Grant Richards

Grant Richards

Born: March 23, 1916
Died: July 4, 1963
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Grant Richards...

Secret of Deep Harbor
Title: Secret of Deep Harbor
Character: Rick Correll
Released: September 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A reporter learns that his girlfriend's father, an old sea captain, is being paid by the mob to transport gangsters out of the country.
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You Have to Run Fast
Title: You Have to Run Fast
Character: Big Jim Craven
Released: July 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Dr. Frank Harlow is in the process of trying to save a man badly beaten by two gangsters whom he identifies to the police. When the victim dies the charge becomes murder and Harlow hightails it to the far woods where he finds a job as clerk Roger Condon in a sporting-goods store. Harlow's plan is to lay low until the gangsters forget about him. But complications arise from two different sectors. First, Harlow falls in love with the local beauty Laurie Maitland and second, the murderers find out where he is hiding.
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The Music Box Kid
Title: The Music Box Kid
Character: Chesty Miller
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A young gangster in 1920's New York quickly rises through the ranks of the mob, then sets up his own murder-for-hire organization. When he starts kidnapping other mobsters for ransom, the New York gangs band together for revenge.
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Twelve Hours to Kill
Title: Twelve Hours to Kill
Character: Jim Carnevan
Released: April 2, 1960
Type: Movie
After witnessing a gangland murder, a young Greek immigrant flees for his life and hides out in a small town, but he soon realizes he's not as safe there as he thought.
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Oklahoma Territory
Title: Oklahoma Territory
Character: Bigelow
Released: March 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Temple Houston (Sam Houston's son) who is the DA with a sense of Justice. He is located in Fort Smith, Ark and works with Judge Parker in 1872. His area includes the Oklahoma Territory which was the Indian territory at that time. Chief Buffalo Horn who is falsely accused of murder.
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The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Title: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Character: Lt. Jeff Rowan
Released: November 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Jonathan Drake, while attending his brother's funeral, is shocked to find the head of the deceased is missing. When his brother's skull shows up later in a locked cabinet, Drake realizes an ancient curse placed upon his grandfather by a tribe of South American Jivaro Indians is still in effect and that he himself is the probable next victim.
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Title: Johnny Ringo
Character: Jack King
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
Johnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from October 1, 1959, until June 30, 1960. It is loosely based on the life of the notorious gunfighter and outlaw Johnny Ringo, also known as John Peters Ringo or John B. Ringgold, who tangled with Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Buckskin Franklin Leslie.
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Inside the Mafia
Title: Inside the Mafia
Character: Johnny Lucero
Released: September 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A mob assassin holds innocent hostages at an airport in upstate New York.
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Guns, Girls and Gangsters
Title: Guns, Girls and Gangsters
Character: Joe Darren
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Chuck Wheeler gets out of the Pen and sets up an elaborate heist of Vegas casino money travelling by armored truck. He enlists the help of shady club owner Joe Darren and his ex-cellmate's wife, Vi. Vi's husband Mike is a trigger happy and jealous hothead and will not grant her a divorce. Mike escapes from prison right before the armored truck job goes into motion and promises trouble as he tries to locate his associates and his wandering wife.
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Title: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Character: Bart Stengler
Released: January 7, 1958
Type: TV
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer. The gritty, crime fighting detective—created by American crime author Mickey Spillane—has also inspired several feature films and made-for-TV movies.
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Just Off Broadway
Title: Just Off Broadway
Character: District Attorney John F. McGonagle
Released: August 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
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Isle Of Destiny
Title: Isle Of Destiny
Character: George Allerton
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
A pretty socialite / pilot runs into gun smugglers when she lands her plane on a Pacific island.
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Inside Information
Title: Inside Information
Character: Charles Bixby
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
A rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should be used to catch criminals.
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Risky Business
Title: Risky Business
Character: Jack Norman
Released: March 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.
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Under the Big Top
Title: Under the Big Top
Character: Pablo Le Grande
Released: August 31, 1938
Type: Movie
Director Karl Brown's 1938 circus drama stars Marjorie Main as a tough, fur-coat-wearing circus boss who raises her orphaned niece to be a trapeze star.
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My Old Kentucky Home
Title: My Old Kentucky Home
Character: Larry Blair
Released: February 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an accident in her apartment. He is slowly going blind and decides that he shouldn't marry Lisbeth. A surgeon restores his sight and he and Lisbeth reconcile to the strains of "My Old Kentucky Home" sung by the Hall Johnson Choir.
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Love on Toast
Title: Love on Toast
Character: Clark 'Sandy' Sanford
Released: December 3, 1937
Type: Movie
The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr. Manhattan chosen is a singing soda jerk, who doesn't want to play along until he is given the honor of choosing his own Miss Brooklyn.
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On Such a Night
Title: On Such a Night
Character: Nicky Last
Released: August 27, 1937
Type: Movie
When her husband is accused of murder, an actress tries to prove his innocence.
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Night of Mystery
Title: Night of Mystery
Character: Philo Vance
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
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Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Title: Hopalong Cassidy Returns
Character: Bob Claiborne
Released: October 16, 1936
Type: Movie
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners.