Richard Carle

Actor

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Also Known As

Charles Nicholas Carleton

Birth Place

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Born

July 07, 1871

Died

June 28, 1941

Biography

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Richard Carle was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Carle landed roles in various films, including the Rod La Rocque romance "The Coming of Amos" (1925), "The Fleet's in" (1928) and the adaptation "Madame X" (1929) with Ruth Chatterton. He also appeared in "It Can Be Done" (1929), "His Glorious Night" (1929) and the Vilma Banky dramatic a...

Filmography

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Las Vegas Nights--"The Last Frontier Town" (1941)

A Dangerous Game (1941)

[Aunt] Agatha [also known as "Moose-Face" Hogan]

New Wine (1941)

Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

Buy Me That Town (1941)

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Dangerous (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Never Forget Her

Unholy Three, The (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Professor Echo

Biography

Richard Carle was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Carle landed roles in various films, including the Rod La Rocque romance "The Coming of Amos" (1925), "The Fleet's in" (1928) and the adaptation "Madame X" (1929) with Ruth Chatterton. He also appeared in "It Can Be Done" (1929), "His Glorious Night" (1929) and the Vilma Banky dramatic adaptation "A Lady to Love" (1930). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in the mystery "The Ghost Walks" (1935) with John Miljan, "The Gay Deception" (1935) and "Dangerous" (1935) with Bette Davis. He also appeared in the Onslow Stevens drama "Life Returns" (1935). In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in the William Gargan mystery "She Asked For It" (1937), "The Man in Blue" (1937) and "Top of the Town" (1937). He also appeared in the comedy "It's a Wonderful World" (1939) with Claudette Colbert and the comedy "Ninotchka" (1939) with Greta Garbo. Carle more recently acted in "The Devil and Miss Jones" (1941). Carle passed away in June 1941 at the age of 70.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Las Vegas Nights--"The Last Frontier Town" (1941)

A Dangerous Game (1941)

[Aunt] Agatha [also known as "Moose-Face" Hogan]

New Wine (1941)

Moonlight in Hawaii (1941)

That Uncertain Feeling (1941)

Buy Me That Town (1941)

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

My Life with Caroline (1941)

Reverend Dr. Curtis

Million Dollar Baby (1941)

Parole Fixer (1940)

The Great McGinty (1940)

The Ghost Comes Home (1940)

John ["Fishface"] Reed Thomas

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (1940)

Seven Sinners (1940)

District Officer

The Golden Fleecing (1940)

Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Lillian Russell (1940)

Those Were the Days! (1940)

Persons in Hiding (1939)

Undercover Doctor (1939)

Elmer Porter [alias of Evans]

It's a Wonderful World (1939)

Major Willoughby

Roger Bannerman

Remember? (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

Life Returns (1938)

Married Before Breakfast (1937)

Top of the Town (1937)

Rhythm in the Clouds (1937)

She Asked for It (1937)

45 Fathers (1937)

Bunny Carothers

Love in a Bungalow (1937)

Mr. [Artemis] Bisbee

I'll Take Romance (1937)

The Man in Blue (1937)

She's Dangerous (1937)

It's All Yours (1937)

True Confession (1937)

Racketeers in Exile (1937)

Porky Regan [Langdon]

Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)

Colonel J. Addison Frooks

Champagne Waltz (1937)

Small Town Girl (1936)

College Holiday (1936)

The Man I Marry (1936)

The Lion Man (1936)

Easy to Take (1936)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)

The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)

Three of a Kind (1936)

F. Thorndyke Penfield

The Bride Comes Home (1936)

Frank [the butler]

Love Before Breakfast (1936)

Spendthrift (1936)

Let's Sing Again (1936)

Anything Goes (1936)

The Texas Rangers (1936)

The Arizona Raiders (1936)

[Sheriff] Boswell Abernathy

Drift Fence (1936)

Sheriff Bingham

Arizona Mahoney (1936)

The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936)

One Rainy Afternoon (1936)

Minister of Justice

San Francisco (1936)

Singer in "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"

Here Comes Cookie (1935)

Baby Face Harrington (1935)

Night Life of the Gods (1935)

Grandpa Lambert

Judge [John] Franklidge

Love in Bloom (1935)

Dangerous (1935)

Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)

Together We Live (1935)

The Gay Deception (1935)

Sing and Like It (1934)

[Abercrombie Hancock] The critic

Bottoms Up (1934)

The Ghost Walks (1934)

Mr. [Herman] Wood

The Last Round-Up (1934)

The Witching Hour (1934)

Home on the Range (1934)

Wake Up and Dream (1934)

Judge B. T. Belden

Harold Teen (1934)

Hollywood Party (1934)

Affairs of a Gentleman (1934)

The Old Fashioned Way (1934)

Sheriff from Barnesville

Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)

The Merry Widow (1934)

Defense attorney

Private Jones (1933)

Man Hunt (1933)

Morning Glory (1933)

Diplomaniacs (1933)

No Marriage Ties (1933)

Ladies Must Love (1933)

Golden Harvest (1933)

The Night of June 13 (1932)

Fireman Save My Child (1932)

One Hour with You (1932)

Detective [Henri Pornier]

The Unholy Three (1930)

Barker with Hercules and Tweedledee

The Grand Parade (1930)

A Lady to Love (1930)

Brothers (1929)

Thomas Blackwood

It Can Be Done (1929)

Madame X (1929)

His Glorious Night (1929)

The Fleet's In (1928)

While the City Sleeps (1928)

Soft Cushions (1927)

The Slave Dealer

The Understanding Heart (1927)

Sheriff Bentley

Eve's Leaves (1926)

The Mad Marriage (1925)

The Coming of Amos (1925)

Zander The Great (1925)

Mary's Lamb (1915)

Writer (Feature Film)

Mary's Lamb (1915)

Music (Feature Film)

Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me (1940)

Life Events

1916

First film as actor

Videos

Dangerous (1935) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Never Forget Her Farnsworth (Walter Walker) meets ex-actress Joyce Heath (Bette Davis) then tells his club pals, including architect Don (Franchot Tone), about it, with Richard Carle as the incidental columnist Hanley, in the opening of Dangerous, 1935.

Unholy Three, The (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Professor Echo His first spoken lines in Lon Chaney’s first and only talking picture, as Professor Echo at the carnival, practicing ventriloquism he learned for the picture, Richard Carle the barker, Lila Lee his partner in crime, Ivan Linow the strongman, in MGM’s five-years-later remake, The Unholy Three, 1930.

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