Richard Talmadge(1892-1981)

Stunts
Actor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Richard Talmadge in The Live Wire (1935)

He first came to the USA as a boy member of the famed acrobats, the Mazetti Troupe, that had been engaged by Barnum & Bailey Circus. Richard began in films, supposedly, as a stunt double for Doug Fairbanks, Sr., then graduated to films under his own name.

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Known for

Jeep-Herders

7.1

Movie

Stunts(uncredited)

1945

Dancing Dynamite

Movie

Stunts(uncredited)

1931

Casino Royale

5.0

Movie

Stunts(uncredited)

1967

Detour to Danger

3.7

Movie

Driver Hit with Melon(uncredited)

1946

Credits

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Stunts

Casino Royale
5.0
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1967
How the West Was Won
7.1
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1962
Flaming Star
6.5
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1960
North to Alaska
6.9
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1960
From Hell to Texas
6.9
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1958
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
5.2
- stager of fights (uncredited)
- 1957
Prince Valiant
6.2
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1954
Diplomatic Courier
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1952
Border Outlaws
6.5
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1950
Samson and Delilah
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1949
Black Eagle
6.6
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1948
Jeep-Herders
7.1
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1945
Frenchman's Creek
6.1
- stunt double (uncredited)
- 1944
Passage to Marseille
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1944
Crime Doctor
6.3
- stunt double
- 1943

Actor

Casino Royale
5.0
- Keystone Kop (uncredited)
- 1967
Border Outlaws
6.5
- Wiry (uncredited)
- 1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
5.7
- Crew Member (uncredited)
- 1950
Black Eagle
6.6
- Mort
- 1948
Detour to Danger
3.7
- Driver Hit with Melon (uncredited)
- 1946
My Kingdom for a Cook
5.6
- Workman (uncredited)
- 1943
Hitler's Madman
6.5
- Chauffeur (uncredited)
- 1943
Redhead from Manhattan
6.5
- Fisherman (uncredited)
- 1943
Lucky Legs
6.2
- Sam (uncredited)
- 1942
The Speed Reporter
5.3
- Dick Lawrence
- 1936
Murder on the Road
5.1
- Larry Evans
- 1936
Never Too Late
5.2
- Det. Dick Manning
- 1935
The Live Wire
4.7
- Dick Nelson
- 1935
Now or Never
4.2
- Dick Rainey
- Norman Gray
- 1935
The Phantom Empire
6.1
- Thunder Rider Captain (uncredited)
- 1935

Second Unit or Assistant Director

The Fantastic Seven
5.4
TV Movie
- second unit director
- 1979
The Last Safari
5.2
- second unit director
- 1967
Casino Royale
5.0
- second unit director
- 1967
Hawaii
6.5
- second unit director
- 1966
After the Fox
6.4
- second unit director
- 1966
What's New Pussycat
6.1
- second unit director (as Richard Talmage)
- 1965
John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
5.0
- second unit director
- 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
6.6
- second unit director
- 1965
Circus World
6.1
- second unit director
- 1964
Rampage
5.5
- second unit director
- 1963
How the West Was Won
7.1
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1962
The 300 Spartans
6.5
- director of second unit
- 1962
Flaming Star
6.5
- second unit director
- 1960
North to Alaska
6.9
- second unit director
- 1960
From Hell to Texas
6.9
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1958

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Richard Talmage
Born
- December 3, 1892
- Camburg, Saxe-Meiningen [now Thuringia], Germany
Died
- January 25, 1981
- Carmel, California, USA(cancer)
Spouses
Publicity listings
- 10 Articles

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Trivia
Was popular as a foreign star in the Soviet Union. He had a large presence in the Soviet market, as movies made by independent American producers like him could be more easily--and cheaply--imported. His films played only in marginal theaters in the US (due to the tight control of major theater chains by the large studios), and they enjoyed disproportionate success in the Soviet Union, especially since they were also quite shallow standard fare guaranteed to have no political message. As a result, some films that were barely noticed in their home country became hits in the USSR, their success often at odds with their cinematic value.