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Richard Thorpe

Richard Thorpe

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

24/02/1896

Day of Death

01/05/1991
(95) years old

Place of Birth

Hutchinson, Kansas, USA

Biography

Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went o... Read More

Known For

Flames of Desire

Flames of Desire

Three O'Clock in the Morning

Three O'Clock in the Morning

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Filmography

Cast

1924

Flames of Desire

as Dick Langton

1923

Three O'Clock in the Morning

as Clayton Webster

1921

Burn 'Em Up Barnes

as Stephen Thompson

Crew

1967

The Last Challenge

as Producer

1967

The Last Challenge

as Director

1967

The Scorpio Letters

as Producer

1967

The Scorpio Letters

as Director

1965

That Funny Feeling

as Director

1965

The Truth About Spring

as Director

1964

The Golden Head

as Director

1963

Fun in Acapulco

as Director

1963

Follow the Boys

as Director

1962

How the West Was Won

as Special Guest Director

1962

The Horizontal Lieutenant

as Director

1961

The Honeymoon Machine

as Director

1961

The Tartars

as Director

1959

The House of the Seven Hawks

as Director

1959

Killers of Kilimanjaro

as Director

1957

Jailhouse Rock

as Director

1957

Tip on a Dead Jockey

as Director

1957

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Director

1955

Quentin Durward

as Director

1955

The Prodigal

as Director

1955

Bedevilled

as Director

1954

Athena

as Director

1954

The Student Prince

as Director

1953

Knights of the Round Table

as Director

1953

All the Brothers Were Valiant

as Director

1953

The Girl Who Had Everything

as Director

1952

The Prisoner of Zenda

as Director

1952

Ivanhoe

as Director

1952

Carbine Williams

as Director

1951

It's a Big Country

as Director

1951

The Unknown Man

as Director

1951

The Great Caruso

as Director

1951

Vengeance Valley

as Director

1950

Three Little Words

as Director

1950

Black Hand

as Director

1949

Malaya

as Director

1949

Challenge to Lassie

as Director

1949

The Sun Comes Up

as Director

1949

Big Jack

as Director

1948

A Date with Judy

as Director

1948

On an Island with You

as Director

1947

This Time for Keeps

as Director

1947

Fiesta

as Director

1945

What Next, Corporal Hargrove?

as Director

1945

Her Highness and the Bellboy

as Director

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as Director

1944

The Thin Man Goes Home

as Director

1944

Two Girls and a Sailor

as Director

1943

Cry 'Havoc'

as Director

1943

Above Suspicion

as Director

1943

Three Hearts for Julia

as Director

1942

White Cargo

as Director

1942

Apache Trail

as Director

1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure

as Director

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Director

1941

Tarzan's Secret Treasure

as Director

1941

Barnacle Bill

as Director

1941

The Bad Man

as Director

1940

Wyoming

as Director

1940

20 Mule Team

as Director

1940

The Earl of Chicago

as Director

1939

Tarzan Finds a Son!

as Director

1939

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Director

1938

Three Loves Has Nancy

as Director

1938

The Crowd Roars

as Director

1938

The Toy Wife

as Director

1938

The First Hundred Years

as Director

1938

Love Is a Headache

as Director

1938

Man-Proof

as Director

1937

Double Wedding

as Director

1937

Lest We Forget

as Director

1937

Night Must Fall

as Director

1937

Dangerous Number

as Director

1936

Tarzan Escapes

as Director

1936

The Voice of Bugle Ann

as Director

1935

Last of the Pagans

as Director

1934

Secret of the Chateau

as Director

1934

Strange Wives

as Director

1934

Cheating Cheaters

as Director

1934

Green Eyes

as Director

1934

City Park

as Director

1934

Stolen Sweets

as Director

1934

The Quitter

as Director

1933

Murder on the Campus

as Director

1933

Rainbow Over Broadway

as Director

1933

A Man of Sentiment

as Director

1933

Notorious But Nice

as Director

1933

Strange People

as Director

1933

I Have Lived

as Director

1933

Forgotten

as Director

1932

The Secrets of Wu Sin

as Director

1932

Women Won't Tell

as Director

1932

Slightly Married

as Director

1932

The King Murder

as Director

1932

Thrill of Youth

as Director

1932

Beauty Parlor

as Director

1932

The Midnight Lady

as Director

1932

Escapade

as Director

1932

Probation

as Director

1932

Murder at Dawn

as Director

1932

Cross-Examination

as Director

1931

The Devil Plays

as Director

1931

The Devil Plays

as Editor

1931

Forgotten Women

as Director

1931

Neck and Neck

as Director

1931

Grief Street

as Director

1931

Grief Street

as Editor

1931

The Sky Spider

as Director

1931

Wild Horse

as Director

1931

The Lady from Nowhere

as Director

1931

The Lady from Nowhere

as Editor

1931

The Lawless Woman

as Director

1931

King of the Wild

as Director

1930

The Utah Kid

as Director

1930

Under Montana Skies

as Director

1930

The Thoroughbred

as Director

1930

Wings of Adventure

as Director

1930

The Dude Wrangler

as Director

1930

The Lone Defender

as Director

1929

The King of the Kongo

as Director

1929

Border Romance

as Director

1929

The Bachelor Girl

as Director

1929

The Fatal Warning

as Director

1928

The Flyin' Buckaroo

as Director

1928

The Flyin' Buckaroo

as Writer

1928

The Vanishing West

as Director

1928

Vultures of the Sea

as Director

1928

The Valley Of Hunted Men

as Writer

1928

The Valley Of Hunted Men

as Director

1928

The Ballyhoo Buster

as Writer

1928

The Ballyhoo Buster

as Director

1927

The Desert of the Lost

as Director

1927

The Desert of the Lost

as Writer

1927

The Meddlin' Stranger

as Director

1927

The Ridin' Rowdy

as Director

1927

The Ridin' Rowdy

as Writer

1927

Tearin' Into Trouble

as Director

1926

Josselyn's Wife

as Director

1926

College Days

as Director

1926

Twisted Triggers

as Director

1926

Double Daring

as Director

1926

Double Daring

as Writer

1926

Easy Going

as Director

1926

Ridin' Rivals

as Director

1926

The Fighting Cheat

as Director

1926

The Roaring Rider

as Director

1925

The Desert Demon

as Director

1925

Tearin' Loose

as Writer

1925

Tearin' Loose

as Director

1925

Red Clay

as Scenario Writer

1925

On the Go

as Director

1925

On the Go

as Writer

1924

Thundering Romance

as Director

1924

Bringin' Home the Bacon

as Director

1924

Fast and Fearless

as Director