From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Addison Whitaker Richards, Jr. (October 20, 1902 – March 22, 1964) was an American actor of film and television. He appeared in more than three hundred films and television series between 1933 and his death.

Filmography

• 1964For Those Who Think Young — Dean Watkins
• Ben Jerrod — John Abbott
• Petticoat Junction — Frank Newton
• The Fugitive — Connelley
• 1963The Raiders — Huntingdon Lawford
• 1962Saintly Sinners — Monsignor
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Mr. Lucas
• The Virginian — Morrison
• 87th Precinct
• 1961Frontier Uprising — Cmdr. Kimball
• Gunslinger — John Pearson
• Miami Undercover
• Mister Ed
• 1961Operation Eichmann — The Stranger
• 1961The Flight That Disappeared — The Future-being Advocate
• 1961The Gambler Wore a Gun — Doc Devlin
• 1960All the Fine Young Cannibals — Mr. McDowall (uncredited)
• 1960Around the World with Nellie Bly — Mr. Pulitzer
• Guestward, Ho!
• 1960Inherit the Wind — Townsman (uncredited)
• My Three Sons
• Pete and Gladys
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — James Fitzgibbon
• 1960The Dark at the Top of the Stairs — Harris
• 1959Bufakkar filli nassini — Sound
• Dennis the Menace — Stacy
• One Step Beyond — Warden, Cabinet Secretary
• Rawhide — Jed Blaine, Frank Miller, Judge Wainwright
• Startime — Doctor
• The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
• 1959The Oregon Trail — President James Polk (uncredited)
• The Third Man
• 77 Sunset Strip — Adm. Frederick Benson
• Cimarron City — Martin Kingsley
• Lawman — Ben Thurston
• Man with a Camera
• The Donna Reed Show
• 1958The Saga of Hemp Brown — Col. Ford
• The Texan
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Doctor, Dr. John Allen
• Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
• Yancy Derringer — Judge Harper
• 26 Men
• 1957Gunsight Ridge — Sheriff Tom Jones
• 1957Last of the Badmen — Dillon
• Perry Mason — George Lansing, Smith
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Evanson
• 1957Snowshoes: A Comedy of People and Horses — Jamieson
• Tales of Wells Fargo — Gen. Lew Wallace
• 1957The Deerslayer
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour — Consul (uncredited)
• Trackdown
• 1956Crime Against Joe — District Attorney Roy Kasden
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Judge Lovett
• 1956Everything But the Truth — Roger Connolly
• 1956Fury at Gunsight Pass — Charles Hanford
• Hey, Jeannie! — Judge Larkin
• State Trooper
• Telephone Time
• The Adventures of Jim Bowie
• 1956The Broken Star — Marshal Wayne Forrester
• 1956The Fastest Gun Alive — Doc Jennings (uncredited)
• 1956The Ten Commandments — Fan Bearer
• 1956Walk the Proud Land — Gov. Safford
• 1956When Gangland Strikes — Mark Spurlock
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Judge, Mr. Johnson
• Cheyenne — Col. Danial H. Forrest
• 1955Fort Yuma — Gen. Crook
• Frontier
• 1955High Society — Sam Cosgrove
• 1955Illegal — Steve Harper
• Matinee Theater
• Science Fiction Theatre
• The Millionaire — H. H. Hungerford, Police Chief James L. Peterson
• Climax! — Papa
• Lassie
• 1953Confessions of a Nervous Man — The Lawyer
• Letter to Loretta — Leonard Craigle, Mr. Abbott, Ralph Verdeen, Mr. Ross, Beseley
• The United States Steel Hour — James Bellingham
• You Are There
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Jesse Childs, Pete Hunter
• 1950Davy Crockett, Indian Scout — Capt. Weightman
• Lux Video Theatre — Michaels, Col. Bessette, Gen. Spencer
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Henry
• The Jack Benny Program — Newspaper Reporter
• 1949Henry, the Rainmaker — Steve Richards
• 1949Mighty Joe Young — Attorney (uncredited)
• 1949Rustlers — Frank Abbott
• 1948Call Northside 777 — State Commissioner John Albertson (uncredited)
• 1948If You Knew Susie — Senator Making Speech (uncredited)
• 1948Lulu Belle — Police Commissioner John Dixon
• 1948Queen Esther — Haman
• 1948Reaching from Heaven — Max Bradley
• Studio One — Mr. MacKail, Arthur, Carter Jackson
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1948The Saxon Charm — Abel Richman
• 1947Amos, Shepherd of Tekoa — Zebion
• 1947Monsieur Verdoux — Bank Manager (uncredited)
• 1947The Millerson Case — Dr. Wickersham
• 1946Angel on My Shoulder — Big Harry (uncredited)
• 1946Criminal Court — District Attorney Gordon
• 1946Don't Gamble with Strangers — Police Chief Broderick
• 1946Dragonwyck — Head Farmer (uncredited)
• 1946Love Laughs at Andy Hardy — Mr. Benedict
• 1946Step by Step — James Blackton
• 1946The Hoodlum Saint — Reverend Miller
• 1945Adventures of Rusty — Dr. Banning - Psychiatrist
• 1945Bells of Rosarita — Slim Phillips
• 1945Betrayal from the East — Captain Bates, G-2
• 1945Bewitched — John Ellis
• 1945Black Market Babies
• 1945Come Out Fighting — Police Commissioner James Mitchell
• 1945Danger Signal — Police Inspector
• 1945Divorce — Plummer
• 1945Grissly's Millions — Henry Adams
• 1945I'll Remember April — Inspector Pat Malloy
• 1945Lady on a Train
• 1945Leave Her to Heaven — Bedford (uncredited)
• 1945Men in Her Diary — Attorney Cavanagh
• 1945Secrets of a Sorority Girl — John Hamilton
• 1945Spellbound — Police Captain (uncredited)
• 1945Strange Confession — Dr. Williams
• 1945The Chicago Kid — The Warden
• 1945The Last Installment — Warden
• 1945The Master Key — Gerhard Doenitz / Garret Donahue
• 1945The Royal Mounted Rides Again — Jackson Decker
• 1945The Shanghai Cobra — John Adams
• 1945The Tiger Woman — Mr. White
• 1944A Guy Named Joe — Maj. Corbett
• 1944A Night of Adventure — District Attorney Branson
• 1944Are These Our Parents? — Clint Davis
• 1944Barbary Coast Gent — Wade Gamelin
• 1944Bordertown Trail — Fontaine
• 1944Follow the Boys — MacDermott (uncredited)
• 1944Main Street Today — Fred Baker
• 1944Marriage Is a Private Affair — Col. H.W. Ryder
• 1944Moon Over Las Vegas — Judge
• 1944Raiders of Ghost City — Colonel Sewell
• 1944Roger Touhy, Gangster — Priest (uncredited)
• 1944The Fighting Seabees — Capt. Joyce
• 1944The Mummy's Curse — Maj. Pat Walsh
• 1943Adventures of the Flying Cadets — A.J. 'Jack' Hill [Ch. 1]
• 1943Air Force — Maj. Daniels
• 1943Corvette K-225 — Cmdr. Rowland
• 1943Crime Doctor — Prison Warden
• 1943Destroyer — Ship Building Foreman
• 1943Headin' for God's Country — District Commissioner
• 1943Mystery Broadcast — Bill Burton
• 1943Oklahoma Outlaws — Judge John Walton
• 1943Smart Guy — District Attorney Ben Carter
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Chief Investigator (Uncredited)
• 1943The Deerslayer — Mr. Hutter
• 1943The Mad Ghoul — Editor Gavigan
• 1943The Mystery of the 13th Guest — District Attorney
• 1943Wagon Wheels West — Frank Wilson Sr. (edited from "Song of the Saddle") (archive footage)
• 1943Where Are Your Children? — Halstead
• 1942A Close Call for Ellery Queen — Lester Younger
• 1942A-Haunting We Will Go — Attorney Malcolm Kilgore
• 1942Blue, White and Perfect — Thomas
• 1942Cowboy Serenade — Asa Lock
• 1942Flying Tigers — R.T. Lindsay
• 1942For Me and My Gal — France Doctor (uncredited)
• 1942Friendly Enemies — Inspector McCarthy
• 1942Man With Two Lives — Lt. Detective George Bradley
• 1942Men of Texas — Silas Hurlbert
• 1942Mokey — Judge
• 1942My Favorite Blonde — Herbert Wilson
• 1942Pacific Rendezvous — Gordon Trisby
• 1942Private Buckaroo — Officer
• 1942Ridin' Down the Canyon — Gus Jordan
• 1942Sealed Lips — Chief Gary Benson
• 1942Secret Agent of Japan — Remsen
• 1942Secret Enemies — C.G. Travers
• 1942Secrets of a Co-Ed — District Attorney
• 1942The Big Street — Dr. Mitchell (uncredited)
• 1942The Lady Has Plans — Paul Baker
• 1942The Pride of the Yankees — Coach
• 1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley — Colonel
• 1942Top Sergeant — Col. Gray
• 1942Underground Agent — George Martin
• 1942War Dogs — William Freeman
• 1941Andy Hardy's Private Secretary — George Benedict
• 1941Back in the Saddle — Duke Winston
• 1941Badlands of Dakota — Gen. George Custer
• 1941Ball of Fire — District Attorney
• 1941Design for Scandal — Divorce Lawyer (uncredited)
• 1941Dive Bomber — Surgeon (uncredited)
• 1941Forbidden Passage — Frank J. Maxwell
• 1941Her First Beau — Dr. Tom Wood
• 1941I Wanted Wings — Flight Surgeon
• 1941Men of Boys Town — The Judge
• 1941Mutiny in the Arctic — Ferguson
• 1941Our Wife — Middle-Aged Man in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
• 1941Sheriff of Tombstone — Mayor Luke Keeler
• 1941Tall, Dark and Handsome — Miitary Academy Commandant
• 1941Texas — Matt Lashan
• 1941The Great Lie — Mr. Talbot
• 1941The Strawberry Blonde — Official (uncredited)
• 1941They Died with Their Boots On — Adjutant (uncredited)
• 1941Western Union — Captain Harlow
• 1940Andy Hardy Meets Debutante — George Benedict
• 1940Arizona — Capt. Hunter
• 1940Charlie Chan in Panama — R.J. Godley
• 1940Cherokee Strip — Ned Strawn
• 1940Edison, the Man — Mr. Johnson
• 1940Flight Command — Vice Admiral
• 1940Gangs of Chicago — Evans
• 1940Girl from Havana — Harrigan
• 1940Island of Doomed Men — Jackson (#46) (uncredited)
• 1940Little Nellie Kelly — Naturalization Judge (uncredited)
• 1940Moon Over Burma — Art Bryan
• 1940My Little Chickadee — Judge (uncredited)
• 1940Northwest Passage — Lieutenant Crofton
• 1940Pony Express Days — Tipton Walton
• 1940Public Deb No. 1 — Sanford
• 1940Ski Patrol — James Burton - Speaker
• 1940South to Karanga — Edmund Daniels
• 1940The Lone Wolf Strikes — Stanley Young
• 1940The Man from Dakota — Confederate Provost Marshal
• 1940Wyoming — Kincaid
• 1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever — Mr. Benedict
• 1939Bad Lands — Rayburn
• 1939Burn 'Em Up O'Connor — Ed Eberhart
• 1939Espionage Agent — Bruce Corvall
• 1939Exile Express — Chief G-Man Purnell
• 1939Geronimo — Frederick Allison
• 1939Inside Information — Gerald Banford
• 1939Money to Loan — District Attorney Norman Kennedy
• 1939Mystery of the White Room — Dr. Finley Morton
• 1939Nick Carter, Master Detective — Streeter - President of Radex
• 1939Off the Record — Brand
• 1939Slightly Honorable — Inspector Melvyn Fromm
• 1939Tell No Tales — Jim Hollis (uncredited)
• 1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case — Detective
• 1939The Man from Montreal — Capt. Owens, R.C.M.P.
• 1939They All Come Out — Warden - Atlanta
• 1939They Made Her a Spy — Senator Everett Brock
• 1939Thunder Afloat — Admiral Ross
• 1939Twelve Crowded Hours — Berquist
• 1939When Tomorrow Comes — Refugee Leader at Bus (uncredited)
• 1939Whispering Enemies — Red Barrett
• 1938Accidents Will Happen — Blair Thurston
• 1938Boys Town — Judge
• 1938Breakdowns of 1938 — Warden (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1938Flight to Fame — Colonel King
• 1938Gateway — Inspector
• 1938Prison Nurse — Warden Benson
• 1938Strange Glory — Senator
• 1938That Certain Age — Newspaper Man (uncredited)
• 1938The Black Doll — A.H. Mallison
• 1938The Devil's Party — Inspector Bresnahan
• 1938Valley of the Giants — Hewitt
• 1937Alcatraz Island — Fred MacLane
• 1937Black Legion — Prosecuting Attorney
• 1937Dance Charlie Dance — Gordon Fox
• 1937Draegerman Courage — John McNally
• 1937God's Country and the Woman — Gaskett
• 1937Her Husband's Secretary — Steven Garron
• 1937Love Is on the Air — E.E. Nichols
• 1937Mr. Dodd Takes the Air — Second Doctor (uncredited)
• 1937Ready, Willing and Able — Edward McNeil
• 1937Romance of Louisiana — James Monroe / Radio Actor in Studio
• 1937Smart Blonde — Fitz Mularkay
• 1937The Barrier — Runnion
• 1937The Singing Marine — Mr. Fowler
• 1937White Bondage — Kip Gillis
• 1937Wine, Women and Horses — Gambler
• 1936Anthony Adverse — Capt. Matanaza
• 1936Behind the Scenes of Cain and Mabel — Narrator (voice)
• 1936Bullets or Ballots — William Kennedy - Newsreel Narrator (uncredited)
• 1936Ceiling Zero — Fred Adams
• 1936China Clipper — Mr. B.C. Hill
• 1936Colleen — Schuyler
• 1936Hot Money — Forbes
• 1936Jailbreak — Dan Varner
• 1936Man Hunt — Mel Purdue
• 1936Public Enemy's Wife — Warden Williams
• 1936Road Gang — Parmenter
• 1936Song of the Saddle — Frank Wilson Sr.
• 1936Sutter's Gold — James Marshall
• 1936The Case of the Velvet Claws — Frank Locke
• 1936The Law in Her Hands — William McGuire
• 1936The Petrified Forest — Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
• 1936The Walking Dead — Prison Warden
• 1936Trailin' West — Curley Thorne
• 1935'G' Men — Bruce J. Gregory
• 1935A Dog of Flanders — Herden
• 1935A Dream Comes True — Narrator
• 1935Alias Mary Dow — Martin
• 1935Dinky — District Attorney
• 1935Eight Bells — Tracey
• 1935Freckles — Jack Carter, Butch
• 1935Frisco Kid — William Coleman
• 1935Front Page Woman — District Attorney
• 1935Here Comes the Band — Colonel Wallace
• 1935Home on the Range — Beady
• 1935Little Big Shot — Hank Gibbs
• 1935Society Doctor — Harrigan
• 1935Sweet Music — Mr. Thomas
• 1935The Eagle's Brood — Big Henry
• 1935The White Cockatoo — David Lorn
• 1934A Lost Lady — State Attorney (uncredited)
• 1934Babbitt — District Attorney
• 1934Beyond the Law — Morgan
• 1934Gentlemen Are Born — Martinson
• 1934Handy Andy — McKechnie (uncredited)
• 1934Let’s Be Ritzy — Lt. Spaulding
• 1934Our Daily Bread — Louie
• 1934Such Women Are Dangerous — Delange
• 1934The Case of the Howling Dog — Judge Markham
• 1934The St. Louis Kid — Mr. Brown
• 1933Lone Cowboy — Dobe Jones
• 1933Riot Squad — Diamonds Jareck

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show — Self