Jack Richardson
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Jack Richardson.
Born: November 17, 1870
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
The Rainmaker
The story of a racetrack tout whose prayers could bring a dry or muddy racetrack, and how he learned to capitalize on those powers. Until the day he lost the power and bet the wrong way.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption.
The Invisible Man
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.
The Lady Eve
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.
The Sea Hawk
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
Scandal for Sale
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
Stage Door
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.
The Thief's Wife
A woman suspects her husband to be a thief.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Possessed
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor the complex story of how she wound up there.
Filmography
as Claude Andrews
as (uncredited)
as Board Member (uncredited)
as St. Joseph Saloon Bartender (uncredited)
as Concertgoer (uncredited)
as Passerby
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
as Musical Conductor (Uncredited)
as Second Uncle (uncredited)
as 2nd Detective Escorting Dixie (uncredited)
as Bill Geraghty
as Father of Girl on Ship (uncredited)
as Casino Patron
as Townsman
as (uncredited)
as Mike McClure
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Reporter
as Senator Manchester (uncredited)
as Member
as Golfer
as Old Man in Montage (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as District Attorney Franklin (Uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Sheriff (Uncredited)
as Engineer
as Customer
as Detective
as Simms
as Workman
as Spectator Bidding $4.00 (uncredited)
as Newspaper Officer Worker (uncredited)
as Man Getting Race Results
as Sailor
as Sheriff
as Roman Citizen (uncredited)
as Official (uncredited)
as Editor
as Doctor
as Hank Bates
as Compositor
as Jim Fletcher
as Steve Henderson
as Thorpe
as Rancher Eddie (uncredited)
as Henchman
as Reporter
as Porter (uncredited)
as Chef (uncredited)
as Donnelly
as Dude Guest
as Joe Dixon
as Captain
as Court-Martial Officer
as Music Publisher
as Joe Steward
as Jake
as Jim Burnett
as Rolland Harrison
as Trigger Kincaid
as Steve Hale
as Slade
as Western Doctor
as Union Officer at White House (uncredited)
as Scarface Jordan
as Assistant Foreman
as Mark Newman - Assayer
as Watson
as Madden
as Spike Moran
as Red Carson
as 'Butch' Anderson
as Bull Dorgan
as Detective Collins
as Thomas Haldane
as Flagier, cabaret owner
as Sheriff Holmes
as Movie Heavy (uncredited)
as Herbert Brandon
as Amos Rawson
as Tyler Hellis
as Blackie
as Irving Somers
as The Sheriff
as Westmark
as Boris Blotchi
as Mayor Johnson Schmidt
as Clay Hibbing
as Dan Middleton
as Her Father
as Cameron Craig
as Dr. Meyer Stahl
as Hugh Godson
as Frederick Kube
as Hasty Carson
as Martin
as Count Caminetti
as Jim Butler
as 'Ace High' Lawton
as Milt Sears
as 'Slick' Barney
as Colonel Simmonds
as Ross Benson
as Paul Keeley
as Ruth's Father
as Professor Otto Rusburg, a Clairvoyant
as Kentucky Hurley
as Buck Moran
as James Oliver
as Joe Mex
as Hardy Anderson
as Joe Simpson
as Kentuck
as Martingay
as Ortega - the Foreman
as Thomas Pennington
as Dick Travers
as The Thief
as Jim Richeson
as The Bogus Long Lost Cousin
as James Collins
as John Morgan