Richard Arlen
Acting
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore) was an American film and television actor. He served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I. After the war, he went to the oilfields of Texas and Oklahoma and found work as a tool boy. He was thereafter a messenger and sporting editor of a newspaper before going to Los Angeles to act in films, but no producer wanted him. He was a delivery boy for a film laboratory when the motorcycle which he was riding landed him a broken leg outside the Paramount Pictures lot. A sympathetic film director gave him his start as an extra. He appeared at first in silent films before making the transition to talkies. His first important film role was in Vengeance of the Deep. He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927. He was among the more famous residents of the celebrity enclave, Toluca Lake, California. He married New York socialite, Margaret Kinsella, in 1946. In 1939, Universal teamed him with Andy Devine for a series of 14 B-pictures, mostly action-comedies with heavy reliance on stock footage from larger-scale films. They are informally known as the "Aces of Action" series, which is how the stars were billed in the trailers. When Arlen left the studio in 1941, the series continued with Devine teamed with a variety of other actors. In the 1950s and early 1960s, Arlen was active in television, having guest starred in several anthology series, including Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour, and in three episodes of the series about clergymen, Crossroads. In 1960, Arlen was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry. In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction playing himself. The episode was called "Wings" and it was in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings. Arlen appeared in westerns, such as Lawman, Branded, Bat Masterson, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, and Yancy Derringer, and in such drama/adventure programs as Ripcord, Whirlybirds, Perry Mason, The New Breed, Coronado 9, and Michael Shayne.
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
The Horror Show
(archive footage)
A Whale of a Tale
Mr. Monahan
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
Silent Film Star 2
The Sky's the Limit
Grimes
Buckskin
Townsman
Rogue's Gallery
Man in Club
Fort Utah
Sam Tyler
Hostile Guns
Sheriff Travis
Red Tomahawk
Deadwood Telegrapher
Road to Nashville
Studio Boss
Waco
Billy Kelly
To the Shores of Hell
Brig. Gen. F.W. Ramsgate
Johnny Reno
Ned Duggan
Apache Uprising
Captain Gannon
The Bounty Killer
Matthew Ridgeway
Town Tamer
Doctor Kent
Black Spurs
Pete
The Human Duplicators
National Intelligence
Young Fury
Sheriff Jenkins
Sex and the College Girl
Charles Devon
Law of the Lawless
Ben the Bartender
The Shepherd of the Hills
Old Matt
The Best Man
Sen. Oscar Anderson
The Crawling Hand
Lee Barrenger
The Young and the Brave
Col. Ralph Holbein
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Col. Edwin Martin
Raymie
Chris Garber
Warlock
Bacon
Cavalry Command
Sgt. Jim Heisler
Child of Trouble
Louis Contino
The Mountain
C. W. Rivial
Hidden Guns
Sheriff Ward Young
Blonde Blackmailer
Tony Pelassier
Devil's Point
John 'Captain' Martin
Sabre Jet
Gen. Robert E 'Bob' Hale
The Blazing Forest
Joe Morgan
Hurricane Smith
Brundage
Flaming Feather
Showdown Calhoun
Silver City
Charles Storrs
Kansas Raiders
Union Captain
Grand Canyon
Mike Adams
When My Baby Smiles at Me
Harvey Howell
The Return of Wildfire
Dobe Williams
Speed to Spare
Cliff Jordan
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Buffalo Bill
Accomplice
Simon Lash
The French Key
Himself (uncredited)
The Phantom Speaks
Matt Fraser
Identity Unknown
Johnny March
The Big Bonanza
Capt. Jed Kilton
Storm Over Lisbon
John Craig
That's My Baby!
Tim Jones
The Lady and the Monster
Dr. Patrick Cory
Timber Queen
Russell Evans
Minesweeper
Richard Houston
Submarine Alert
Lewis J. 'Lee' Deerhold
Alaska Highway
Woody Ormsby
Aerial Gunner
Jon Davis
Wrecking Crew
Matt Carney
A Letter From Bataan
Pvt. John W. Lewis
Wildcat
Johnny Maverick
Soaring Stars
Himself
Torpedo Boat
Skinner Barnes
Flying Blind
Jim Clark
A Dangerous Game
Dick Williams
Raiders of the Desert
Dick Manning
Forced Landing
Dan Kendall
Power Dive
Brad Farrell
Men of the Timberland
Dick O'Hara
Mutiny in the Arctic
Dick Barclay
Lucky Devils
Dick McManus
The Devil's Pipeline
Dick Talbot
The Leather Pushers
Dick 'Kid' Roberts
Black Diamonds
Walter Norton
Swing with Bing
Himself
Hot Steel
Frank Stewart
Danger On Wheels
"Lucky" Larry Taylor
The Man from Montreal
Clark Manning
Legion of Lost Flyers
Gene 'Loop' Gillan
Tropic Fury
Dan Burton
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Capt. Robert Lawrence
Missing Daughters
Wally King
Straight, Place and Show
Denny Paine
Call of The Yukon
Gaston Rogers
No Time to Marry
Perry Brown
Murder in Greenwich Village
Steve Havens Jackson Jr.
Artists & Models
Alan Townsend
Secret Valley
Lee Rogers
The Great Barrier
Hickey
The Mine with the Iron Door
Bob Harvey
Three Live Ghosts
William 'Bill' Jones, an alias of William Foster
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Dan Matthews
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
Let 'em Have It
Mal Stevens
Helldorado
Art Ryan
Ready for Love
Julian Barrow
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Self
She Made Her Bed
Wild Bill Smith
Come On, Marines!
Lucky Davis
Alice in Wonderland
Cheshire Cat
Hell and High Water
Capt J.J. Jericho
Golden Harvest
Walt Martin
Three Cornered Moon
Dr. Alan Stevens
How to Break 90 #4: Downswing
College Humor
Mondrake
Song of the Eagle
Bill Hoffman
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Self / Arlen the Great
Island of Lost Souls
Edward Parker
The All-American
Gary King
Tiger Shark
Pipes Boley
Guilty as Hell
Frank C. Marsh
Sky Bride
Bert 'Speed' Condon
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Self (uncredited)
Wayward
David Frost
Touchdown!
Dan Curtis
Caught
Lt. Tom Colton
The Secret Call
Tom Blake
The Lawyer's Secret
Joe Hart
Gun Smoke
Brad Farley
The Conquering Horde
Dan McMasters
Only Saps Work
Larry Payne
The Santa Fe Trail
Stan Hollister
The Sea God
Phillip 'Pink' Barker
The Border Legion
Jim Cleve
Paramount on Parade
Hunter (Dream Girl)
The Light of Western Stars
Dick Bailey
Dangerous Paradise
Heyst
Burning Up
Lou Larrigan
The Virginian
Steven 'Steve'
Dangerous Curves
Larry Lee
Thunderbolt
Bob Moran
The Four Feathers
Lt. Harry Faversham
The Man I Love
Joe "Dum-Dum" Brooks
Manhattan Cocktail
Fred Tilden
Beggars of Life
The Boy (Jim)
Ladies of the Mob
Red
Feel My Pulse
Her Problem
Under the Tonto Rim
Edd Denmeade
She's a Sheik
Capt. Colton
Figures Don't Lie
Bob Blewe
Sally in Our Alley
Jimmie Adams
Wings
David Armstrong
The Blood Ship
John Shreve
Rolled Stockings
Ralph Treadway
Old Ironsides
Seaman (uncredited)
You'd Be Surprised
Reporter (uncredited)
Padlocked
'Tubby' Clark
Behind the Front
Percy Brown
The Enchanted Hill
Link Halliwell
The Coast of Folly
Bather
In the Name of Love
Dumas Dufrayne
Hollywood
Richard Arlen
Quicksands