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name: "Charles Richman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charles-richman"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 January 1865"
died: "1 December 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T23:57:19.730058+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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# Charles Richman

Actor. Born 11 January 1865 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 1 December 1940.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 January 1865, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 1 December 1940
- **Active:** 1937–1939
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richman_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2960117, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/105453

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Dark Victory*](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md) (79)

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## Biography

Charles Richman was an American stage and film actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he began his career in the theatre and appeared on Broadway from the 1890s until the 1930s, including founding the Garrick Theatre Stock Company in 1906.

Richman entered films in 1914 and continued working until 1939, often in supporting roles as dignified authority figures. His later screen credits include Judge Thatcher in *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (1938), Thayer in *Holiday* (1938), M. Delagorgue in *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937) and Colonel Mantle in *Dark Victory* (1939). He was married to actress Jane Grey and had two children.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Dark Victory* (1939), Fi1m 79, as Colonel Mantle — [page](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md)
- *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), Fi1m 70, as M. Delagorgue — [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md)

## Complete filmography (50)

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

- *Exile Express* (1939), as Judge
- *Torchy Runs for Mayor* (1939), as Mayor John Saunders
- *Dark Victory* (1939), as Colonel Mantle — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/dark-victory.md)
- *Devil's Island* (1939), as Governor Beaufort
- *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), as Dillon
- *Holiday* (1938), as Thayer (uncredited)
- *The Adventures of Tom Sawyer* (1938), as Judge Thatcher
- *Blondes at Work* (1938), as Judge Wilson
- *Lady Behave!* (1937), as Howells
- *The Life of Emile Zola* (1937), as M. Delagorgue — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-life-of-emile-zola.md)
- *Make a Wish* (1937), as Wagner
- *Under Your Spell* (1936), as Uncle Bob
- *Don't Turn 'em Loose* (1936), as Paul - the Governor
- *I'd Give My Life* (1936), as Attorney Bill Chase
- *Parole!* (1936), as John 'Jack' Driscoll
- *Champagne Charlie* (1936), as Avory
- *The Ex-Mrs. Bradford* (1936), as Mr. Curtis (uncredited)
- *My Marriage* (1936), as H.J. Barton
- *Strike Me Pink* (1936), as Professor (uncredited)
- *In Old Kentucky* (1935), as Pole Shattuck
- *Becky Sharp* (1935), as Gen. Tufto
- *The Glass Key* (1935), as Senator John T. Henry
- *The Case of the Curious Bride* (1935), as C. Phillip Montaine
- *After Office Hours* (1935), as Jordan
- *Biography of a Bachelor Girl* (1935), as Mr. Orrin Kinnicott
- *The President Vanishes* (1934), as Corcoran
- *Woman Haters* (1934), as Woman Hater (uncredited)
- *His Double Life* (1933), as Witt
- *Take a Chance* (1933), as Andrew Raleigh
- *The Struggle* (1931), as Mr. Craig
- *The College Hero* (1927), as The Dean
- *Has the World Gone Mad!* (1923), as Mr. Bell
- *My Friend the Devil* (1922), as George Dryden
- *The Sign on the Door* (1921), as 'Lafe' Regan
- *Half an Hour* (1920), as Richard Garson
- *Harriet and the Piper* (1920), as Richard Carter
- *Curtain* (1920), as Dick Cunningham
- *Everybody's Business* (1919), as Tom Oakes
- *The Echo of Youth* (1919), as Peter Graham
- *The Hidden Truth* (1919), as Charles Taylor
- *Over There* (1917), as Montgomery Jackson · Story
- *The More Excellent Way* (1917), as John Warburton
- *The Secret Kingdom* (1917), as Prince Philip / Phil Barr
- *The Dawn of Freedom* (1916), as Richard Cartwright
- *The Hero of Submarine D-2* (1916), as Lt. Commander Colton
- *Beaned by a Beanshooter* (1916), as The Gallant Hero
- *The Surprises of an Empty Hotel* (1916), as Francis Trehurn Marchmont
- *The Heights of Hazard* (1915), as Billy Williams
- *The Battle Cry of Peace* (1915), as John Harrison
- *The Man From Home* (1914), as Daniel Voorhees Pike

## Gallery

- ![Charles Richman, silent film actor Subjects: actors, motion pictures (1920)](https://film.one/media/person/1229897/gallery-fc05a191168b.jpg) Charles Richman, silent film actor Subjects: actors, motion pictures (1920) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Charles_Richman%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_8052%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_Richman%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_8052%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charles Richman, silent film actor Subjects: actors, motion pictures (1916)](https://film.one/media/person/1229897/gallery-03d113a021bb.jpg) Charles Richman, silent film actor Subjects: actors, motion pictures (1916) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Charles_Richman%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_8124%29.jpg/1280px-Charles_Richman%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_8124%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Charles Richman](https://film.one/media/person/1229897/gallery-f12bd6a4208e.jpg) Charles Richman — Motion Picture Magazine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Charles_Richman_001.jpg/1280px-Charles_Richman_001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Doris Lloyd and Charles Richman in Becky Sharp (1935) (cropped screenshot)](https://film.one/media/person/1229897/gallery-d57629d9f3de.jpg) Doris Lloyd and Charles Richman in Becky Sharp (1935) (cropped screenshot) — film screenshot (RKO Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Doris_Lloyd-Charles_Richman_in_Becky_Sharp.jpg/1280px-Doris_Lloyd-Charles_Richman_in_Becky_Sharp.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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