Richard Gaines
Biography
Richard Gaines was an American actor who compiled more than 75 film and television credits between 1940 and 1962. Born in Indian Territory and raised in Texas, he studied drama at Texas Christian University and won a scholarship to the American Laboratory Theatre. He took over the role of Abraham Lincoln from Raymond Massey in the original Abe Lincoln in Illinois, one of five Broadway productions he joined between 1929 and 1942. In Hollywood he was usually cast as a professional or officious supporting type, among them lawyers, doctors, supervisors and fathers. His film debut was as Patrick Henry in The Howards of Virginia with Cary Grant; he played Jean Arthur's stuffy suitor in The More the Merrier (1943), an insurance company boss in Double Indemnity (1944), and George Washington in Unconquered (1947). He worked often in television in the 1950s, including a recurring judge on Perry Mason from 1958 to 1961.
70years old at death
- Born Oklahoma City
- Died North Hollywood
- Star sign: LeoFirst day of the sign, on the Cancer cusp
- Also credited as Richard Houston Gaines
Movie Career
- Films
- 15
- Career span
- 13 years1943 to 1956
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A role that slipped away
Gaines took over from Raymond Massey as Abraham Lincoln in the original Broadway production of Robert E. Sherwood's Abe Lincoln in Illinois, serving as Massey's replacement in the title role.
First role
Gaines played Patrick Henry in The Howards of Virginia, a historical drama with Cary Grant, and that part was his first film role.
Early training
Gaines held many different jobs in the United States and France before he earned a scholarship to the American Laboratory Theatre.
Early training
Gaines enrolled at Texas Christian University at 16 and studied drama there, acting in little theater productions in Dallas and Fort Worth while a student.
Richard Gaines movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- Double Indemnity1944 Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thrilleras Mr. Norton
IMDb rating 8.3183K votes
Most often with
Billy Wilder directed two of these films, Jean Negulesco two. 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.
Films together
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All films by Billy Wilder
Jean NegulescoDirector, 2 films, 1946
All films by Jean Negulesco
Also two films together5 more actors
- William ForrestFlight To Mars (1951) and Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
- Art SmithBrute Force (1947) and Ride the Pink Horse (1947)
- Kathryn CardA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and The Hucksters (1947)
- Gloria HoldenA Kiss for Corliss (1949) and The Hucksters (1947)
- Robert ArthurAce in the Hole (1951) and Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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