Richard Bull
Biography
Richard Bull was an American actor who worked in film, on stage and in television, beginning his stage career at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago before spending years in New York and then settling in Los Angeles. He credited a two-line part in The Greatest Story Ever Told with opening doors, and the director George Stevens, impressed by his work, moved him toward playing an FBI agent in The Satan Bug (1965). His television career gained momentum when he was cast as the doctor aboard the Seaview in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, appearing in 27 episodes of the series alongside Richard Basehart. In 1974 he took the role of Nels Oleson on Little House on the Prairie, the fair-minded family patriarch who had to keep the peace with his overbearing wife Harriet. He also appeared as a rancher in an episode of Bonanza and made more than 100 film and television appearances.
89years old at death
- Born Zion
- Died Calabasas
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Richard William Bull
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 51 years1957 to 2008
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Big break
Bull started his stage career at Chicago's Goodman Theatre. A two-line part in The Greatest Story Ever Told, he said, opened a lot of doors, and director George Stevens was impressed enough by his emoting to cast him as an FBI agent in The Satan Bug.
Beyond film
During the summer of 1948, Bull starred as Petruchio alongside Geraldine Page's Katherine in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew at Bella Itkin's Lake Zurich Playhouse.
Richard Bull movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Clint Eastwood directed two of these films, John Sturges two and Robert Mulligan two. Three 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.
Films together
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All films by Clint Eastwood
All films by John Sturges
All films by Robert Mulligan
Also two films together10 more actors
- Albert SalmiLawman (1971) and Hour of the Gun (1967)
- Walter BrookeExecutive Action (1973) and Lawman (1971)
- Charles TynerLawman (1971) and The Stalking Moon (1968)
- Lonny ChapmanThe Stalking Moon (1968) and Hour of the Gun (1967)
- John HillermanHigh Plains Drifter (1973) and Lawman (1971)
- James OlsonThe Andromeda Strain (1971) and The Stalking Moon (1968)
- Henry BeckmanThe Stalking Moon (1968) and The Satan Bug (1965)
- Lou FrizzellLawman (1971) and The Stalking Moon (1968)
- Sam MelvilleThe Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and Hour of the Gun (1967)
- Amy ThomsonMove (1970) and How to Steal the World (1968)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Richard Bull's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$44.3 million
5 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 5 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 7 figure not found.
- 5Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 2Never in cinemas
- 7Figure not found
Highest grossing
The five biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$16M35.5% of the total
- 2$14M31.6% of the total
- 3$12M28.0% of the total
- 4$2.0M4.5% of the total
- 5$200K0.5% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.