Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1899-08-30
- Day of Death1976-03-28 (76 years)
- Place of BirthSaint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Also Known AsVan MattimoreDick ArlenSylvanus Richard Mattimore
Richard Arlen
Biography
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him....Read More
Known For
Acting Career
- 1976
A Whale of a Tale
As: Mr. Monahan
- 1976
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
As: Silent Film Star 2
- 1975
The Sky's the Limit
As: Grimes
- 1968
Buckskin
As: Townsman
- 1968
Rogue's Gallery
As: Man in Club
- 1967
Fort Utah
As: Sam Tyler
- 1967
Hostile Guns
As: Sheriff Travis
- 1967
Red Tomahawk
As: Deadwood Telegrapher
- 1966
Waco
As: Billy Kelly
- 1966
To the Shores of Hell
As: Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
- 1966
Johnny Reno
As: Ned Duggan
- 1965
Apache Uprising
As: Captain Gannon
- 1965
The Bounty Killer
As: Matthew Ridgeway
- 1965
Town Tamer
As: Doctor Kent
- 1965
Black Spurs
As: Pete
- 1965
The Human Duplicators
As: National Intelligence
- 1964
Young Fury
As: Sheriff Jenkins
- 1964
Sex and the College Girl
As: Charles Devon
- 1964
Law of the Lawless
As: Ben the Bartender
- 1964
The Best Man
As: Sen. Oscar Anderson
- 1963
The Crawling Hand
As: Lee Barrenger
- 1963
The Young and the Brave
As: Col. Ralph Holbein
- 1962
The Lucy Show
As: Richard
- 1961
The New Breed
As: Willits
- 1961
The Last Time I Saw Archie
As: Col. Edwin Martin
- 1960
Raymie
As: Chris Garber
- 1959
Warlock
As: Bacon
- 1958
Bat Masterson
As: John Minor
- 1958
Bat Masterson
As: Sheriff Dan Rainey
- 1958
Yancy Derringer
As: General Hugh Morgan
- 1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As: Damon Ring, Sr.
- 1958
The Day of the Trumpet
As: Sgt. Jim Heisler
- 1957
Perry Mason
As: Dr. Harrison
- 1956
The Mountain
As: C. W. Rivial
- 1956
Hidden Guns
As: Sheriff Ward Young
- 1955
Blonde Blackmailer
As: Tony Pelassier
- 1954
Devil's Point
As: John 'Captain' Martin
- 1954
Climax!
As: Nevers
- 1953
Letter to Loretta
As: Christopher Waring
- 1953
Sabre Jet
As: Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale
- 1952
The Blazing Forest
As: Joe Morgan
- 1952
Hurricane Smith
As: Brundage
- 1952
Flaming Feather
As: Showdown Calhoun
- 1951
Silver City
As: Charles Storrs
- 1950
Kansas Raiders
As: Union Captain
- 1949
Grand Canyon
As: Mike Adams
- 1948
When My Baby Smiles at Me
As: Harvey Howell
- 1948
The Return of Wildfire
As: Dobe Williams
- 1948
Speed to Spare
As: Cliff Jordan
- 1947
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
As: Buffalo Bill
- 1946
Accomplice
As: Simon Lash
- 1945
The Phantom Speaks
As: Matt Fraser
- 1945
Identity Unknown
As: Johnny March
- 1944
The Big Bonanza
As: Capt. Jed Kilton
- 1944
Storm Over Lisbon
As: John Craig
- 1944
That's My Baby!
As: Tim Jones
- 1944
The Lady and the Monster
As: Dr. Patrick Cory
- 1944
Timber Queen
As: Russell Evans
- 1943
Minesweeper
As: Richard Houston
- 1943
Submarine Alert
As: Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold
- 1943
Alaska Highway
As: Woody Ormsby
- 1943
Aerial Gunner
As: Jon Davis
- 1942
Wrecking Crew
As: Matt Carney
- 1942
A Letter From Bataan
As: Pvt. John W. Lewis
- 1942
Wildcat
As: Johnny Maverick
- 1942
Torpedo Boat
As: Skinner Barnes
- 1941
Flying Blind
As: Jim Clark
- 1941
A Dangerous Game
As: Dick Williams
- 1941
Raiders of the Desert
As: Dick Manning
- 1941
Forced Landing
As: Dan Kendall
- 1941
Power Dive
As: Brad Farrell
- 1941
Men of the Timberland
As: Dick O'Hara
- 1941
Mutiny in the Arctic
As: Dick Barclay
- 1941
Lucky Devils
As: Dick McManus
- 1940
The Devil's Pipeline
As: Dick Talbot
- 1940
The Leather Pushers
As: Dick 'Kid' Roberts
- 1940
Black Diamonds
As: Walter Norton
- 1940
Hot Steel
As: Frank Stewart
- 1940
Danger On Wheels
As: "Lucky" Larry Taylor
- 1939
The Man from Montreal
As: Clark Manning
- 1939
Legion of Lost Flyers
As: Gene 'Loop' Gillan
- 1939
Tropic Fury
As: Dan Burton
- 1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
As: Capt. Robert Lawrence
- 1939
Missing Daughters
As: Wally King
- 1938
Straight, Place and Show
As: Denny Paine
- 1938
Call of The Yukon
As: Gaston Rogers
- 1938
No Time to Marry
As: Perry Brown
- 1937
Murder in Greenwich Village
As: Steve Havens Jackson Jr.
- 1937
Artists & Models
As: Alan Townsend
- 1937
Secret Valley
As: Lee Rogers
- 1937
The Great Barrier
As: Hickey
- 1936
The Mine with the Iron Door
As: Bob Harvey
- 1936
Three Live Ghosts
As: William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster
- 1935
The Calling of Dan Matthews
As: Dan Matthews
- 1935
Let 'em Have It
As: Mal Stevens
- 1935
Helldorado
As: Art Ryan
- 1934
Ready for Love
As: Julian Barrow
- 1934
She Made Her Bed
As: Wild Bill Smith
- 1934
Come On, Marines!
As: Lucky Davis
- 1933
Alice in Wonderland
As: Cheshire Cat
- 1933
Golden Harvest
As: Walt Martin
- 1933
Three-Cornered Moon
As: Dr. Alan Stevens
- 1933
College Humor
As: Mondrake
- 1933
Song of the Eagle
As: Bill Hoffman
- 1932
Island of Lost Souls
As: Edward Parker
- 1932
The All-American
As: Gary King
- 1932
Tiger Shark
As: Pipes Boley
- 1932
Guilty as Hell
As: Frank C. Marsh
- 1932
Sky Bride
As: Bert 'Speed' Condon
- 1932
Wayward
As: David Frost
- 1931
Touchdown!
As: Dan Curtis
- 1931
Caught
As: Lt. Tom Colton
- 1931
The Secret Call
As: Tom Blake
- 1931
The Lawyer's Secret
As: Joe Hart
- 1931
Gun Smoke
As: Brad Farley
- 1931
The Conquering Horde
As: Dan McMasters
- 1930
Only Saps Work
As: Larry Payne
- 1930
The Santa Fe Trail
As: Stan Hollister
- 1930
The Sea God
As: Phillip 'Pink' Barker
- 1930
The Border Legion
As: Jim Cleve
- 1930
Paramount on Parade
As: Hunter (Dream Girl)
- 1930
The Light of Western Stars
As: Dick Bailey
- 1930
Dangerous Paradise
As: Heyst
- 1930
Burning Up
As: Lou Larrigan
- 1929
The Virginian
As: Steven 'Steve'
- 1929
Dangerous Curves
As: Larry Lee
- 1929
Thunderbolt
As: Bob Moran
- 1929
The Four Feathers
As: Lt. Harry Faversham
- 1929
The Man I Love
As: Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks
- 1928
Manhattan Cocktail
As: Fred Tilden
- 1928
Beggars of Life
As: The Boy (Jim)
- 1928
Ladies of the Mob
As: Red
- 1928
Feel My Pulse
As: Her Problem
- 1928
Under the Tonto Rim
As: Edd Denmeade
- 1927
She's a Sheik
As: Capt. Colton
- 1927
Figures Don't Lie
As: Bob Blewe
- 1927
Sally in Our Alley
As: Jimmie Adams
- 1927
Wings
As: David Armstrong
- 1927
The Blood Ship
As: John Shreve
- 1927
Rolled Stockings
As: Ralph Treadway
- 1926
Old Ironsides
As: Seaman (uncredited)
- 1926
You'd Be Surprised
As: Reporter (uncredited)
- 1926
Padlocked
As: 'Tubby' Clark
- 1926
Behind the Front
As: Percy Brown
- 1926
The Enchanted Hill
As: Link Halliwell
- 1925
The Coast of Folly
As: Bather
- 1925
In the Name of Love
As: Dumas Dufrayne
- 1923
Hollywood
As: Richard Arlen