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name: "Richard France"
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born: "5 May 1938"
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# Richard France

Actor. Born 5 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 May 1938, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

## Biography

Richard France is an American actor and writer. Born on 5 May 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts, he appeared in several films directed by George A. Romero.

His credits include an uncredited role as a zombie in *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), Dr. Watts in *The Crazies* (1973), Dr. Millard Rausch in *Dawn of the Dead* (1978) and a millworker in *Graveyard Shift* (1990). He has also worked as a playwright and theatre scholar, with a focus on Orson Welles.

*Sources: imdb.com, grokipedia.com, filmreference.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dawn of the Dead* (1978), Fi1m 86, as Dr. Milliard Rausch — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-dead.md)

## Also known for

- *Night of the Living Dead* (1968), Zombie
- *The Crazies* (1973), Dr. Watts
- *Graveyard Shift* (1990), Millworker

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