About Richard Neill
Lived 1875 – 1970 (aged 94). Richard Neill was an American actor and screenwriter.
Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras. He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his long screen career, he wrote "several scenarios" for productions. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Partial filmography
The Lighthouse by the Sea (1911, Short) - The Lighthouse Keeper's Son The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912) The Substitute Stenographer (1913, Short) Dolly of the Dailies (1914, Serial) - High Officer of the Secret Society [Ch. 5] Fantasma (1914) - The Princess' Father Colonel Carter of Cartersville (1915) - Robert Gill The Broken Law (1915) - Gaspar The Labyrinth (1915) - Rev. Herbert Fenton The Man Who Found Himself (1915) - Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited) The Fool's Revenge (1916) - Randall A Modern Thelma (1916) God's Half Acre (1916) - Perry Westley A Wall Street Tragedy (1916) - Ranson The Ragged Princess (1916) - Thomas Deigan The Battle of Life (1916) - O'Leary A Child of the Wild (1917) Love's Law (1917) The Co-Respondent (1917) The Woman in White (1917) Her Second Husband (1917) The Road to France (1918) His Wife's Friend (1919) The Plunger (1920) Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922) A Clouded Name (1923) Sinner or Saint (1923) Heritage of the Desert (1924) The Fighting Coward (1924) Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924) Percy (1925) Tumbleweeds (1925) Born to the West (1926) Satan Town (1926) The Trunk Mystery (1926) Galloping Thunder (1927) The Fightin' Comeback (1927) The Desert of the Lost (1927) Bulldog Pluck (1927) Somewhere in Sonora (1927) The Man Without a Face (1928) Beyond the Sierras (1928) The Law's Lash (1928) The Bushranger (1928) The King of the Kongo (1929) Where East is East (1929) The Last Frontier (1932) Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
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Who was Richard Neill?
American actor and screenwriter (1875-1970)
When was Richard Neill born?
Richard Neill was born on 12 November 1875 in Philadelphia.
When did Richard Neill die?
Richard Neill died on 8 April 1970 in Woodland Hills.
What was Richard Neill's occupation?
Richard Neill was an actor and screenwriter.
What nationality was Richard Neill?
Richard Neill was American.
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