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Frank Richards (September 15, 1909 – April 15, 1992) was an American character actor, typically portraying a hoodlum or thug with a menacing appearance.

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Richards was born in New York City and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts.[1]

Richards began acting in stock theater in Cape Cod while he worked 16 hours a day as a driver of a fruit truck. He continued his stock acting for eight years.[2] He acted on Broadway in The Wanhope Building (1947), Embezzled Heaven (1944), The World We Make (1939), and Brown Danube (1939).[3]

After serving in the military during World War II, Richards studied dialects, diction, and speech in New York, in addition to working in radio and television.[2]

He appeared in 150 films and televisions shows from 1940 into the mid 1980s. He appeared in a 1952 episode of Superman "The Night of Terror" and a 1953 episode of The Lone Ranger. His first stage appearance was in 1938 and his last film was John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence in 1974.[4]

On April 15, 1992, Richards died in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

Selected filmography

Selected Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1953	Death Valley Days	Bartender Purdy	Season 1, Episode, "Land of the Free"
1953	The Lone Ranger	Bill Adams	Episode "The Devil's Bog"
1953	The Lone Ranger	Jeb Logan	Episode "Son by Adoption"
1953	The Lone Ranger	Duke	Episode "Gunpowder Joe"
1954	The Lone Ranger	Matt	Episode "Texas Draw"
1954	The Abbott and Costello Show	Slug	Episode "Private Eye"
1954	Death Valley Days	Townsman	Season 2, Episode 13, "Snowshoe Thompson"
1956	Death Valley Days	Townsman	Episode "Paydirt"
1958	Death Valley Days	Sitting Bull	Episode, "The Greatest Scout of All"
1960	Wanted Dead or Alive	Jake	Episode "Miracle at Pot Hole"
1958	Death Valley Days	Town Marshall	Episode "The Gunsmith"
1960	Death Valley Days	Red Hacker	Episode "The Deserter"

References

External links

• Frank Richards at IMDb
• Frank Richards at the Internet Broadway Database

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