Dick Wessel

Acting

Born April 20, 1913, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Filmography

• 1966The Ugly Dachshund — Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)
• Daniel Boone — Moses Hennepin
• Arrest and Trial — Carnival Manager
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Officer
• Grindl
• Petticoat Junction — Bink Sharfells
• The Fugitive — Charley Hendricks
• 1963Who's Minding the Store? — Traffic Cop
• 1963Wives and Lovers — Mr. Liberti
• 87th Precinct — Howard Pitt
• 1961All in a Night's Work — Janitor (uncredited)
• Ben Casey
• Dr. Kildare — Sam Dlugash
• 1961Pocketful of Miracles — Governor of Florida (uncredited)
• Bonanza — Big Mike Campbell
• Rawhide — Barker, Jed
• Riverboat — Carney Kohler
• 1959The Gazebo — Louis
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis — Aphrodite
• The Twilight Zone — Charlie
• 77 Sunset Strip — Police Officer (uncredited), Stan
• Lawman — Jed Thomas
• Man with a Camera
• Peter Gunn
• Perry Mason — Transfer Man
• The Thin Man
• Trackdown — Matt Morris
• 1957Tricky Chicks
• Wagon Train — Biff
• Zorro — Cpl. Delgado (uncredited)
• 1956Around the World in 80 Days — Train Engineer (uncredited)
• Broken Arrow — Bartender
• Hey, Jeannie! — Trucker
• 1956The Desperados Are in Town — Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
• 1955Bowery to Bagdad — Henchman Gus
• 1955Fling in the Ring — Chopper Kane
• Frontier — Hank
• Fury — Fred
• 1955G.I. Dood It — Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)
• Gunsmoke — Sol Durham
• Navy Log
• 1955Rebel Without a Cause — Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
• December Bride — Steve Farrell
• Father Knows Best — Officer
• Lassie — Fred Brockway
• Public Defender — Sgt. Willis
• Studio 57 — Alvin T. 'Bear' Bristow
• The Lone Wolf — Bill Basey
• 1953Champ for a Day — 'Speedtrap' Calhoun
• 1953Gentlemen Prefer Blondes — Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
• 1953Let's Do It Again — Ajax Moving Man
• The Danny Thomas Show — Policeman, Officer Burton
• The Life Of Riley — Squarehead Malloy
• 1952Blackbeard, the Pirate — Dutchman
• 1952Heebie Gee-Gees — Big Dan
• 1952Love Is Better Than Ever — Smittie
• 1952Rancho Notorious — Deputy (uncredited)
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Larry, Bill Hart
• The Ford Television Theatre — Tom O'Brien (as Richard Wessell)
• 1952The WAC from Walla Walla — Sgt. Malone
• 1952Young Man with Ideas — Eddie Tasling
• 1951An American in Paris — Ben Macrow (uncredited)
• 1951Corky of Gasoline Alley — Pudge McKay
• 1951Flying Leathernecks — Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1951Gasoline Alley — Pudge
• 1951Her First Romance — Night Watchman (uncredited)
• 1951Life with Buster Keaton
• 1951M — Policeman Ticketing Jaywalker (uncredited)
• 1951Reunion in Reno — Taxi Driver
• 1951Strangers on a Train — Bill (uncredited)
• 1951Texas Carnival — Concessionaire
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Willard Crane
• The Red Skelton Show — Delaney, Assistant (uncredited)
• 1951The Scarf — Sid, Drunk Cowboy
• 1951The Texas Rangers — Arkansas (uncredited)
• 1950Beware of Blondie — Mailman
• 1950Blondie's Hero — Mailman (uncredited)
• 1950Dizzy Yardbird — Sergeant Flint
• 1950Father of the Bride — Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)
• 1950Harvey — Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
• 1950Punchy Cowpunchers — Sgt. Mullins
• 1950Sands of Iwo Jima — Grenade Instructor (uncredited)
• The Jack Benny Program — Man
• 1950The Jackie Robinson Story — Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
• 1950The Misadventures of Buster Keaton — Harry (uncredited)
• 1950Watch the Birdie — Man Who Undresses
• 1949Blondie Hits the Jackpot — Mailman (uncredited)
• 1949Canadian Pacific — Bailey
• 1949On the Town — Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)
• 1949Slattery's Hurricane — Taxi Driver (uncredited)
• 1949The Green Promise — Mr. Clairborne
• 1949Thieves' Highway — Cab Driver (uncredited)
• 1949Tulsa — Joker (uncredited)
• 1948Billie Gets Her Man — Mr. McGonagle
• 1948Flat Feat — Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson
• 1948Hollow Triumph — Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)
• 1948Pitfall — Desk Sergeant
• 1948The Fuller Brush Man — Police Sergeant (uncredited)
• 1948Unknown Island — Sanderson, 1st Mate
• 194713 Rue Madeleine — Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
• 1947Blondie's Big Moment — Bus Driver (uncredited)
• 1947California — Blacksmith (uncredited)
• 1947Do or Diet — Old Boyfriend
• 1947Fright Night — Chopper Kane
• 1947Hectic Honeymoon — Duffy
• 1947High Wall — Jim Hale (uncredited)
• 1947In Room 303
• 1947It Happened in Brooklyn — Policeman
• 1947Merton of the Movies — Chick
• 1947Radio Romeo
• 1947Wife Tames Wolf — Male Character
• 1947Wife to Spare
• 1946Black Angel — Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
• 1946Blonde Alibi — Detective (Uncredited)
• 1946Dick Tracy vs. Cueball — Harry 'Cueball' Lake
• 1946In Old Sacramento — Oscar
• 1946Pardon My Terror — Luke
• 1946Slappily Married — Eddie--Honey's Fiance
• 1946So's Your Antenna
• 1946Young Widow — Cab Driver (Uncredited)
• 1945Scarlet Street — Detective (uncredited)
• 1943Action in the North Atlantic — Cherub Joe (uncredited)
• 1943False Faces — Detective Mallory
• 1943King of the Cowboys — Hershel
• 1943Silver Spurs — Buck Walters
• 1943Three Hearts for Julia — Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)
• 1943Yanks Ahoy — Ship Cargo Seaman (uncredited)
• 1942About Face — Bartender Charlie
• 1942Brooklyn Orchid — Al
• 1942Fall In — Army Barber
• 1942Friendly Enemies — Delivery man
• 1942Gentleman Jim — Referee (uncredited)
• 1942Joe Smith, American — Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
• 1942Romance on the Range — Jailer-Deputy
• 1942Sunset Serenade — Antlers Bartender
• 1942The Traitor Within — Henchman Otis
• 1942X Marks the Spot — Dizzy
• 1941Dangerous Lady — Officer Donahue
• 1941Dangerously They Live — Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)
• 1941Desert Bandit — Henchman Hawk
• 1941Manpower — Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
• 1941Red River Valley — Lumber Deliverer
• 1941Steel Against the Sky — Mike (uncredited)
• 1941The Great Train Robbery — Gorman
• 1941The Strawberry Blonde — Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
• 1940Brother Orchid — Buffalo Burns
• 1940Cafe Hostess — Henchman Willie
• 1940Castle on the Hudson — Convict Messenger (uncredited)
• 1940City for Conquest — Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)
• 1940Flight Command — Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)
• 1940Flowing Gold — Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
• 1940So You Won't Talk? — Dopey
• 1940The Border Legion — Oscar "Red" McGooney
• 1940The Howards of Virginia — Backwoodsman
• 1940They Drive by Night — Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
• 1939An Hour for Lunch — Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
• 1939Blackwell's Island — Convict (uncredited)
• 1939Dust Be My Destiny — Customer (uncredited)
• 1939Hitler: Beast of Berlin — Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)
• 1939I Stole a Million — Cop #2 (uncredited)
• 1939Missing Daughters — Brick McGirk
• 1939The Cowboy Quarterback — Football player
• 1939The Roaring Twenties — Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
• 1939They All Come Out — Moxie (uncredited)
• 1939They Made Me a Criminal — Collucci
• 1938A Slight Case of Murder — Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)
• 1938Hawk of the Wilderness — Dirk
• 1938Over the Wall — Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp
• 1938Racket Busters — Truck Driver (uncredited)
• 1938Submarine Patrol — Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
• 1938The Crowd Roars — Fighter at Gym (uncredited)
• 1937Border Cafe — Jaillbird (uncredited)
• 1937Borrowing Trouble — Joe
• 1937Round-Up Time in Texas — Henchman Craig Johnson
• 1937San Quentin — Trusty (uncredited)
• 1937The Game That Kills — 'Leapfrog' Soule
• 1937They Gave Him a Gun — German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
• 1937White Bondage — Beans Clerk
• 1936Fury — Bodyguard (uncredited)
• 1936Half Shot Shooters — Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)
• 1936Small Town Girl — College Boy in Car (uncredited)
• 1936The Adventures of Frank Merriwell — Joe
• 1935In Spite of Danger — Monk Grady