Richard Neill

Richard Neill
Richard Neill
	Motion Picture News, 1916
Born	Richard Renchaw Neill, Jr.; November 12, 1875; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	April 8, 1970 (aged 94); Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter[1]
Years active	1910–1959
Spouse(s)	Grace Jerome Williams; (m. 1915-1970; his death)[2]

Richard Neill (born Richard Renchaw Neill, Jr. ; November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras.[3] He performed in over 200 films between 1910 and 1959, and during the early part of his long screen career, he wrote "several scenarios" for productions.[1] Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died in California, in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Lobby card showing Neill (right) in Somewhere in Sonora (1923)

Partial filmography

The Lighthouse by the Sea (1911, Short) - The Lighthouse Keeper's Son
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912)
The Substitute Stenographer (1913, Short)
Dolly of the Dailies (1914, Serial) - High Officer of the Secret Society [Ch. 5]
Fantasma (1914) - The Princess' Father
Colonel Carter of Cartersville (1915) - Robert Gill
The Broken Law (1915) - Gaspar
The Labyrinth (1915) - Rev. Herbert Fenton
The Man Who Found Himself (1915) - Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
The Fool's Revenge (1916) - Randall
A Modern Thelma (1916)
God's Half Acre (1916) - Perry Westley
A Wall Street Tragedy (1916) - Ranson
The Ragged Princess (1916) - Thomas Deigan
The Battle of Life (1916) - O'Leary
A Child of the Wild (1917)
Love's Law (1917)
The Co-Respondent (1917)
The Woman in White (1917)
Her Second Husband (1917)
His Wife's Friend (1919)
Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922)
A Clouded Name (1923)
Sinner or Saint (1923)
Heritage of the Desert (1924)
The Fighting Coward (1924)
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
Percy (1925)
Tumbleweeds (1925)
Born to the West (1926)
Satan Town (1926)
Galloping Thunder (1927)
The Fightin' Comeback (1927)
The Desert of the Lost (1927)
Somewhere in Sonora (1927)
The Man Without a Face (1928)
Beyond the Sierras (1928)
The Law's Lash (1928)
The Bushranger (1928)
The King of the Kongo (1929)
Where East is East (1929)
The Last Frontier (1932)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)

References

"NEILL, Richard R.", featured in "Motion Picture Studio Directory" supplement in Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 196. Internet Archive, San Francisco. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", Richard Renchaw Neill to Grace Jerome Williams, November 12, 1915, Bronx, New York City. New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,940,961.
Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved March 28, 2019 – via Google Books.

External links

Richard Neill at IMDb

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[MPN16-1] "NEILL, Richard R.", featured in "Motion Picture Studio Directory" supplement in Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 196. Internet Archive, San Francisco. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

[2] "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", Richard Renchaw Neill to Grace Jerome Williams, November 12, 1915, Bronx, New York City. New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,940,961.

[3] Katchmer, George A. (May 20, 2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. ISBN 9781476609058. Retrieved March 28, 2019 – via Google Books.