About
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken leg outside the Paramount Pictures lot. A sympathetic film director gave him his start as an extra. He appeared at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. His first important film role was in Vengeance of the Deep. He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a...
Known for
Perry MasonSeries • 1957
Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955
Climax!Series • 1954
The Lucy ShowSeries • 1962
Wanted: Dead or AliveSeries • 1958
Bat MastersonSeries • 1958
The 20th Century Fox HourSeries • 1955
BrandedSeries • 1965
Your Show of ShowsSeries • 1950
Yancy DerringerSeries • 1958
Lock-UpSeries • 1959
The New BreedSeries • 1961
CrossroadsSeries • 1955
The WhistlerSeries • 1954
WingsMovie • 1927
The MountainMovie • 1956
WarlockMovie • 1959
Island of Lost SoulsMovie • 1932
Alice in WonderlandMovie • 1933
The Best ManMovie • 1964
Kansas RaidersMovie • 1950
Johnny RenoMovie • 1966
The Lady and the MonsterMovie • 1944
The Human DuplicatorsMovie • 1965