Richard Tucker
Date of birth: 1884-06-03
Place of birth: Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Richard Tucker (June 4, 1884 – December 5, 1942) was an American actor. Tucker was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1884. Appearing in 266 films between 1911 and 1940, he was the first official member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and a founding member of SAG's Board of Directors. Tucker died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles from a heart attack. He is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, in an unmarked niche in Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Faith.
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The Jazz Singer
1927-10-06
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects
Flash Gordon
1936-04-06
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth.
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
That's My Baby
1926-04-19
On the eve of his wedding, businessman Alan Boyd gets a telegram notifying him that his "bride" has
The Higgins Family
1938-03-28
Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentr
The Covered Trailer
1939-11-10
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to
The Cossack Whip
1916-11-13
Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he
Daughters of Desire
1929-03-01
When widowed attorney Richard Tucker refuses to defend bootlegger Julius Molnar in court, the latter
The Bat Whispers
1930-11-13
Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon after,
The Blind Goddess
1926-04-04
Even though Big Bill Devens is a powerful politician, he still sticks to his working man's roots. Hi
Wings
1927-08-12
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fig
40-Horse Hawkins
1924-04-21
Luke Hawkins, the jack-of-all-trades of the western town of Lariat, falls in love with Mary Darling,
The Girl of the Golden West
1938-03-18
A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
The On-the-Square Girl
1917-07-29
Anne Blair is a model at a modiste's shop who accepts the attention of wealthy Thomas Brockton so sh
Yellow Men and Gold
1922-05-20
Parrish, a young author, leaves his study during a storm to answer a call for help. He discovers a d
The Dummy
1929-03-09
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his de
Convicted
1931-11-01
A criminologist investigates the murder of a Broadway producer on an ocean liner.
Ruby Lips
1929-01-19
Ruby Lips is a comedy short
The World At Her Feet
1927-05-14
In a reversal of the usual situation, it is the wife, not the husband, who is the neglectful one. As
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931-06-15
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated f
The Benson Murder Case
1930-04-13
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Van
Midnight Mary
1933-06-30
While on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with the
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913-07-26
Six part adventure serial starring Mary Fuller as the sought after heroine. Episodes: 1) A Proposal
Dollars and Sense
1920-06-27
Destitute, Hazel Farron is offered employment and comfort from bakery owner David Rogers. When Roger
A Voice in the Dark
1921-06-05
The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
The Woman in Room 13
1920-04-01
Laura Bruce is married to John Bruce, police commissioner. She discovers her husband is enjoying a d
This Side of Heaven
1934-02-02
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
Inspiration
1931-01-31
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include
Letter of Introduction
1938-08-05
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter show
The World Gone Mad
1933-04-15
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fr
Caste
1913-09-12
Eccles, a profligate old drunkard, is the father of two beautiful girls, Esther and Polly. George D'
Beau Brummel
1924-03-30
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley
Trapped by G-Men
1937-09-09
Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
Graft
1931-09-21
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involvi
The Squall
1929-05-09
A fiesty, sexy and manipulative gypsy disrupts the lives of a conservative farm family.
Trade Winds
1938-12-28
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sa
Recaptured Love
1930-07-07
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett
Special Agent K-7
1936-05-04
Police detective Lanny resents the ongoing interference of the local FBI branch. Hoping to show up t
Shadow of Doubt
1935-02-15
When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the vict
Stepping Out
1931-04-11
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
Devil's Island
1926-07-20
A wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.
Painted Faces
1929-11-19
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a t
Seed
1931-05-14
Bart is a clerk for a publishing company; he has written a novel. His wife Peggy and he have five ch
The Great Victor Herbert
1939-12-29
In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in
The Girl Said No
1937-09-18
Jimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to
Half Marriage
1929-10-12
A young couple marries in secret. Judy's afraid her parents won't approve of Dick and she'll lose he
Headline Crasher
1937-08-04
The popular B-flick team of Frankie Darro and Kane Richmond star in the slick quickie Headline Crash
The Law of the North
1917-04-02
When Edith Graham returns from school to live with her father, Lieutenant Graham, at a Northwest Mou
Babbling Tongues
1917-08-13
When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul
Daring Daughters
1933-03-23
A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the t
Dangerous Holiday
1937-06-06
A young violin prodigy is assumed kidnapped after he runs away from home.
She's Dangerous
1937-01-24
A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of b
Jungle Menace
1937-09-01
Mystery and adventure, surrounding a stolen rubber harvest.
On the Great White Trail
1938-07-22
Death stalked Garou's Landing, in the Canadian frozen north, but who was the killer who murdered two
The King of the Kongo
1929-08-29
A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivo
The Worldly Madonna
1922-05-01
Ms. Young portrays two roles. As Janet, a convent novitiate, she agrees to exchange places with her
Sons of the Legion
1938-09-18
Sons of The Legion is a film about a group of young men looking to start a squadron in their Legion
The Old Nest
1921-06-28
A mother raises her six children and one by one lets them go out into the world. Their failures and
Courage
1930-05-22
Belle Bennett plays as the widowed mother of seven children living in Sioux City, Iowa. She moves wi
College Lovers
1930-10-05
Romance on a college campus.
Manslaughter
1930-07-22
A spoiled young rich girl is sent to prison for accidentally running down a pedestrian. There she le
The Road to Ruin
1934-05-14
A young girl gets involved with a crowd that smokes marijuana, drinks and has sex. She winds up an a
Up for Murder
1931-05-26
Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress,
Peacock Alley
1930-01-04
Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him b
Shameful Behavior?
1926-10-01
One time “plain Jane” Daphne Carrol returns from Paris a "polished" flapper. She sets her cap for he
Delinquent Parents
1938-07-15
A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.
Guilty as Hell
1932-08-05
Richard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his innocence.
As No Man Has Loved
1925-02-11
Also known as The Man Without a Country
A Holy Terror
1931-07-19
Eastern millionaire's son Bard finds his father murdered and flies west to see rancher Drew who may
Cameo Kirby
1923-10-20
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villa
Men Must Fight
1933-02-17
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Elinor Norton
1934-11-02
A romantic triangle during WW I provides the basis of this drama. The trouble begins when a young wi
Armored Car
1937-06-01
Larry Willis and Bill Wane are security guards who ride in the back of Banks Co. armored trucks. Whe
Risky Business
1939-03-03
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been
The Great Lover
1920-11-15
Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera company in
Remembrance
1922-10-01
Although he graduated from that time-worn university, the college of hard knocks, the tireless effor
Paris Interlude
1934-07-27
Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...
Navy Blues
1929-12-20
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with
The Desired Woman
1927-08-27
The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he i
Show Folks
1928-10-20
Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the fault o
This Is Heaven
1929-06-22
This film was released in both silent and sound versions.
Two Minutes to Play
1936-11-02
Martin Granville Jr., a star track-and-field athlete, has intentions of going to Claxton College, bu
The Plot Thickens
1936-12-11
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the c
Vanity Fair
1915-10-05
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the positio
The Stoker
1932-06-15
A man whose wife has deserted him winds up saving a beautiful girl from the clutches of a murderous
The Branding Iron
1920-10-31
Pierre Landis is insanely jealous of his beautiful young wife Joan, and his jealousy makes him take
Careless Lady
1932-04-02
Innocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the wife of
Safety in Numbers
1930-05-30
Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge a
Shadow of the Law
1930-06-06
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of h
We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sente
The Black Camel
1931-06-21
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't ma
The Air Mail
1925-03-15
Russ Kane obtains work as a pilot in the airmail service with the purpose of robbing the mails. Howe
West Point of the Air
1935-03-23
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Back Page
1933-11-07
A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in
Here Comes the Band
1935-08-30
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an un
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932-09-16
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War
The Eleventh Hour
1923-07-19
An evil prince plans to use a super-explosive to take over the world.
I Cover the War!
1937-07-04
Bob Adams, ace newsreel cameraman, is told by his boss, "Get the picture---we can't screen alibis."
They Made Her a Spy
1939-04-14
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes
Girl from Rio
1939-08-07
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find t
Take the Stand
1934-08-07
A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets
The Iron Master
1933-02-04
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that
Rocket Ship
1938-03-05
A heavy condensation of the 1936 serial Flash Gordon, with altered musical score. Flash Gordon, Dale
Make a Wish
1937-09-01
While vacationing at a boys' camp, the rambunctious Chip Winters befriends a famed composer Johnny S
She's Got Everything
1937-12-31
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors h
The Little Maestro
1937-03-26
A silent, little man carrying a violin case wanders into the kitchen of a swanky nightclub looking f
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
A Modern Hero
1934-04-21
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense
Maker of Men
1931-08-03
Bob plays football badly so his father Coach Dudley, his girlfriend Dorothy and his school reject hi
Pardners
1917-01-29
Justus Morrow, a young Englishman of family and some wealth, went to Alaska to make his fortune ...
Loves of an Actress
1928-08-18
Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influenti
A Proposal from the Duke
1913-07-22
Episode of a romantic serial starring Mary Fuller. Mary is looking for a man, and this time she want
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants
Road to Singapore
1940-03-22
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.
Captain Swagger
1928-10-13
Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
Grand Larceny
1922-02-26
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Is Divorce a Failure?
1923-03-16
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921-07-31
The wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself attrac
Voices of the City
1921-12-01
When taken to a San Francisco cafe by her sweetheart Jimmy, Georgia Rodman witnesses the shooting of
Rags to Riches
1922-09-24
A rich young boy has to prove his worth to the gang he has just joined by during all sorts of hardsh
Meet the Baron
1933-10-20
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
My Man
1928-12-15
Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical cos
Too Young to Marry
1931-05-03
In this comedy drama set in a small town, a milque-toast gets a backbone and stands up to his overbe
Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
The Shadow of the Eagle
1932-02-01
The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a travelling f
Lucky Boy
1929-02-02
A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants t
Something to Sing About
1937-09-30
James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a New
On Trial
1928-12-01
A man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become successful
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934-03-18
A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to
The Devil Plays
1931-12-15
A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is
Sudden Money
1939-03-31
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney a
Saturday's Millions
1933-09-30
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's fath
The Broken Wing
1923-12-19
An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daugh
Baby Take a Bow
1934-06-30
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves
Flying Hostess
1936-12-01
The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.
The Women in His Life
1933-12-08
An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his
The Crash
1932-10-09
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips fro
The Unholy Night
1929-09-13
When a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at an E
The Woman I Love
1937-04-15
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
The Lily
1926-10-03
The Fast Worker
1924-10-25
Roxbury asks his friend Terry to assume his identity and go on vacation with his wife, Edith, and th
The Border Patrol
1928-12-23
Texas Ranger Bill Storm is sent to El Paso to ferret out a gang of counterfeiters thought to be work
The Tornado
1925-01-04
a tornado, flood, and log jam of astounding realism..a love theme as overwhelming as the tornado its
The Crimson City
1928-04-07
Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.
Beware of Married Men
1928-01-14
A press sheet printed in Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World in 1928 put forth the suggestion
Her Accidental Husband
1923-04-16
After attempting to succeed in his father-in-law’s fishing business, Gordon Gray persuades his wife,
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
Lovebound
1923-04-15
Besse Belwin works as a stenographer for district attorney John Mobley. It doesn't take long for Mob
The Golden Cocoon
1925-12-14
The story of a much put-upon woman who becomes involved with a professor of political economy only t
The Bridge of Sighs
1925-01-01
The spoiled, arrogant and slow-witted son of a wealthy businessman falls in love with the daughter o
The Working Man
1933-04-20
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of hi
The Girl from Rio
1927-09-01
Paul Sinclair, engaged to Helen Graham, represents a large coffee concern in Rio de Janeiro and whil
Spaceship to the Unknown
1966-01-01
A heavy condensation of the original serial compresses the original thirteen episodes into an effici
A Kiss in a Taxi
1927-02-22
Bebe Daniels was at the peak of her silent stardom when she appeared in this comedy, which was reall
The Dangerous Age
1923-02-04
Married for 22 years, Mary Emerson treats her husband, John, more like a son than a husband. He is s
Poor Men's Wives
1923-01-28
Drama of two girls who married into different layers of society.
Public Stenographer
1934-01-09
A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle.
Hell Bound
1931-05-01
Lane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be torn
A Self-Made Man
1922-06-25
Jack Spurlock, the lazy son of a railroad tycoon, is estranged from his fiancée, Anita Gray, because
Dance of the Cookoos
1982-01-01
Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works
Puttin' on the Ritz
1930-02-19
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
A Successful Calamity
1932-09-17
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wil
The Power of Decision
1917-04-09
Artist model Margot uses her “Power of Decision” to choose between two men she loves, after much dis
Flames
1932-05-29
Brown is a confident young firefighter. He and his buddy become interested in two girls, after savin
Bread on the Waters
1913-03-25
A son, down and out on liquor, finds redemption.
Threads of Fate
1917-01-22
Abandoned as an infant on a stranger’s doorstep by her faithless mother, Marcella, Dorothea is taken
A Letter to Uncle Sam
1913-03-05
Uncle Sam is mistaken for Marion's uncle Sam.
Darling Mine
1920-08-16
Persuaded by a letter from her Aunt Agnes in America, Kitty McCarthy ( Olive Thomas ) travels from I
Show Girl
1928-09-23
An aspiring dancer fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her new found fame causes trouble
Handy Andy
1934-07-19
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national ch
Calm Yourself
1935-06-28
A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help client
A Successful Failure
1934-10-14
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares abo
Money Means Nothing
1934-06-14
At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy han
Brothers
1930-10-19
Bob Naughton and Eddie Connolly are identical-twin brothers that were separated in infancy. Bob is r
Women's Wares
1927-10-01
Salesgirl Dolly Morton becomes disillusioned about men after an incident with her boyfriend, so she
Think It Over
1917-08-13
Upon her parents death heiress Alice Rowland is placed under the guardianship of unscrupulous George
Behind the Mask
1917-09-03
Financier Mark Harrold is responsible for the financial ruin and subsequent suicide of Stanton. Foll
When Love Is King
1916-02-09
Felix, the King of Wallonia, has to marry Louise, Princess of the neighboring State of Trebizond. Th
Sadie McKee
1934-05-09
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Made on Broadway
1933-05-19
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway pre
The Bush Leaguer
1927-08-20
"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more inter
The Deceiver
1931-11-21
Broadway matinee idol, Shakespearean actor Reginald Thorpe, is found dead in his dressing room on th
Matinee Ladies
1927-04-09
Law student Bob Ward, short on money, takes a job as a "dancing companion" at a roadhouse, where mos
A Reluctant Cinderella
1913-04-30
Grace Walker, a young Miss, attends a dinner dance wearing tight slippers. She accidentally kicks of
Hearts Aflame
1923-01-01
The son of a retired timber baron meets and falls in love with a Michigan woman who refuses to sell
The Lure of the Wild
1925-12-12
Jim Belmont, believing his wife Agnes loves Gordon Daniels, leaves for the Canadian wilderness with
Strange Idols
1922-05-28
While visiting New York, lumberman Angus MacDonald is introduced to cabaret dancer Ruth Mayo by his
A Virginia Courtship
1921-12-19
Colonel Fairfax, who lives on a Virginia plantation with his adopted daughter, Prudence, has remaine