Dick Wessel
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Dick Wessel was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Wessel began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Game That Kills" (1937), "Arson Gang Busters" (1938) and the John Garfield crime picture "They Made Me a Criminal" (1939). He also appeared in the Bruce Bennett adventure "Lost Island of Kioga" (1939), the comedy "Brother Orchid" (1940) with Edward G Robins...
Biography
Dick Wessel was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Wessel began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Game That Kills" (1937), "Arson Gang Busters" (1938) and the John Garfield crime picture "They Made Me a Criminal" (1939). He also appeared in the Bruce Bennett adventure "Lost Island of Kioga" (1939), the comedy "Brother Orchid" (1940) with Edward G Robinson and the comedy "Blondie Has Servant Trouble" (1940) with Penny Singleton. He continued to act in productions like the Leo Gorcey comedy "In Fast Company" (1946), "Dick Tracy Vs. Cueball" (1946) and "Merton of the Movies" (1947). He also appeared in "Canadian Pacific" (1949) with Randolph Scott. Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in the comedy "Love Is Better Than Ever" (1952) with Larry Parks, "The Lawless Breed" (1953) and the musical comedy "Let's Do It Again" (1953) with Jane Wyman. He also appeared in the James Whitmore horror flick "Them" (1954) and the James Dean drama "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955). Wessel was most recently credited in the comedy "The Ugly Dachsund" (1966) with Dean Jones. Wessel passed away in April 1965 at the age of 52.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Who's Minding the Store?
(1963)
Cop
Wives and Lovers
(1963)
Mr. Liberti
No Time for Sergeants
(1958)
Infantryman
The Desperados Are in Town
(1956)
Hank Green
Around the World in 80 Days
(1956)
Rebel Without a Cause
(1955)
Guide
Francis in the Navy
(1955)
Gas station attendant
Bowery to Bagdad
(1955)
Gus
The Eternal Sea
(1955)
Heater
Untamed Heiress
(1954)
Cruncher
Flight Nurse
(1954)
Sergeant
Them!
(1954)
Policeman
The Caddy
(1953)
Caddy ringleader
Champ for a Day
(1953)
Calhoun
Let's Do It Again
(1953)
Mover
The Lawless Breed
(1953)
Marv, the bartender
Because You're Mine
(1952)
Sgt. Grogan
The Belle of New York
(1952)
Bowery bum
Love Is Better Than Ever
(1952)
Smitte
Young Man With Ideas
(1952)
Eddie Tasling
Blackbeard, the Pirate
(1952)
Dutchman
The WAC from Walla Walla
(1952)
Sgt. Malone
Rancho Notorious
(1952)
Deputy who tells story
Hoodlum Empire
(1952)
Keiller
Just for You
(1952)
Master sergeant
Gasoline Alley
(1951)
Pudge McKay
An American in Paris
(1951)
Ben Macrow
The Scarf
(1951)
Sid
Corky of Gasoline Alley
(1951)
Pudge McKay
Reunion in Reno
(1951)
Taxi driver
The Barefoot Mailman
(1951)
Beachcomber
Texas Carnival
(1951)
Concessionaire
Honeychile
(1951)
Bartender
Watch the Birdie
(1951)
Man who undresses
The Texas Rangers
(1951)
Arkansas Johnson
Francis Goes to the Races
(1951)
Chuck
Strangers on a Train
(1951)
Baggage man
Flying Leathernecks
(1951)
M.P.
Her First Romance
(1951)
Night watchman
The Kid from Texas
(1950)
Jailer
The Jackie Robinson Story
(1950)
Spike
He's a Cockeyed Wonder
(1950)
Truck driver
Beware of Blondie
(1950)
Mailman
Frontier Outpost
(1950)
Sergeant Murphy
Blondie's Hero
(1950)
Mailman
Love That Brute
(1950)
Gangster
Wabash Avenue
(1950)
Electrician
Key to the City
(1950)
Washer
Kill the Umpire
(1950)
Catcher
Harvey
(1950)
Cracker
Father of the Bride
(1950)
Mover with chandelier
Sands of Iwo Jima
(1949)
Tough Marine Sergeant
Bad Men of Tombstone
(1949)
Bartender
Thieves' Highway
(1949)
Cab driver
Slattery's Hurricane
(1949)
Taxi driver
On the Town
(1949)
Kovarsky
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
(1949)
Mailman
Canadian Pacific
(1949)
Bailey
Take Me Out to the Ball Game
(1949)
Umpire
River Lady
(1948)
Logger
The Mating of Millie
(1948)
Bus driver
A Southern Yankee
(1948)
Orderly
Pitfall
(1948)
Desk sergeant
The Babe Ruth Story
(1948)
First mate
The Fuller Brush Man
(1948)
Police sergeant
Unknown Island
(1948)
Sanderson
Good Sam
(1948)
Melvin Z. Wurtzberg, bus driver
High Wall
(1948)
Jim Hale
Hollow Triumph
(1948)
Sidekick
Living in a Big Way
(1947)
Sailor
Blondie's Big Moment
(1947)
Bus driver
It Happened in Brooklyn
(1947)
Cop
The Millerson Case
(1947)
Clem Ogle
Gallant Bess
(1947)
Marine
Magic Town
(1947)
Mover
California
(1947)
Blacksmith
13 Rue Madeleine
(1947)
Gestapo officer
Killer McCoy
(1947)
Burns, Sr.
Merton of the Movies
(1947)
Chick
Black Angel
(1946)
Doorman
Little Miss Big
(1946)
Private detective
In Fast Company
(1946)
Pete
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
(1946)
Cueball
In Old Sacramento
(1946)
Oscar
Blonde Alibi
(1946)
Detective
No Leave, No Love
(1946)
Sailor
What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
(1945)
Military police officer
Dakota
(1945)
Roughneck
Scarlet Street
(1945)
Detective
An American Romance
(1944)
Lumberjack
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
Cherub
A Gentle Gangster
(1943)
Steve Parker
Silver Spurs
(1943)
Buck Walters
False Faces
(1943)
Mallory
Assignment in Brittany
(1943)
German sergeant
King of the Cowboys
(1943)
Hershell
Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942)
Veteran
Sunset Serenade
(1942)
Bartender
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(1942)
Cab driver
Highways by Night
(1942)
Waiter
You Can't Escape Forever
(1942)
Moxie
Romance on the Range
(1942)
Deputy
Sunday Punch
(1942)
Moxie
Joe Smith, American
(1942)
Brooklynite
Bells of Capistrano
(1942)
Mug
X Marks the Spot
(1942)
Dizzy
Gentleman Jim
(1942)
Referee
Three Hearts for Julia
(1942)
Soldier
They Died with Their Boots On
(1942)
Staff Sergeant Brown
Wings for the Eagle
(1942)
About Face
(1942)
Charley
The Traitor Within
(1942)
Otis
Penny Serenade
(1941)
Joe
Lucky Devils
(1941)
Simmons
Navy Blues
(1941)
Petty officer
Desert Bandit
(1941)
Hawk
Red River Valley
(1941)
Truck driver
Tanks a Million
(1941)
Monkman
The Great Train Robbery
(1941)
Gorman
The People vs. Dr. Kildare
(1941)
Blood donor
Model Wife
(1941)
Laundry man
The Strawberry Blonde
(1941)
Dive Bomber
(1941)
Mechanic
Manpower
(1941)
Lineman
Dangerously They Live
(1941)
Grant
You're in the Army Now
(1941)
Supply sergeant
Men of Boys Town
(1941)
Husky youth
Steel Against the Sky
(1941)
Mike
Sandy Is a Lady
(1940)
Second truck driver
They Drive by Night
(1940)
Driver
Flight Command
(1940)
Big sailor
Framed
(1940)
Al
Brother Orchid
(1940)
Buffalo Burns
So You Won't Talk
(1940)
Dopey
The Border Legion
(1940)
Red
Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
Trusty
I Stole a Million
(1939)
Policeman
Beasts of Berlin
(1939)
Buchman
The Roaring Twenties
(1939)
Second mechanic
Cowboy Quarterback
(1939)
Gyp Galbraith
They All Come Out
(1939)
Moxie
They Made Me a Criminal
(1939)
Collucci
Missing Daughters
(1939)
Brick McGirk
Cafe Hostess
(1939)
Willie
The Kid from Kokomo
(1939)
Pug
Blackwell's Island
(1939)
Convict
Yellow Jack
(1938)
Cavalryman
Arson Gang Busters
(1938)
Slugs
Racket Busters
(1938)
Truck driver
The Crowd Roars
(1938)
Fighter
Angels with Dirty Faces
(1938)
Sharpie
A Slight Case of Murder
(1938)
Partygoer
Over the Wall
(1938)
Convict trusties
They Gave Him a Gun
(1937)
German machine gunner
Prescription for Romance
(1937)
Sailor
White Bondage
(1937)
Young clerk
Borrowing Trouble
(1937)
Joe
Submarine D-1
(1937)
Sailor
Slim
(1937)
Editor
Round-Up Time in Texas
(1937)
Craig Johnson
The Game That Kills
(1937)
"Leapfrog" Soule
San Quentin
(1937)
Trusty
Fury
(1936)
Bodyguard
Eight Bells
(1935)
Bosun
Bonnie Scotland
(1935)
Blacksmith's helper
In Spite of Danger
(1935)
Monk Grady
Cast (Short)
An Hour for Lunch
(1939)
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