Richard Cromwell

Richard Cromwell

Born: January 8, 1910
Died: October 11, 1960
in Long Beach, California, USA

Movies for Richard Cromwell...

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Title: Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Character: Self (from Hoopla [1933]) (archive footage)
Released: June 14, 1999
Type: Movie
Clara Bow: Discovering the 'It' Girl features scenes from 25 of her films, as well as interviews with family members and acquaintances.
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Bungalow 13
Title: Bungalow 13
Character: Patrick Macy
Released: November 19, 1948
Type: Movie
In this detective drama, a gumshoe must find a priceless hunk of jade. His several leads evaporate when the police succeed in killing all of the suspects.
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Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Title: Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
Character: Sgt. Pat Flanagan
Released: January 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Cosmo Jones, a correspondence-school detective from a small town, comes to the big city to offer his services to the police. He happens by where a gangster is killed by an opposing gang. Socialite Phyllis Blake is running around with gang member Tom and the opposing gang plan on kidnapping her. Cosmo is with Sergeant Flanagan when the attempt is made in front of a night club, where a bystander is seriously wounded in the gun-battle. Police Chief Murphy blames Flanagan for the shooting and demotes him. Cosmo, with the aid of a porter, Eustace and Flanagan's fiancée, Susan, tries to find the killer. Phyllis is finally kidnapped and Cosmo decides the act was committed by one of the two gangs. He has her father place an ad in the newspaper that contact has been made with the kidnappers. Each gang thinks the other is pulling a double cross, and one gang wipes out the other.
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Baby Face Morgan
Title: Baby Face Morgan
Character: Edward 'Baby Face' Morgan
Released: September 15, 1942
Type: Movie
When crime boss Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, "Doc" Rogers, learns that Morgan has a son named Edward living in the country with his mother. Rogers has naïve Edward brought to the city and installs him as the head of Acme Protective Agency. Good-hearted Eddy assumes his company provides insurance, rather than extortion-- But don't be too hard on the guy, he still doesn't know he's Baby Face Morgan, the most feared gangster in the city!
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Riot Squad
Title: Riot Squad
Character: Dr. Tom Brandon
Released: December 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Crime drama starring Richard Cromwell as a young medic who becomes the private physician to an underworld gang.
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Parachute Battalion
Title: Parachute Battalion
Character: Spence
Released: September 12, 1941
Type: Movie
Director Leslie Goodwins' 1941 military drama, about various men who become buddies when they join the paratroopers, stars Robert Preston, Edmond O'Brien and Buddy Ebsen.
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The Villain Still Pursued Her
Title: The Villain Still Pursued Her
Character: Edward Middleton
Released: October 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by driving her naïve husband to alcoholic ruin. Luckily, a temperance lecturer is on hand to set things straight, as is Buster Keaton as William Dalton, the drunkard's friend.
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Enemy Agent
Title: Enemy Agent
Character: Jimmy Saunders
Released: April 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A man is framed for being a spy. After he is released, he sets out to find who the real spies are.
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Village Barn Dance
Title: Village Barn Dance
Character: Dan Martin
Released: January 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Dan Martin, an unemployed college graduate, drifts into the town of Lyndale, only to learn that the town and everything in it are dominated by Minerva Withers, a tight-fisted, old skinflint whose welcome does not extend to tramps.
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Young Mr. Lincoln
Title: Young Mr. Lincoln
Character: Matt Clay
Released: June 9, 1939
Type: Movie
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
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Breakdowns of 1938
Title: Breakdowns of 1938
Character: Ted Dillard (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1938
Type: Movie
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Storm Over Bengal
Title: Storm Over Bengal
Character: Lt. Neil Allison
Released: November 14, 1938
Type: Movie
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, the obligatory coward who makes good, intrigue aplenty from a villainous Indian potentate, and an outsized climactic battle between the rebels and the British forces. Patric Knowles, previously one of the leads in the British-India epic Charge of the Light Brigade, heads the cast. Worth noting is the presence in the cast of Richard Cromwell as secondary romantic lead Neil Allison and Douglass Dumbrille as the despicable Khan. Three years earlier, Cromwell had been tortured by Dumbrille's minions in Lives of a Bengal Lancer, and he undergoes much the same treatment here-"just to make him feel at home" observed film historian Roger Dooley.
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Come On, Leathernecks!
Title: Come On, Leathernecks!
Character: Jimmy Butler
Released: August 8, 1938
Type: Movie
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and join the Marines.
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Jezebel
Title: Jezebel
Character: Ted Dillard
Released: March 26, 1938
Type: Movie
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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The Wrong Road
Title: The Wrong Road
Character: Jimmy Caldwell
Released: October 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
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Our Fighting Navy
Title: Our Fighting Navy
Character: Lt. Bill Armstrong
Released: September 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the Marines and the Customs" and Lieutenant Enricquo, the gunnery officer of the small republic's one battleship, have taken over the battleship, and the town. Most of the British citizens have taken refuge at the Consulate or have been evacuated to the small cruiser in Bianco's port, the "H. M. S. Audacious." But there are two major issues; the Consul's daughter, Pamela, and Canadian Lieutenant Bill Armstrong have been kidnapped by the rebels and now held hostage on the battleship "El Mirante," and El Presidente was visiting the consulate when the war broke out and is now under the protective custody of the British Empire.
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The Road Back
Title: The Road Back
Character: Ludwig
Released: June 1, 1937
Type: Movie
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
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Poppy
Title: Poppy
Character: Billy Farnsworth
Released: June 17, 1936
Type: Movie
Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the sheriff but is completely devoted to his beloved daughter Poppy.
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Annapolis Farewell
Title: Annapolis Farewell
Character: Boyce Avery
Released: August 23, 1935
Type: Movie
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his days in the "old" navy, especially about his part in the Battle of Manila Bay under Adm. Dewey during the Spanish-American War, when he commanded the USS Congress. That ship, now decommissioned and docked in Annapolis harbor, is--unknown to Fitzhugh--about to be towed out to sea to be used for target practice. When Fitzhugh finds this out, he sets out to either save his beloved vessel or "go down with his ship".
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Unknown Woman
Title: Unknown Woman
Released: June 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A young attorney, Larry Condon, is on a retainer by a nightclub-owning gangster, to carry and deliver what he thinks are legal papers but he is innocently carrying around millions of dollars in stolen bonds. He meets Helen Griffith when she is arrested in a raid on a gambling house and befriends her. She talks him into taking her to the nightclub of the man he is working for and, while there and unobserved by anyone by Larry, he sees her going through the files and desk of the owner. Who is this mystery woman he just got released from jail, and what is she up to?
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Life Begins at Forty
Title: Life Begins at Forty
Character: Lee Austin
Released: March 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
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McFadden´s Flats
Title: McFadden´s Flats
Character: Sandy MacTavish
Released: March 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Dan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side called "McFadden's Flats." At the same time, Dan and his wife Nora send their tomboyish daughter Molly to an expensive girls' school to teach her etiquette. Molly only agrees to go after her sweetheart, Sandy MacTavish, convinces her she should. When Dan is unable to complete the apartments because of a lack of money, Sandy's father Jock, a Scottish barber and Dan's best friend, secretly backs Dan's loan at the bank, even though Jock is known for his penny-pinching ways.
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Title: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Character: Donald Stone
Released: January 11, 1935
Type: Movie
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, the arrogant Lieutenant Forsythe and the immature son of Colonel Stone, Lieutenant Donald Stone. With the intention to prove that he will not have any privilege in the troop, the reception of Colonel Stone to his son is absolutely cold, but he becomes the protégé of McGregor. When Lieutenant Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, McGregor and Forsythe disobey the direct order of their commander, disguise as Indian peddlers and go to Khan's fortress to attempt to rescue their friend.
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Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Title: Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove
Character: Self
Released: December 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Several members of MGM's 'galaxy of stars' attend an evening of music and a fashion show.
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Among the Missing
Title: Among the Missing
Character: Tommy Foster
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
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Name the Woman
Title: Name the Woman
Character: Clem Rogers
Released: July 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Directed by Albert S. Rogell. With Richard Cromwell, Arline Judge, Rita La Roy, Charles C. Wilson.
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Most Precious Thing in Life
Title: Most Precious Thing in Life
Character: Chris Kelsey
Released: June 15, 1934
Type: Movie
An unwed mother watches as her illegitimate son is raised by others. Director Lambert Hillyer's 1934 drama stars Jean Arthur, Richard Cromwell, Donald Cook, Anita Louise, Jane Darwell, Mary Forbes and Ward Bond.
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Carolina
Title: Carolina
Character: Allan
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
During Civil War Reconstruction, the Connelly family is romantically restored to their former glory when Will Connelly marries a Yankee farm girl, Joanna Tate, despite the objects of his temperamental father Bob Connelly.
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Above the Clouds
Title: Above the Clouds
Character: Dick Robinson
Released: December 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Robert Armstrong stars as Scoop Adams, an ace newsreel cameraman whose love affair with the bottle all but destroys him professionally. Scoop manages to get his photographer pal Dick (Richard Cromwell) fired as well, but he promises to restore Dick's reputation, some way or another. He gets his chance while covering a dirigible wreck (some three years before the Hindenburg), saving the day for both Dick and himself.
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Hoopla
Title: Hoopla
Character: Chris Miller
Released: November 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager.
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This Day and Age
Title: This Day and Age
Character: Steve Smith
Released: August 25, 1933
Type: Movie
A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.
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That's My Boy
Title: That's My Boy
Character: Thomas Jefferson Scott
Released: November 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Featuring members of the 1931 National Champion football team from the University of Southern California Trojans, with team members Russell Saunders and Oscar "Dutch" Hendrian also cast in roles other than just team members.
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The Age of Consent
Title: The Age of Consent
Character: Michael 'Mike' Harvey
Released: August 19, 1932
Type: Movie
College co-eds struggle with the moral, societal and human aspects of romance.
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Tom Brown of Culver
Title: Tom Brown of Culver
Character: Robert Randolph III
Released: June 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
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The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Title: The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
Character: James 'Jimmy' Cook
Released: May 28, 1932
Type: Movie
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policeman's shooting.
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Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Ronnie Smith
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new addition. Fred becomes rich and successful, then he and Emma marry. When Fred dies, his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.
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Fifty Fathoms Deep
Title: Fifty Fathoms Deep
Character: Pinky Caldwell
Released: August 20, 1931
Type: Movie
In this high-seas adventure, a woman creates a great rift between old friends: an experienced older diver, and his younger protege. They become enemies when a gold-digger marries the latter. She soon leaves him in favor of a wealthy yachtsman. She is aboard his boat when an accident occurs. The two divers must salvage the costly boat before it sinks.
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Maker of Men
Title: Maker of Men
Character: Bob Dudley
Released: August 3, 1931
Type: Movie
Bob plays football badly so his father Coach Dudley, his girlfriend Dorothy and his school reject him. He joins a rival college team and aims to defeat his dad's team.
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Tol'able David
Title: Tol'able David
Character: David Kinemon
Released: November 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Tol'able David is a 1930 sound film directed by John G. Blystone and produced and released by Columbia Pictures. It is a remake of a famous 1921 silent film Tol'able David starring Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence. Young David Kinemon is a good-natured, easy-going lad in a mountain village. Circumstances force him to take his brother's place as mailman for the community, and this brings him into deadly contact with the vicious Hatburn brothers.