Richard Barthelmess (1895 - 1963)

American actor, mainly in the silent film period. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

* May 9, 1895 New York, New York
 as Richard Semler Barthelmess
 August 17, 1963 Southampton, New York



Vintage magazines

Filmnyheter, nr. 17 1923
Mon Ciné, nr. 1, 23 February 1922
Mon Ciné, nr. 7, 6 April 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 17, 15 June 1922
Picture Play Magazine, January 1922
Picture Play Magazine, January 1922

Mon Ciné, nr. 62, 26 April 1923
Picture Play Magazine, January 1923
Picture Play Magazine, January 1923


Books with substantial mentioning of Richard Barthelmess

David W. Menefee The First Male Stars David W. Menefee
The First Male Stars, Men of the Silent Era
Albany, 2007

Mick LaSalle Dangerous Men Mick LaSalle
Dangerous Men, Pre-Code Hollywood and the Birth of the Modern Man
2002

Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.)
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 3. Actors and Actresses
Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000

Richard Dyer MacCann The Stars Appear Richard Dyer MacCann
The Stars Appear
Metuchen, NJ & London, 1992

George A. Katchmer Eighty silent film stars George A. Katchmer
Eighty silent film stars, Biographies and filmographies of the obscure to the well known
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1991

Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan
Movie Characters of Leading Performers of the Sound Era
Chicago and London, 1990

Ray Stuart (ed.) Immortals of the Screen Ray Stuart (ed.)
Immortals of the Screen
New York, 1965

Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor) Stars of the Screen 1931 Cedric Osmond Bermingham (editor)
Stars of the Screen 1931, A volume of biographies of contemporary actors and actresses engaged in photoplay throughout the world
London, [1931]

Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.) Who's Who on the Screen Charles Donald Fox and Milton L. Silver (eds.)
Who's Who on the Screen
New York City, 1920

Books with an entry on Richard Barthelmess

David Thomson The New Biographical Dictionary of Film David Thomson
The New Biographical Dictionary of Film
New York, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Erster Band. A-C
Berlin, 2001

Roy Liebman Silent Film Performers Roy Liebman
Silent Film Performers, An Annotated Bibliography of Published, Unpublished and Archival Sources for over 350 Actors and Actresses
Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 1996

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor The American movies reference book Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Martin J. Quigley (ed.) The Motion Picture Almanac Martin J. Quigley (ed.)
The Motion Picture Almanac, Big Stars in Big Pictures
Chicago, Ill., 1929

Charles Donald Fox Mirrors of Hollywood Charles Donald Fox
Mirrors of Hollywood, with brief biographies of favorite film folk
New York, 1925

 Motion Picture Studio Directory
Motion Picture Studio Directory, Trade Manual 1921
New York, 1921

Books with photograph(s) of Richard Barthelmess

John Richard Finch and Paul Elby Close-Ups John Richard Finch and Paul Elby
Close-Ups, From the Golden Age of the Silent Cinema
South Brunswick and New York - London, 1978

Mary Dawn Earley
Stars of the Twenties, Observed by James Abbe
New York, 1975