Kane Richmond
Biography
Kane Richmond was an American actor known for serials and cliffhangers in the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Minneapolis, he relocated to Hollywood late in the 1920s. A Universal executive invited him to audition for The Leather Pushers lead, and he won the role. His first roles came in 1929, including an uncredited part in Their Own Desire (1929). He did his own fight scenes in The Leather Pushers, which ran into 1931. From 1931 to 1939 he appeared in 50 films, many of them serials, cliffhangers or B-movies. In Spy Smasher he played the title character and his twin brother. He acted in several Charlie Chan films and had a supporting role in Knute Rockne All American (1940). From 1940 to 1946 he made 30 films, including three Shadow films opposite Barbara Read. He had just three film roles in 1947 and 1948. He appeared on television until retiring in 1966 and died in 1973.
66years old at death
- Born Minneapolis
- Died Corona del Mar
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 16 years1929 to 1945
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Own stunts
Richmond hated doubles and insisted on playing the scene himself, so director Clyde E. Elliott let his star fight a 25-foot python in The Devil Tiger.
First role
Richmond's first film roles came in 1929, both uncredited, in Song of Love and Their Own Desire. He then won the lead in The Leather Pushers, a boxing serial of 11 films that continued into 1931.
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Norman Foster directed two of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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Also two films together2 more actors
- Robert LoweryMurder Over New York (1940) and Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
- Pauline MooreDouble Cross (1941) and Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
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