Grant Richards

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Grant Richards
Born(1911-12-12)December 12, 1911
New York City, U.S.
DiedJuly 4, 1963(1963-07-04) (aged 51)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationFilm/TV actor
Years active1936–1963
Spouse(s)Jean Stevens (1943–1945) (divorced)

Grant Richards (21 December 1911 – 4 July 1963) was an American actor and voice actor, who appeared mainly in movies in the late 1930s through to the late 1950s.

Richards was born in New York City. He was married to actress Joan Valerie.[1]

In 1937, he became the first actor in the Federal Theatre Project to gain a film contract, signing with the Major Pictures company.[2]

His films include On Such a Night (1937) and Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959). Richards made three guest appearances on Perry Mason, as Jerry Haywood in the 1958 episodes "The Case of the Haunted Husband," as Captain Kennedy in "The Case of the Sardonic Sargeant", and the role of murder victim George Sherwin in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Missing Melody". He also appeared in several episodes of ABC's The Untouchables.

In 1958, he played the gunfighter and saloon owner Luke Short in an episode of the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian in the title role. Paul Brinegar plays the role of , the mayor of Dodge City in this episode.[3] In 1962 he played Keeler, a crooked gambler, in The Rifleman episode “Tinhorn”.

He died in a car accident in Los Angeles, aged 51.

Filmography[]

Year Title Role Notes
1936 Hopalong Cassidy Returns Bob Claiborne
1937 Night of Mystery Philo Vance
1937 On Such a Night Nicky Last
1937 Love on Toast Clark 'Sandy' Sanford
1938 My Old Kentucky Home Larry Blair
1938 Under the Big Top Pablo Le Grande
1939 Risky Business Jack Norman
1939 Inside Information Charles Bixby
1940 Isle of Destiny Lt. George Allerton
1942 Just Off Broadway John F. McGonagle - Asst. District Attorney
1959 Guns Girls and Gangsters Joe Darren
1959 Inside the Mafia Johnny Lucero
1959 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake Police Lt. Jeff Rowan
1960 Oklahoma Territory Bigelow
1960 Twelve Hours to Kill Detective Lt. Jim Carnevan
1960 The Music Box Kid Chesty Miller
1961 You Have to Run Fast 'Big Jim' Craven
1961 Secret of Deep Harbor Rick Correll

References[]

  1. ^ "Joan Valerie". Omnilexica. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Federal Actor Signed". Lincoln Journal Star. Nebraska, Lincoln. United Press. January 20, 1937. p. 2. Retrieved January 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. ^ ""Wyatt Fights", The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, February 25, 1958". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved May 6, 2014.

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