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Richard Ainley(1910-1967)

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Richard Ainley
A bumbling pants presser at an upscale hotel's valet service nurses an unrequited crush on a Broadway star. He gets more than he bargained for when she agrees to marry him, to spite her womanizing fiance, and encounters Nazi saboteurs.
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Mademoiselle ma femme (1943)
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Richard Ainley was born on 22 December 1910 in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Frog (1937), Lady with Red Hair (1940) and Comme il vous plaira (1936). He was married to Rowena Woolf, Betzi Beaton and Ethel Glendinning. He died on 19 May 1967 in Muswell Hill, London, England, UK.
BornDecember 22, 1910
DiedMay 19, 1967(56)
BornDecember 22, 1910
DiedMay 19, 1967(56)
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Known for

The Frog (1937)
The Frog
6.6
  • Ray Bennett
  • 1937
Claude Rains and Miriam Hopkins in Lady with Red Hair (1940)
Lady with Red Hair
6.3
  • Lou Payne
  • 1940
Laurence Olivier and Elisabeth Bergner in Comme il vous plaira (1936)
Comme il vous plaira
5.8
  • Sylvius
  • 1936
Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra in Mademoiselle ma femme (1943)
Mademoiselle ma femme
6.1
  • Larry West
  • 1943

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  • Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)
    Emergency-Ward 10
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Ambrose Pelham
    • 1965
  • Broken Dreams
    Short
    • Narrator (voice)
    • 1949
  • Tobias and the Angel
    TV Movie
    • The Archangel Rafael
    • 1947
  • Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, and Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra in Mademoiselle ma femme (1943)
    Mademoiselle ma femme
    6.1
    • Larry West
    • 1943
  • Charles Laughton, Donna Reed, Binnie Barnes, and Richard Carlson in Le héros du Pacifique (1943)
    Le héros du Pacifique
    6.0
    • Military Doctor (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray in Un espion a disparu (1943)
    Un espion a disparu
    6.5
    • Peter Galt
    • 1943
  • Lucille Ball and Red Skelton in La Du Barry était une dame (1943)
    La Du Barry était une dame
    6.2
    • Marching Rebel Behind King Louis (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Melvyn Douglas and Ann Sothern in Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
    Three Hearts for Julia
    5.7
    • Philip Barrows
    • 1943
  • Hedy Lamarr, Richard Carlson, and Walter Pidgeon in Tondelayo (1942)
    Tondelayo
    6.0
    • Mr. Worthing
    • 1942
  • Lucile Fairbanks in Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
    Passage from Hong Kong
    5.6
    • Lt. Norman MacNeil-Fraser
    • 1941
  • David Bruce, Wayne Morris, and Alexis Smith in The Smiling Ghost (1941)
    The Smiling Ghost
    6.4
    • Cousin Tennant Bentley
    • 1941
  • Anthony Quinn and Joan Perry in Bullets for O'Hara (1941)
    Bullets for O'Hara
    5.4
    • McKay Standish
    • 1941
  • L'assistante du docteur Venner (1941)
    L'assistante du docteur Venner
    6.5
    • Dr. Hale
    • 1941
  • David Bruce and Brenda Marshall in Singapore Woman (1941)
    Singapore Woman
    5.8
    • John Wetherby
    • 1941
  • Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, and Jack Mower in Knockout (1941)
    Knockout
    5.7
    • Allison
    • 1941

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  • Alternative name
    • Richard Riddle
  • Born
    • December 22, 1910
    • Stanmore, Middlesex, England, UK
  • Died
    • May 19, 1967
    • Muswell Hill, London, England, UK(barbiturate poisoning)
  • Spouses
      Rowena Woolf1961 - 1967 (his death, 3 children)
  • Other works
    He acted in Katriona and Elizabeth Sprigge's play, "Elisabeth of Austria," at the Garrick Theatre in London, England with Wanda Rotha, Gyles Isham, David King-Wood, and Charles Hickman in the cast. Campbell Gullan was director.
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    • 1 Pictorial

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    Brother of Anthony Ainley.

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