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Richard Thorpe

Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter | * 02/24/1896 († 95, 05/01/1991) | Hutchinson, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His obituary called him "a capable and versatile director willing to take on any assignment the studio handed him." He said "I just take them on as they come." Thorpe also said "I'm happy to do any kind of picture. If there's a good script I think any director can make a good picture. Actually if it says in the script what you do, I don't see why anybody can't make it." One associate said ""He was a company man, a very pleasant, good-looking, nice, well-behaved guy who took pride in being efficient like some businessman would take pride in the way he ran his bank.” His two favorite films were Night Must Fall (1937) and Two Girls and a Sailor (1944). "They were new and different experiences," said Thorpe. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd. In 2003 a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California was dedicated to him and his son Je... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Awards & Nominations for Richard Thorpe

National Board of Review Award for Best Film Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Richard Thorpe as Actor(3)

as Dick Langton1924 Flames of Desire
as Clayton Webster1923 Three O'Clock in the Morning
as Stephen Thompson1921 Burn 'Em Up Barnes

Movies with Richard Thorpe as Crew(149)

Directing/Director1967 The Scorpio Letters
Production/Producer1967 The Scorpio Letters
Directing/Director1967 The Last Challenge
Production/Producer1967 The Last Challenge
Directing/Director1965 That Funny Feeling
Directing/Director1965 The Truth About Spring
Directing/Director1964 The Golden Head
Directing/Director1963 Fun in Acapulco
Directing/Director1963 Follow the Boys
Directing/Director1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant
Directing/Director1961 The Tartars
Directing/Director1961 The Honeymoon Machine
Directing/Director1959 The House of the Seven Hawks
Directing/Director1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro
Directing/Director1957 Tip on a Dead Jockey
Directing/Director1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Directing/Director1957 Jailhouse Rock
Directing/Director1955 Bedevilled
Directing/Director1955 The Prodigal
Directing/Director1955 Quentin Durward
Directing/Director1954 The Student Prince
Directing/Director1954 Athena
Directing/Director1953 Knights of the Round Table
Directing/Director1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
Directing/Director1953 The Girl Who Had Everything
Directing/Director1952 Ivanhoe
Directing/Director1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
Directing/Director1952 Carbine Williams
Directing/Director1951 Vengeance Valley
Directing/Director1951 It's a Big Country
Directing/Director1951 The Unknown Man
Directing/Director1951 The Great Caruso
Directing/Director1950 Three Little Words
Directing/Director1950 Black Hand
Directing/Director1949 Big Jack
Directing/Director1949 Malaya
Directing/Director1949 The Sun Comes Up
Directing/Director1949 Challenge to Lassie
Directing/Director1948 A Date with Judy
Directing/Director1948 On an Island with You
Directing/Director1947 Fiesta
Directing/Director1947 This Time for Keeps
Directing/Director1945 Thrill of a Romance
Directing/Director1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
Directing/Director1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Directing/Director1944 The Thin Man Goes Home
Directing/Director1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
Directing/Director1943 Cry 'Havoc'
Directing/Director1943 Three Hearts for Julia
Directing/Director1943 Above Suspicion
Directing/Director1942 White Cargo
Directing/Director1942 Joe Smith, American
Directing/Director1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure
Directing/Director1942 Apache Trail
Directing/Director1941 Tarzan's Secret Treasure
Directing/Director1941 Barnacle Bill
Directing/Director1941 The Bad Man
Directing/Director1940 20 Mule Team
Directing/Director1940 The Earl of Chicago
Directing/Director1940 Wyoming
Directing/Director1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Directing/Director1939 Tarzan Finds a Son!
Directing/Director1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
Directing/Director1938 The First Hundred Years
Directing/Director1938 The Toy Wife
Directing/Director1938 Love Is a Headache
Directing/Director1938 The Crowd Roars
Directing/Director1938 Man-Proof
Directing/Director1937 Dangerous Number
Directing/Director1937 Double Wedding
Directing/Director1937 Night Must Fall
Directing/Director1937 Lest We Forget
Directing/Director1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
Directing/Director1936 Tarzan Escapes
Directing/Director1935 Last of the Pagans
Directing/Director1934 Secret of the Chateau
Directing/Director1934 The Quitter
Directing/Director1934 City Park
Directing/Director1934 Cheating Cheaters
Directing/Director1934 Stolen Sweets
Directing/Director1934 Green Eyes
Directing/Director1933 Rainbow Over Broadway
Directing/Director1933 I Have Lived
Directing/Director1933 Strange People
Directing/Director1933 A Man of Sentiment
Directing/Director1933 Forgotten
Directing/Director1933 Murder on the Campus
Directing/Director1933 Notorious But Nice
Directing/Director1932 The Midnight Lady
Directing/Director1932 The King Murder
Directing/Director1932 Thrill of Youth
Directing/Director1932 Probation
Directing/Director1932 Murder at Dawn
Directing/Director1932 Cross-Examination
Directing/Director1932 Beauty Parlor
Directing/Director1932 Women Won't Tell
Directing/Director1932 Slightly Married
Directing/Director1932 Escapade
Directing/Director1932 The Secrets of Wu Sin
Directing/Director1931 The Devil Plays
Editing/Editor1931 The Devil Plays
Directing/Director1931 King of the Wild
Directing/Director1931 Neck and Neck
Directing/Director1931 The Sky Spider
Directing/Director1931 The Lawless Woman
Directing/Director1931 Forgotten Women
Directing/Director1931 Grief Street
Editing/Editor1931 Grief Street
Directing/Director1931 The Lady from Nowhere
Editing/Editor1931 The Lady from Nowhere
Directing/Director1931 Wild Horse
Directing/Director1930 Wings of Adventure
Directing/Director1930 The Thoroughbred
Directing/Director1930 The Utah Kid
Directing/Director1930 The Lone Defender
Directing/Director1930 The Dude Wrangler
Directing/Director1930 Under Montana Skies
Directing/Director1929 Border Romance
Directing/Director1929 The Fatal Warning
Directing/Director1929 The King of the Kongo
Directing/Director1929 The Bachelor Girl
Directing/Director1928 The Valley Of Hunted Men
Writing/Writer1928 The Valley Of Hunted Men
Directing/Director1928 The Vanishing West
Directing/Director1928 Vultures of the Sea
Directing/Director1928 The Ballyhoo Buster
Writing/Writer1928 The Ballyhoo Buster
Directing/Director1928 The Flyin' Buckaroo
Writing/Writer1928 The Flyin' Buckaroo
Directing/Director1927 Tearin' Into Trouble
Directing/Director1927 The Ridin' Rowdy
Writing/Writer1927 The Ridin' Rowdy
Directing/Director1927 The Meddlin' Stranger
Directing/Director1927 The Desert of the Lost
Writing/Writer1927 The Desert of the Lost
Directing/Director1926 Josselyn's Wife
Directing/Director1926 The Roaring Rider
Directing/Director1926 Double Daring
Writing/Writer1926 Double Daring
Directing/Director1926 College Days
Directing/Director1926 The Fighting Cheat
Directing/Director1926 Twisted Triggers
Directing/Director1925 On the Go
Writing/Writer1925 On the Go
Directing/Director1925 Tearin' Loose
Writing/Writer1925 Tearin' Loose
Directing/Director1924 Fast and Fearless
Directing/Director1924 Bringin' Home the Bacon
Directing/Director1924 Thundering Romance

Full Name: Richard Thorpe
Born: Monday, 02/24 1896 (February) in Hutchinson, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Wednesday, 05/01 1991 (May) in Palm Springs (aged: 95)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Jerry Thorpe
Other names for Richard Thorpe (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frank L. Inghram"
"Frank Inghram"
"Rollo Smolt Thorpe"
Richard Thorpe frequently works together with these people:
Cedric Gibbons (38x, Crew)
Edwin B. Willis (29x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (23x, Crew)
Pete Clark (20x, Crew)
M.A. Andersen (19x, Crew)
Lafe McKee (18x, Actor)
Melville Shyer (16x, Crew)
William Tuttle (13x, Crew)
Sydney Guilaroff (12x, Crew)
Joe Pasternak (11x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4276, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 10/23/2024