Richard Talmadge(1892-1981)

Stunts
Actor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Richard Talmadge in The Live Wire (1935)

He first came to the USA as a boy member of the famed acrobats, the Mazetti Troupe, that had been engaged by Barnum & Bailey Circus. Richard began in films, supposedly, as a stunt double for Doug Fairbanks, Sr., then graduated to films under his own name.

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Known for

Jeep-Herders

7.1

Stunts(uncredited)

1945

Dancing Dynamite

Stunts(uncredited)

1931

Casino Royale

5.0

Stunts(uncredited)

1967

Detour to Danger

3.7

Driver Hit with Melon(uncredited)

1946

Credits

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Stunts

Casino Royale
5.0
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1967
La Conquête de l'Ouest
7.1
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1962
Les rôdeurs de la plaine
6.5
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1960
Le Grand Sam
6.9
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1960
La fureur des hommes
6.9
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1958
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
5.3
- stager of fights (uncredited)
- 1957
Prince Vaillant
6.2
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1954
Courrier diplomatique
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1952
Border Outlaws
6.5
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1950
Samson et Dalila
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1949
Black Eagle
6.6
- stunt coordinator (uncredited)
- 1948
Jeep-Herders
7.1
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1945
L'aventure vient de la mer
6.1
- stunt double (uncredited)
- 1944
Cap sur Marseille
6.8
- stunts (uncredited)
- 1944
Crime Doctor
6.3
- stunt double
- 1943

Actor

Casino Royale
5.0
- Keystone Kop (uncredited)
- 1967
Border Outlaws
6.5
- Wiry (uncredited)
- 1950
Nouvelles aventures du capitaine Blood
5.7
- Crew Member (uncredited)
- 1950
Black Eagle
6.6
- Mort
- 1948
Detour to Danger
3.7
- Driver Hit with Melon (uncredited)
- 1946
My Kingdom for a Cook
5.6
- Workman (uncredited)
- 1943
Hitler's Madman
6.5
- Chauffeur (uncredited)
- 1943
Redhead from Manhattan
6.6
- Fisherman (uncredited)
- 1943
Deux jolies jambes
6.6
- Sam (uncredited)
- 1942
The Speed Reporter
5.3
- Dick Lawrence
- 1936
Step on It
5.1
- Larry Evans
- 1936
Never Too Late
5.2
- Det. Dick Manning
- 1935
The Live Wire
4.7
- Dick Nelson
- 1935
Now or Never
4.2
- Dick Rainey
- Norman Gray
- 1935
L'empire des fantômes
6.1
- Thunder Rider Captain (uncredited)
- 1935

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Les sept cascadeurs
5.4
TV Movie
- second unit director
- 1979
Le dernier safari
5.2
- second unit director
- 1967
Casino Royale
5.0
- second unit director
- 1967
Hawaï
6.5
- second unit director
- 1966
Le renard s'évade à 3 heures
6.4
- second unit director
- 1966
Quoi de neuf Pussycat ?
6.1
- second unit director (as Richard Talmage)
- 1965
L'Encombrant Mr. John
5.0
- second unit director
- 1965
La plus grande histoire jamais contée
6.6
- second unit director
- 1965
Le plus grand cirque du monde
6.1
- second unit director
- 1964
Massacre pour un fauve
5.5
- second unit director
- 1963
La Conquête de l'Ouest
7.1
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1962
La bataille des Thermopyles
6.5
- director of second unit
- 1962
Les rôdeurs de la plaine
6.5
- second unit director
- 1960
Le Grand Sam
6.9
- second unit director
- 1960
La fureur des hommes
6.9
- second unit director (uncredited)
- 1958

Personal details

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Alternative name
- Richard Talmage
Born
- December 3, 1892
- Camburg, Saxe-Meiningen [now Thuringia], Germany
Died
- January 25, 1981
- Carmel, California, USA(cancer)
Spouses
Publicity listings
- 10 Articles

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Trivia
Was popular as a foreign star in the Soviet Union. He had a large presence in the Soviet market, as movies made by independent American producers like him could be more easily--and cheaply--imported. His films played only in marginal theaters in the US (due to the tight control of major theater chains by the large studios), and they enjoyed disproportionate success in the Soviet Union, especially since they were also quite shallow standard fare guaranteed to have no political message. As a result, some films that were barely noticed in their home country became hits in the USSR, their success often at odds with their cinematic value.