Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
10/20/1902
Place of Birth
Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
Addison Richards
Biography
Known For
Danger Signal
as Police Inspector
The Ten Commandments
as Fan Bearer
Illegal
as Steve Harper
Espionage Agent
as Bruce Corvall
Texas
as Matt Lashan
Alcatraz Island
as Fred MacLane
Destroyer
as Ship Building Foreman
Slightly Honorable
as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
Frisco Kid
as William Coleman
Man Hunt
as Mel Purdue
Dive Bomber
as Surgeon (uncredited)
Flying Tigers
as R.T. Lindsay
Gateway
as Inspector
Arizona
as Capt. Hunter
Air Force
as Maj. Daniels
Western Union
as Captain Harlow
'G' Men
as Bruce J. Gregory
Northwest Passage
as Lieutenant Crofton
Mighty Joe Young
as Attorney (uncredited)
The Big Street
as Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)
Career Timeline
1963
1961
1960
My Three Sons
Role unknown
Guestward, Ho!
Role unknown
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
as Harris
Pete and Gladys
Role unknown
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as James Fitzgibbon
All the Fine Young Cannibals
as Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
Inherit the Wind
as Townsman (uncredited)
Around the World with Nellie Bly
as Mr. Pulitzer
1959
Dennis the Menace
as Stacy
The Third Man
Role unknown
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Role unknown
The Oregon Trail
as President James Polk (uncredited)
One Step Beyond
as Warden
One Step Beyond
as Cabinet Secretary
Rawhide
as Jed Blaine
Rawhide
as Frank Miller
Rawhide
as Judge Wainwright
Bufakkar filli nassini
as Sound
1958
77 Sunset Strip
Role unknown
Man with a Camera
Role unknown
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Role unknown
Yancy Derringer
as Judge Harper
The Saga of Hemp Brown
as Col. Ford
The Texan
Role unknown
Cimarron City
as Martin Kingsley
The Donna Reed Show
Role unknown
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Doctor
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Dr. John Allen
1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Consul (uncredited)
26 Men
Role unknown
Trackdown
Role unknown
Perry Mason
as George Lansing
Perry Mason
as Smith
The Deerslayer
Role unknown
Gunsight Ridge
as Sheriff Tom Jones
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Evanson
Tales of Wells Fargo
as Gen. Lew Wallace
Last of the Badmen
as Dillon
Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses
as Jamieson
1956
Everything But the Truth
as Roger Connolly
The Ten Commandments
as Fan Bearer
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Judge Lovett
State Trooper
Role unknown
Hey, Jeannie!
as Judge Larkin
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Role unknown
Walk the Proud Land
as Gov. Safford
The Fastest Gun Alive
Role unknown
Telephone Time
Role unknown
The Broken Star
as Marshal Wayne Forrester
Crime Against Joe
as District Attorney Roy Kasden
When Gangland Strikes
as Mark Spurlock
Fury at Gunsight Pass
as Charles Hanford
1955
Matinee Theater
Role unknown
Illegal
as Steve Harper
Fort Yuma
as Gen. Crook
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Judge
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Mr. Johnson
Frontier
Role unknown
Cheyenne
as Col. Danial H. Forrest
High Society
as Sam Cosgrove
Science Fiction Theatre
Role unknown
The Millionaire
as H. H. Hungerford
The Millionaire
as Police Chief James L. Peterson
1953
1951
1950
1949
1948
Studio One
Role unknown
Studio One
as Mr. MacKail
Studio One
as Arthur
Studio One
as Carter Jackson
The Philco Television Playhouse
Role unknown
The Saxon Charm
as Abel Richman
Lulu Belle
as Police Commissioner John Dixon
Call Northside 777
as State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
If You Knew Susie
as Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
Reaching from Heaven
as Max Bradley
Queen Esther
as Haman
1947
1946
1945
Leave Her to Heaven
as Bedford (uncredited)
Black Market Babies
Role unknown
Danger Signal
as Police Inspector
The Tiger Woman
as Mr. White
Spellbound
as Police Captain (uncredited)
The Royal Mounted Rides Again
as Jackson Decker
Strange Confession
as Dr. Williams
The Shanghai Cobra
as John Adams
Come Out Fighting
as Police Commissioner James Mitchell
Men in Her Diary
as Attorney Cavanagh
Adventures of Rusty
as Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
Divorce
as Plummer
Secrets of a Sorority Girl
as John Hamilton
Lady on a Train
Role unknown
Bewitched
as John Ellis
The Chicago Kid
as The Warden
Bells of Rosarita
as Slim Phillips
The Last Installment
as Warden
Betrayal from the East
as Captain Bates, G-2
The Master Key
as Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
I'll Remember April
as Inspector Pat Malloy
Grissly's Millions
as Henry Adams
1944
The Mummy's Curse
as Maj. Pat Walsh
Barbary Coast Gent
as Wade Gamelin
Marriage Is a Private Affair
as Col. H.W. Ryder
Bordertown Trail
as Fontaine
Raiders of Ghost City
as Colonel Sewell
Are These Our Parents?
as Clint Davis
Roger Touhy, Gangster
as Priest (uncredited)
A Night of Adventure
as District Attorney Branson
Moon Over Las Vegas
as Judge
Main Street Today
as Fred Baker
The Fighting Seabees
as Capt. Joyce
1943
Smart Guy
as District Attorney Ben Carter
Where Are Your Children?
as Halstead
Mystery Broadcast
as Bill Burton
The Deerslayer
as Mr. Hutter
The Mad Ghoul
as Editor Gavigan
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as District Attorney
Wagon Wheels West
as Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
Swing Shift Maisie
as Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
Corvette K-225
as Cmdr. Rowland
Oklahoma Outlaws
as Judge John Walton
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
as A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
Headin' for God's Country
as District Commissioner
Destroyer
as Ship Building Foreman
Crime Doctor
as Prison Warden
Air Force
as Maj. Daniels
1942
Ridin' Down the Canyon
as Gus Jordan
Underground Agent
as George Martin
War Dogs
as William Freeman
Secrets of a Co-Ed
as District Attorney
For Me and My Gal
as France Doctor (uncredited)
Flying Tigers
as R.T. Lindsay
Secret Enemies
as C.G. Travers
The Big Street
as Dr. Mitchell (Uncredited)
A-Haunting We Will Go
as Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Colonel
The Pride of the Yankees
as Coach
Men of Texas
as Silas Hurlbert
Friendly Enemies
as Inspector McCarthy
Top Sergeant
as Col. Gray
Private Buckaroo
as Officer
Pacific Rendezvous
as Gordon Trisby
Secret Agent of Japan
as Remsen
My Favorite Blonde
as Herbert Wilson
Mokey
as Judge
Man With Two Lives
as Lt. Detective George Bradley
Cowboy Serenade
as Asa Lock
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
as Lester Younger
The Lady Has Plans
as Paul Baker
Blue, White, and Perfect
as Thomas
Sealed Lips
as Chief Gary Benson
1941
Ball of Fire
as District Attorney
Design for Scandal
as Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Adjutant (uncredited)
Texas
as Matt Lashan
Badlands of Dakota
as Gen. George Custer
Dive Bomber
as Surgeon (uncredited)
Our Wife
as Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
Her First Beau
as Dr. Tom Wood
Sheriff of Tombstone
as Mayor Luke Keeler
Mutiny in the Arctic
as Ferguson
Men of Boys Town
as The Judge
The Great Lie
as Mr. Talbot
I Wanted Wings
as Flight Surgeon
Back in the Saddle
as Duke Winston
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as George Benedict
Western Union
as Captain Harlow
The Strawberry Blonde
as Official (uncredited)
Forbidden Passage
as Frank J. Maxwell
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Miitary Academy Commandant
1940
Flight Command
as Vice Admiral
Arizona
as Capt. Hunter
Little Nellie Kelly
as Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
Cherokee Strip
as Ned Strawn
Wyoming
as Kincaid
Public Deb No. 1
as Sanford
Girl from Havana
as Harrigan
South to Karanga
as Edmund Daniels
Moon Over Burma
as Art Bryan
Pony Express Days
as Tipton Walton
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as George Benedict
Island of Doomed Men
as Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
Gangs of Chicago
as Evans
Edison, the Man
as Mr. Johnson
Ski Patrol
as James Burton - Speaker
Charlie Chan in Panama
as R.J. Godley
Northwest Passage
as Lieutenant Crofton
The Man from Dakota
as Confederate Provost Marshal
My Little Chickadee
as Judge (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Stanley Young
1939
Slightly Honorable
as Inspector Melvyn Fromm
Nick Carter, Master Detective
as Streeter - President of Radex
The Man from Montreal
as Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
Geronimo
as Frederick Allison
Espionage Agent
as Bruce Corvall
Thunder Afloat
as Admiral Ross
Bad Lands
as Rayburn
When Tomorrow Comes
as Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)
They All Come Out
as Warden - Atlanta
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as Mr. Benedict
Tell No Tales
as Jim Hollis (uncredited)
Inside Information
as Gerald Banford
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Detective
Exile Express
as Chief G-Man Purnell
They Made Her a Spy
as Senator Everett Brock
Whispering Enemies
as Red Barrett
Mystery of the White Room
as Dr. Finley Morton
Money to Loan
as District Attorney Norman Kennedy
Twelve Crowded Hours
as Berquist
Off the Record
as Brand
Burn 'Em Up O'Connor
as Ed Eberhart
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
as Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flight to Fame
as Colonel King
That Certain Age
as Newspaper Man (uncredited)
Valley of the Giants
as Hewitt
Boys Town
as Judge
Gateway
as Inspector
Strange Glory
as Senator
The Devil's Party
as Inspector Bresnahan
Accidents Will Happen
as Blair Thurston
Prison Nurse
as Warden Benson
The Black Doll
as A.H. Mallison
1937
Alcatraz Island
as Fred MacLane
Love Is on the Air
as E.E. Nichols
Wine, Women and Horses
as Gambler
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Second Doctor (uncredited)
White Bondage
as Kip Gillis
Romance of Louisiana
as James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
Dance Charlie Dance
as Gordon Fox
The Singing Marine
as Mr. Fowler
Draegerman Courage
as John McNally
Ready, Willing and Able
as Edward McNeil
Her Husband's Secretary
as Steven Garron
Black Legion
as Prosecuting Attorney
God's Country and the Woman
as Gaskett
Smart Blonde
as Fitz Mularkay
1936
Trailin' West
as Curley Thorne
Anthony Adverse
as Capt. Matanaza
China Clipper
as Mr. B.C. Hill
Jailbreak
as Dan Varner
Public Enemy's Wife
as Warden Williams
Hot Money
as Forbes
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Frank Locke
Bullets or Ballots
as William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
The Law in Her Hands
as William McGuire
Road Gang
as Parmenter
Colleen
as Schuyler
The Walking Dead
as Prison Warden
Sutter's Gold
as James Marshall
Song of the Saddle
as Frank Wilson Sr.
The Petrified Forest
as Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Man Hunt
as Mel Purdue
Ceiling Zero
as Fred Adams
Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel
as Narrator (voice)
1935
A Dream Comes True
as Narrator
Frisco Kid
as William Coleman
The Eagle's Brood
as Big Henry
Freckles
as Jack Carter
Freckles
as Butch
Little Big Shot
as Hank Gibbs
Here Comes the Band
as Colonel Wallace
Front Page Woman
as District Attorney
Dinky
as District Attorney
'G' Men
as Bruce J. Gregory
Alias Mary Dow
as Martin
Eight Bells
as Tracey
A Dog of Flanders
as Herden
Sweet Music
as Mr. Thomas
Home on the Range
as Beady
The White Cockatoo
as David Lorn
Society Doctor
as Harrigan
1934
Babbitt
as District Attorney
Gentlemen Are Born
as Martinson
The St. Louis Kid
as Mr. Brown
Our Daily Bread
as Louie
A Lost Lady
as State Attorney (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Judge Markham
Beyond the Law
as Morgan
Handy Andy
as McKechnie (uncredited)
Such Women Are Dangerous
as Delange
Let’s Be Ritzy
as Lt. Spaulding