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Richard B. Shull

Richard B. Shull

19 movies on Netflix

Biography

Richard B. Shull was an American character actor. Born in Evanston, Illinois, he served in the U.S. Army and began on Broadway as a stage manager before his first big break as an actor, in Minnie's Boys in 1970. He earned Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for Goodtime Charley and also appeared on stage in Fools, The Front Page and A Flea in Her Ear. On screen he made about thirty movies, among them The Anderson Tapes (1971), Klute (1971), Slither (1973), The Fortune (1975), Splash (1984), Garbo Talks (1984) and HouseSitter (1992). His television work included The Rockford Files, Lou Grant and Holmes & Yoyo, in which he played a police detective. He also wrote the play Fenton's Folly.

70years old at death

  • Born Evanston
  • Died New York City
  • Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
  • Also credited as Richard Bruce Shull

Movie Career

Films
19
Career span
25 years1971 to 1996

Genres

First and latest

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  1. Behind the camera

    Shull was also a writer. His 1960 play Fenton's Folly became Fentons völlig verrückte Erfindung, an independent German movie from 1967 that was filmed in Austria.

Richard B. Shull movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Splash1984 Comedy, Fantasy, Romanceas Dr. Ross

    IMDb rating 6.389K votes

  2. HouseSitter1992 Comedy, Romanceas Ralph

    IMDb rating 6.229K votes

  3. Cockfighter1974as Omar Baradansky

    IMDb rating 6.92.9K votes

  4. Sssssss1973as Dr. Ken Daniels

    IMDb rating 5.44.6K votes

  5. Klute1971as Sugarman

    IMDb rating 7.134K votes

  6. Trapped in Paradise1994as Father Ritter

    IMDb rating 5.917K votes

  7. The Pack1977as Hardiman

    IMDb rating 5.91.5K votes

  8. Spring Break1983as Eddie

    IMDb rating 4.93.9K votes

Most often with

Howard Zieff directed three of these films, Sidney Lumet two. Anthony Holland appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Anthony Holland, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Anthony HollandHarry Dean Stanton, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Harry Dean StantonDub Taylor, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Dub TaylorAlex Rocco, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Alex RoccoStockard Channing, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Stockard ChanningSally Kellerman, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Sally KellermanHoward ZieffDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Howard ZieffSidney LumetDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Sidney Lumet

Films together

Box office

What Richard B. Shull's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$250 million

10 of the 19 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 19 films: 10 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 5 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 3US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 5Figure not found

Top grosser

HouseSitter1992as Ralph$94.9 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 98% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    HouseSitter1992as Ralph
    $95M38.0% of the total
  2. 2
    Splash1984as Dr. Ross
    $70M27.9% of the total
  3. 3
    Spring Break1983as Eddie
    $24M9.6% of the total
  4. 4
    Unfaithfully Yours1984as Jess Keller
    $20M8.0% of the total
  5. 5
    Wholly Moses!1980as Jethro
    $14M5.7% of the total
  6. 6
    Klute1971as Sugarman
    $13M5.0% of the total
  7. 7
    Trapped in Paradise1994as Father Ritter
    $5.8M2.3% of the total
  8. 8
    The Anderson Tapes1971as Werner
    $5.0M2.0% of the total
Heartbeeps (1981), $2.2 millionHearts of the West (1975), $1.6 million

$3.8 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 2% of the total

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