Grant Richards

Grant Richards was an American actor who was born in New York City and worked mainly in films from the late 1930s to the late 1950s. As Irwin Jaffe, he spent three years at the University of Miami, where he acted in dramatic productions and with the city's Civic Theater. In 1937 he became the first performer in the Federal Theatre Project to land a film contract, signing with Major Pictures. Among his films were Guns, Girls, and Gangsters (1959) and On Such a Night (1937). On television he made three guest appearances on Perry Mason between 1958 and 1961, playing Jerry Haywood, Captain Kennedy, and George Sherwin. Several episodes of ABC's The Untouchables also featured him. He played Luke Short in a 1958 episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and Keeler in a 1962 episode of The Rifleman. He died in 1963.