---
name: "Jeff Richards"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-richards"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 November 1924"
died: "28 July 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:51:03.053714+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."
---

# Jeff Richards

Actor. Born 1 November 1924 in Portland, Oregon, USA. Died 28 July 1989.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 November 1924, Portland, Oregon, USA
- **Died:** 28 July 1989
- **Also known as:** Richard Mansfield Taylor
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 78 (1), 1950s 76 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Richards_(actor,_born_1924), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q543748, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0724143/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/121766

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Seven Brides for Seven Brothers*](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md) (76)

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## Biography

Jeff Richards (born Richard Mansfield Taylor) was an American actor. He was born on 1 November 1924 in Portland, Oregon, and died on 28 July 1989 in San Bernardino, California. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor or Richard Taylor.

Richards began his career with uncredited and minor roles in films such as *Johnny Belinda* (1948), *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950) and *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952). His most prominent film role was as Benjamin Pontipee in *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954). He received a Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male (tied) for the performance.

He appeared in further films including *The Opposite Sex* (1956) and *Don't Go Near the Water* (1957), and played the title role in the television series *Jefferson Drum* (1958). His final screen credit was in *Waco* (1966).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1) — the average rests on these

- *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954), Fi1m 76, as Brother Benjamin Pontipee — [page](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md)

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

- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), Fi1m 78, as Floyd McQuiggen (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Goldy 2: The Saga of the Golden Bear* (1986), Actor
- *Waco* (1966), as Kallen
- *The Secret of the Purple Reef* (1960), as Mark Christopher
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Paul Garner
- *Island of Lost Women* (1959), as Mark Bradley
- *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Jubal Evans
- *Born Reckless* (1958), as Kelly Cobb
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, Actor
- *Jefferson Drum* (1958), series, as Jefferson Drum
- *Don't Go Near the Water* (1957), as Lt. Ross Pendleton
- *The Opposite Sex* (1956), as Buck Winston
- *Meet Me in Las Vegas* (1956), as Jeff Richards (uncredited)
- *It's a Dog's Life* (1955), as Patch McGill
- *The Marauders* (1955), as Corey Everett
- *Many Rivers to Cross* (1955), as Fremont
- *Seven Brides for Seven Brothers* (1954), as Brother Benjamin Pontipee — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/seven-brides-for-seven-brothers.md)
- *Seagulls Over Sorrento* (1954), as Butch Clelland
- *Big Leaguer* (1953), as Adam Polachuk
- *Code Two* (1953), as Harry Whenlon
- *Above and Beyond* (1953), as Maj. Thomas Ferebee
- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), as Studio Props Department Man (uncredited)
- *Desperate Search* (1952), as Ed
- *Angels in the Outfield* (1951), as Dave Rothberg
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, Actor
- *The Tall Target* (1951), as Philadelphia Police Officer (uncredited)
- *Kill the Umpire* (1950), as Bob Landon
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950), as (uncredited)
- *Johnny Belinda* (1948), as Floyd McQuiggen (uncredited) — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/johnny-belinda.md)

## Gallery

- ![Portrait of Jeff Richards in Jefferson Drum (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/1236103/gallery-15346d636480.jpg) Portrait of Jeff Richards in Jefferson Drum (1959) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/Jeff_Richards_%281959%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeff Richards boating in San Pedro, 1955](https://film.one/media/person/1236103/gallery-9c4fe5361d27.png) Jeff Richards boating in San Pedro, 1955 — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Jeff_Richards_boating_%281955%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeff Richards](https://film.one/media/person/1236103/gallery-bbd3f94f73c1.jpg) Jeff Richards — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Jeff_Richards_-_Jefferson_Drum.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jeff Richards](https://film.one/media/person/1236103/gallery-4a421a9f4f79.jpg) Jeff Richards — Image via TMDB

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