---
name: "Richard Hamilton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-hamilton"
fi1m_id: "richard-hamilton"
imdb_id: "nm0358118"
tmdb_id: 9633
wikidata_id: "Q562711"
roles: []
born: "31 December 1920"
died: "21 December 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-04T23:20:27.976484+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."
---

# Richard Hamilton

## Identity

Richard Hamilton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-hamilton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-hamilton
- **IMDb ID:** nm0358118
- **TMDB ID:** 9633
- **Wikidata ID:** Q562711
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9633

Actor. Born 31 December 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died 21 December 2004.

## Details

- **Born:** 31 December 1920, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 21 December 2004
- **Active:** 1981–1997
- **Also known as:** Richard Wesley Hamilton
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (2), 1990s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Comedy 2, Romance 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $866m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hamilton_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q562711, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358118/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9633

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sommersby*](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md) (63)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Richard Hamilton (also credited as Richard Wesley Hamilton) was an American actor. Born in Chicago, Illinois, he appeared in numerous film and television roles from the 1950s onwards, as well as on Broadway.

He is known for roles including Jed Blankenship in *Pale Rider* (1985), Doc Evans in *Sommersby* (1993), Hugh Palmer in *On Deadly Ground* (1994), Dee in *Men in Black* (1997), and Whitney Munson in the series *Oz* (1997). Other credits include appearances in *Home Alone 3* (1997), *Message in a Bottle* (1999) and multiple episodes of *Law & Order*.

Hamilton died in Jeffersonville, New York, in 2004.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Men in Black* (1997), Fi1m 82, as Dee — [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *Sommersby* (1993), Fi1m 63, as Doc Evans — [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md)
- *Pale Rider* (1985), Fi1m 77, as Jed Blankenship — [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *Arthur* (1981), Fi1m 72, as Bill — [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)

## Complete filmography (47)

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

- *Busty Beauties: Savanah Loves a Pearl Necklace* (2008), Director
- *Death to Smoochy* (2002), as Old Vagrant
- *Third Watch* (1999), series, as Frank 'Bobo' Williams
- *Message in a Bottle* (1999), as Chet
- *Zack & Reba* (1998), as Coach Burns
- *Reach the Rock* (1998), as Ed
- *Home Alone 3* (1997), as Cab Driver
- *The Visitor* (1997), series, as Captain
- *Oz* (1997), series, as Whitney Munson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/oz.md)
- *Men in Black* (1997), as Dee — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/men-in-black.md)
- *Spin City* (1996), series, as Alfred
- *The Yearling* (1994), as Pa Forrester
- *On Deadly Ground* (1994), as Hugh Palmer
- *The Paint Job* (1993), as Robert
- *Frasier* (1993), series, as Wilford "Big Willy" Boone — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Sommersby* (1993), as Doc Evans — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/sommersby.md)
- *Mo' Money* (1992), as Judge Harold Lake
- *Plymouth* (1991), as Mayor Wendell Mackenzies
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Ed Conover, Chief Petty Officer James Hagen, James Poulos — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Murder in Black and White* (1990), as Mr. Olney
- *In Country* (1989), as Grampaw
- *The Murder of Mary Phagan* (1988), series, Actor
- *Ironweed* (1987), as Donovan
- *Wiseguy* (1987), series, Actor
- *Crossbow* (1987), series, Actor
- *Pals* (1987), as Herman
- *Wild Horses* (1985), as Blue Houston
- *The Equalizer* (1985), series, as Otis Hendricks, Frank
- *Pale Rider* (1985), as Jed Blankenship — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/pale-rider.md)
- *The Sure Thing* (1985), as Bartender
- *Heaven Help Us* (1985), as Grandpa
- *Protocol* (1984), as Mr. Davis
- *Single Bars, Single Women* (1984), as Tate
- *A Good Sport* (1984), as Carl
- *Silkwood* (1983), as Georgie
- *When Your Lover Leaves* (1983), as Gramps
- *Dixie: Changing Habits* (1983), as Judge Delaney
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Arthur Schaeffer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can* (1982), as Joe
- *Bret Maverick* (1981), series, as Cy Whittaker
- *Arthur* (1981), as Bill — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/arthur.md)
- *Resurrection* (1980), as Earl Carpenter
- *F.D.R.: The Last Year* (1980), as Robert Hanagan
- *The Hospital* (1971), as Dr. Ronald Casey
- *Trilogy* (1969), as Man in Automat
- *Ladybug Ladybug* (1963), as JoAnn's Father
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Philip Hames

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