
- *Trackdown* (1957), series, Actor
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as George Lansing, Smith
- *The Deerslayer* (1957), Actor
- *Gunsight Ridge* (1957), as Sheriff Tom Jones
- *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Evanson
- *Tales of Wells Fargo* (1957), series, as Gen. Lew Wallace
- *Last of the Badmen* (1957), as Dillon
- *Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses* (1957), as Jamieson
- *Everything But the Truth* (1956), as Roger Connolly
- *The Ten Commandments* (1956), as Fan Bearer — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/the-ten-commandments.md)
- *Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre* (1956), series, as Judge Lovett
- *State Trooper* (1956), series, Actor
- *Hey, Jeannie!* (1956), series, as Judge Larkin
- *The Adventures of Jim Bowie* (1956), series, Actor
- *Walk the Proud Land* (1956), as Gov. Safford
- *The Fastest Gun Alive* (1956), as Doc Jennings (uncredited)
- *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor
- *The Broken Star* (1956), as Marshal Wayne Forrester
- *Crime Against Joe* (1956), as District Attorney Roy Kasden
- *When Gangland Strikes* (1956), as Mark Spurlock
- *Fury at Gunsight Pass* (1956), as Charles Hanford
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Illegal* (1955), as Steve Harper
- *Fort Yuma* (1955), as Gen. Crook
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Judge, Mr. Johnson
- *Frontier* (1955), series, Actor
- *Cheyenne* (1955), series, as Col. Danial H. Forrest
- *High Society* (1955), as Sam Cosgrove
- *Science Fiction Theatre* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as H. H. Hungerford, Police Chief James L. Peterson
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Papa
- *Lassie* (1954), series, Actor
- *Confessions of a Nervous Man* (1953), as The Lawyer
- *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, as James Bellingham
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Leonard Craigle, Mr. Abbott, Ralph Verdeen, Mr. Ross, Beseley
- *You Are There* (1953), series, Actor
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Jesse Childs, Pete Hunter
- *The Jack Benny Program* (1950), series, as Newspaper Reporter
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Michaels, Col. Bessette, Gen. Spencer
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Henry
- *Davy Crockett, Indian Scout* (1950), as Capt. Weightman
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1949), as Attorney (uncredited)
- *Rustlers* (1949), as Frank Abbott
- *Henry, the Rainmaker* (1949), as Steve Richards
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mr. MacKail, Arthur, Carter Jackson
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Saxon Charm* (1948), as Abel Richman
- *Lulu Belle* (1948), as Police Commissioner John Dixon
- *Call Northside 777* (1948), as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
- *If You Knew Susie* (1948), as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
- *Reaching from Heaven* (1948), as Max Bradley
- *Queen Esther* (1948), as Haman
- *Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa* (1947), as Zebion
- *Monsieur Verdoux* (1947), as Bank Manager (uncredited)
- *The Millerson Case* (1947), as Dr. Wickersham
- *Love Laughs at Andy Hardy* (1946), as Mr. Benedict
- *Criminal Court* (1946), as District Attorney Gordon
- *Angel on My Shoulder* (1946), as Big Harry (uncredited)
- *Step by Step* (1946), as James Blackton
- *Don't Gamble with Strangers* (1946), as Police Chief Broderick
- *Dragonwyck* (1946), as Head Farmer (uncredited)
- *The Hoodlum Saint* (1946), as Reverend Miller
- *Leave Her to Heaven* (1945), as Bedford (uncredited)
- *Black Market Babies* (1945), Actor
- *Danger Signal* (1945), as Police Inspector
- *The Tiger Woman* (1945), as Mr. White
- *Spellbound* (1945), as Police Captain (uncredited) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/spellbound.md)
- *The Royal Mounted Rides Again* (1945), as Jackson Decker
- *Strange Confession* (1945), as Dr. Williams
- *The Shanghai Cobra* (1945), as John Adams
- *Come Out Fighting* (1945), as Police Commissioner James Mitchell
- *Men in Her Diary* (1945), as Attorney Cavanagh
- *Adventures of Rusty* (1945), as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
- *Divorce* (1945), as Plummer
- *Secrets of a Sorority Girl* (1945), as John Hamilton
- *Lady on a Train* (1945), Actor
- *Bewitched* (1945), as John Ellis
- *The Chicago Kid* (1945), as The Warden
- *Bells of Rosarita* (1945), as Slim Phillips
- *The Last Installment* (1945), as Warden
- *Betrayal from the East* (1945), as Captain Bates, G-2
- *The Master Key* (1945), as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
- *I'll Remember April* (1945), as Inspector Pat Malloy
- *Grissly's Millions* (1945), as Henry Adams
- *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), as Maj. Pat Walsh
- *Barbary Coast Gent* (1944), as Wade Gamelin
- *Marriage Is a Private Affair* (1944), as Col. H.W. Ryder
- *Bordertown Trail* (1944), as Fontaine
- *Raiders of Ghost City* (1944), as Colonel Sewell
- *Are These Our Parents?* (1944), as Clint Davis
- *Roger Touhy, Gangster* (1944), as Priest (uncredited)
- *A Night of Adventure* (1944), as District Attorney Branson
- *Follow the Boys* (1944), as MacDermott (uncredited)
- *Moon Over Las Vegas* (1944), as Judge
- *Main Street Today* (1944), as Fred Baker
- *A Guy Named Joe* (1944), as Maj. Corbett
- *The Fighting Seabees* (1944), as Capt. Joyce
- *Smart Guy* (1943), as District Attorney Ben Carter
- *Where Are Your Children?* (1943), as Halstead
- *Mystery Broadcast* (1943), as Bill Burton
- *The Deerslayer* (1943), as Mr. Hutter
- *The Mad Ghoul* (1943), as Editor Gavigan
- *The Mystery of the 13th Guest* (1943), as District Attorney
- *Wagon Wheels West* (1943), as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
- *Swing Shift Maisie* (1943), as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
- *Corvette K-225* (1943), as Cmdr. Rowland
- *Oklahoma Outlaws* (1943), as Judge John Walton
- *Adventures of the Flying Cadets* (1943), as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
- *Headin' for God's Country* (1943), as District Commissioner
- *Destroyer* (1943), as Ship Building Foreman
- *Crime Doctor* (1943), as Prison Warden
- *Air Force* (1943), as Maj. Daniels
- *Ridin' Down the Canyon* (1942), as Gus Jordan
- *Underground Agent* (1942), as George Martin
- *War Dogs* (1942), as William Freeman
- *Secrets of a Co-Ed* (1942), as District Attorney
- *For Me and My Gal* (1942), as France Doctor (uncredited)
- *Flying Tigers* (1942), as R.T. Lindsay
- *Secret Enemies* (1942), as C.G. Travers
- *The Big Street* (1942), as Dr. Mitchell (uncredited)
- *A-Haunting We Will Go* (1942), as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
- *The War Against Mrs. Hadley* (1942), as Colonel
- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Coach — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Men of Texas* (1942), as Silas Hurlbert
- *Friendly Enemies* (1942), as Inspector McCarthy
- *Top Sergeant* (1942), as Col. Gray
- *Private Buckaroo* (1942), as Officer
- *Pacific Rendezvous* (1942), as Gordon Trisby
- *Secret Agent of Japan* (1942), as Remsen
- *My Favorite Blonde* (1942), as Herbert Wilson
- *Mokey* (1942), as Judge
- *Man With Two Lives* (1942), as Lt. Detective George Bradley
- *Cowboy Serenade* (1942), as Asa Lock
- *A Close Call for Ellery Queen* (1942), as Lester Younger
- *The Lady Has Plans* (1942), as Paul Baker
- *Blue, White and Perfect* (1942), as Thomas
- *Sealed Lips* (1942), as Chief Gary Benson
- *Ball of Fire* (1941), as District Attorney
- *Design for Scandal* (1941), as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
- *They Died with Their Boots On* (1941), as Adjutant (uncredited)
- *Texas* (1941), as Matt Lashan
- *Badlands of Dakota* (1941), as Gen. George Custer
- *Dive Bomber* (1941), as Surgeon (uncredited)
- *Our Wife* (1941), as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
- *Her First Beau* (1941), as Dr. Tom Wood
- *Sheriff of Tombstone* (1941), as Mayor Luke Keeler
- *Mutiny in the Arctic* (1941), as Ferguson
- *Men of Boys Town* (1941), as The Judge
- *The Great Lie* (1941), as Mr. Talbot
- *I Wanted Wings* (1941), as Flight Surgeon
- *Back in the Saddle* (1941), as Duke Winston
- *Western Union* (1941), as Captain Harlow
- *The Strawberry Blonde* (1941), as Official (uncredited)
- *Andy Hardy's Private Secretary* (1941), as George Benedict
- *Forbidden Passage* (1941), as Frank J. Maxwell
- *Tall, Dark and Handsome* (1941), as Miitary Academy Commandant
- *Flight Command* (1940), as Vice Admiral
- *Arizona* (1940), as Capt. Hunter
- *Little Nellie Kelly* (1940), as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
- *Cherokee Strip* (1940), as Ned Strawn
- *Public Deb No. 1* (1940), as Sanford
- *Wyoming* (1940), as Kincaid
- *Girl from Havana* (1940), as Harrigan
- *South to Karanga* (1940), as Edmund Daniels
- *Moon Over Burma* (1940), as Art Bryan
- *Pony Express Days* (1940), as Tipton Walton
- *Andy Hardy Meets Debutante* (1940), as George Benedict
- *Island of Doomed Men* (1940), as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
- *Gangs of Chicago* (1940), as Evans
- *Edison, the Man* (1940), as Mr. Johnson
- *Ski Patrol* (1940), as James Burton - Speaker
- *Charlie Chan in Panama* (1940), as R.J. Godley
- *Northwest Passage* (1940), as Lieutenant Crofton
- *The Man from Dakota* (1940), as Confederate Provost Marshal
- *My Little Chickadee* (1940), as Judge (uncredited)
- *The Lone Wolf Strikes* (1940), as Stanley Young
- *Slightly Honorable* (1939), as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
- *Nick Carter, Master Detective* (1939), as Streeter - President of Radex
- *The Man from Montreal* (1939), as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
- *Geronimo* (1939), as Frederick Allison
- *Espionage Agent* (1939), as Bruce Corvall
- *Thunder Afloat* (1939), as Admiral Ross
- *Bad Lands* (1939), as Rayburn
- *When Tomorrow Comes* (1939), as Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)
- *They All Come Out* (1939), as Warden - Atlanta
- *Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever* (1939), as Mr. Benedict
- *Tell No Tales* (1939), as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
- *The Gracie Allen Murder Case* (1939), as Detective
- *Inside Information* (1939), as Gerald Banford
- *Exile Express* (1939), as Chief G-Man Purnell
- *They Made Her a Spy* (1939), as Senator Everett Brock
- *Whispering Enemies* (1939), as Red Barrett
- *Mystery of the White Room* (1939), as Dr. Finley Morton
- *Money to Loan* (1939), as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
- *Twelve Crowded Hours* (1939), as Berquist
- *Off the Record* (1939), as Brand
- *Burn 'Em Up O'Connor* (1939), as Ed Eberhart
- *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *Flight to Fame* (1938), as Colonel King
- *That Certain Age* (1938), as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
- *Valley of the Giants* (1938), as Hewitt
- *Boys Town* (1938), as Judge — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/boys-town.md)
- *Gateway* (1938), as Inspector
- *Strange Glory* (1938), as Senator
- *The Devil's Party* (1938), as Inspector Bresnahan
- *Accidents Will Happen* (1938), as Blair Thurston
- *Prison Nurse* (1938), as Warden Benson
- *The Black Doll* (1938), as A.H. Mallison
- *Alcatraz Island* (1937), as Fred MacLane
- *Love Is on the Air* (1937), as E.E. Nichols
- *Wine, Women and Horses* (1937), as Gambler
- *Mr. Dodd Takes the Air* (1937), as Second Doctor (uncredited)
- *White Bondage* (1937), as Kip Gillis
- *Romance of Louisiana* (1937), as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
- *Dance Charlie Dance* (1937), as Gordon Fox
- *The Singing Marine* (1937), as Mr. Fowler
- *Draegerman Courage* (1937), as John McNally
- *Ready, Willing and Able* (1937), as Edward McNeil
- *Her Husband's Secretary* (1937), as Steven Garron
- *Black Legion* (1937), as Prosecuting Attorney
- *God's Country and the Woman* (1937), as Gaskett
- *Smart Blonde* (1937), as Fitz Mularkay
- *Trailin' West* (1936), as Curley Thorne
- *Anthony Adverse* (1936), as Capt. Matanaza — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/anthony-adverse.md)
- *China Clipper* (1936), as Mr. B.C. Hill
- *Jailbreak* (1936), as Dan Varner
- *Public Enemy's Wife* (1936), as Warden Williams
- *Hot Money* (1936), as Forbes
- *The Case of the Velvet Claws* (1936), as Frank Locke
- *Bullets or Ballots* (1936), as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
- *The Law in Her Hands* (1936), as William McGuire
- *Road Gang* (1936), as Parmenter
- *Colleen* (1936), as Schuyler
- *Sutter's Gold* (1936), as James Marshall
- *The Walking Dead* (1936), as Prison Warden
- *Song of the Saddle* (1936), as Frank Wilson Sr.
- *The Petrified Forest* (1936), as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- *Man Hunt* (1936), as Mel Purdue
- *Ceiling Zero* (1936), as Fred Adams
- *Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel* (1936), as Narrator (voice)
- *A Dream Comes True* (1935), as Narrator
- *Frisco Kid* (1935), as William Coleman
- *The Eagle's Brood* (1935), as Big Henry
- *Freckles* (1935), as Butch, Jack Carter
- *Little Big Shot* (1935), as Hank Gibbs
- *Here Comes the Band* (1935), as Colonel Wallace
- *Front Page Woman* (1935), as District Attorney
- *Dinky* (1935), as District Attorney
- *'G' Men* (1935), as Bruce J. Gregory
- *Alias Mary Dow* (1935), as Martin
- *Eight Bells* (1935), as Tracey
- *A Dog of Flanders* (1935), as Herden
- *Sweet Music* (1935), as Mr. Thomas
- *Home on the Range* (1935), as Beady
- *The White Cockatoo* (1935), as David Lorn
- *Society Doctor* (1935), as Harrigan
- *Babbitt* (1934), as District Attorney
- *Gentlemen Are Born* (1934), as Martinson
- *The St. Louis Kid* (1934), as Mr. Brown
- *Our Daily Bread* (1934), as Louie
- *A Lost Lady* (1934), as State Attorney (uncredited)
- *The Case of the Howling Dog* (1934), as Judge Markham
- *Beyond the Law* (1934), as Morgan
- *Handy Andy* (1934), as McKechnie (uncredited)
- *Such Women Are Dangerous* (1934), as Delange
- *Let’s Be Ritzy* (1934), as Lt. Spaulding
- *Lone Cowboy* (1933), as Dobe Jones
- *Riot Squad* (1933), as Diamonds Jareck

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