Dick Wessel
Date of birth: 1913-04-20
Place of birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Dick Wassel, Richard M. Wessel , Richard Wessel , Dick Wessell, Richard Wessell , Richard Michael Wessel
Biography
Movie Credits
Manpower
1941-08-09
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and
Blondie's Big Moment
1947-01-09
Blondie decides she wants to be a star and nearly turns her household upside down in this entry in t
Beware of Blondie
1950-04-13
Mr. Dithers leaves Dagwood in charge of the office for a short period. Poor old Dagwood manages to
Pardon My Terror
1946-09-12
Private detectives Gus and Dick take a murder case where nearly everyone is trying to kill them.
Pitfall
1948-08-11
An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned
Billie Gets Her Man
1948-09-09
Billie has the mistaken impression that her only daughter is pregnant and must rush to the hospital.
The Scarf
1951-04-06
A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the
Rancho Notorious
1952-04-10
A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its owner, A
The Traitor Within
1942-12-16
In this drama, a truck driver begins wooing a young woman who still lives with her father who consta
On the Town
1949-12-08
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Blondie's Hero
1950-03-09
Dagwood enters the Army Reserve and Blondie visits only to discover that he has caused all sorts of
Friendly Enemies
1942-06-21
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946-11-22
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
The Border Legion
1940-12-05
Wanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by an ou
The Crowd Roars
1938-08-06
A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the boss's
Watch the Birdie
1950-12-11
A photographer falls for a rich girl and gets mixed up with crooks.
High Wall
1947-12-17
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having co
Wife to Spare
1947-11-20
Andy tries to fix a dilemma between a gold digging blonde and his brother-in-law who's smitten with
The Cowboy Quarterback
1939-07-29
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runne
Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952-12-24
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
An Hour for Lunch
1939-03-17
Benchley shows how to budget one's time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently. Unfortunat
Punchy Cowpunchers
1950-01-05
It is the old west and the Dillon clan are making life miserable for a small Western town. Sweethear
Tulsa
1949-04-13
It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is killed in
13 Rue Madeleine
1947-01-15
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes su
San Quentin
1937-05-24
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlf
Half Shot Shooters
1936-04-30
The Stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their m
Harvey
1950-12-04
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit
Slattery's Hurricane
1949-08-11
A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscien
Fling in the Ring
1955-01-06
The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to
So's Your Antenna
1946-10-10
Harry plays a gangster on a radio show and is then is mistaken for a real one.
Radio Romeo
1947-12-25
Harry gets a job at a radio station as an "advice to the lovelorn" host and winds up getting involve
Gasoline Alley
1951-01-02
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
Hawk of the Wilderness
1938-12-03
An expedition arrives on an uncharted jungle island to rescue the local natives, led by a jungle boy
Flying Leathernecks
1951-08-28
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go int
They All Come Out
1939-08-04
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he b
Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951-09-17
A small town family discovers an unwanted houseguest is harder to eject than they expected. Comedy.
All in a Night's Work
1961-03-15
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine a
Silver Spurs
1943-08-12
Jerry Johnson inherits a 50,000 acre ranch. Lucky Miller wants to take over the ranch. Roy is trying
Three Hearts for Julia
1943-05-21
When his wife threatens him with divorce, a reporter courts her again.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953-07-14
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the dis
X Marks the Spot
1942-11-04
A private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police office
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952-10-10
An unsophisticated country girl accidentally joins the army.
Canadian Pacific
1949-05-19
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the
Wife Tames Wolf
1947-03-28
Caught philandering (for the 1867th time, give or take a couple), Leon's wife (Dorothy Granger) anno
They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
Racket Busters
1938-07-16
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950-05-16
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Trac
Border Cafe
1937-06-04
The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his fathe
They Made Me a Criminal
1939-01-21
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
Blackwell's Island
1939-01-24
A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Tricky Chicks
1957-10-24
A pair of nightclub performers fall in love with government agents who suspect them to be foreign sp
Dust Be My Destiny
1939-09-16
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
Dizzy Yardbird
1950-03-09
Joe is in the army, and his sergeant is determined to make a soldier out of Joe if he has to kill hi
G.I. Dood It
1955-02-17
Joe Besser has a fight with an army sergeant before he is drafted, and when he arrives at camp, find
Slappily Married
1946-11-07
Joe's wife, who thinks he's been carrying on with another woman, moves out.
Fury
1936-06-05
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the
An American in Paris
1951-09-26
Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter
Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a m
Rebel Without a Cause
1955-10-27
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although
Thieves' Highway
1949-09-20
Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfr
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936-01-13
A 12-episode serial in which scholastic sports star Frank Merriwell leaves school to search for his
Scarlet Street
1945-12-25
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kit
Her First Romance
1951-05-04
A teenager experiences her first crush while attending a summer camp. Director Seymour Friedman's 19
Fright Night
1947-03-06
The Stooges are managers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on his next fight.
Life with Buster Keaton
1951-02-10
Buster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group.
Merton of the Movies
1947-10-11
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studio
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947-03-13
Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. Whe
Missing Daughters
1939-05-22
The Missing Daughters of the title are innocent young girls who've been led astray by seedy dance-ha
In Old Sacramento
1946-05-31
Dashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step ahead
Texas Carnival
1951-10-05
A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make goo
White Bondage
1937-08-05
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Hectic Honeymoon
1947-10-17
Sterling works as a woman's hosiery salesman, and marries one of the office secretaries only to find
Flat Feat
1948-06-24
Sterling, a rookie cop, finds it hard to live up to the reputation his father, who was also a police
Flowing Gold
1940-08-24
In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes and th
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
The Howards of Virginia
1940-09-19
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries d
Small Town Girl
1936-04-10
Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One
Flight Command
1940-12-27
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pe
Gentleman Jim
1942-11-14
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzli
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
Let's Do It Again
1953-06-16
Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alle
Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady
Cafe Hostess
1940-01-11
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to
Over the Wall
1938-04-02
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfr
Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor
Sands of Iwo Jima
1950-01-01
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as
The Ugly Dachshund
1966-02-16
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dan
In Room 303
1947-04-25
Leon needs to make a business deal with Mr. Marshall but can't unless his son and Marshall's daughte
Desert Bandit
1941-05-24
Bantam-weight western star Don "Red" Barry certainly deserved his designation as "The Cowboy Cagney"
The Great Train Robbery
1941-02-28
Tom Logan is a railroad detective who takes it upon himself to halt the activities of his crooked br
Red River Valley
1941-12-12
To bring water to their valley, ranchers have raised money to build a dam. When that money is stolen
Romance on the Range
1942-05-18
Fur theives are looting the traps on the ranch where Roy is foreman and they have murdered one of Ro
Sunset Serenade
1942-09-14
Bad guys plot to trick a newly arrived Eastern girl out of a ranch which belongs to her infant ward.
King of the Cowboys
1943-04-09
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russel
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
The Desperados Are in Town
1956-11-01
In this western, a young man tries to walk the straight and narrow, but he is impeded by his past. T
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
1939-10-07
Hans Memling, a young intellectual, patriotic German, is secretly opposed to the Nazi regime. With t
I Stole a Million
1939-08-01
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
About Face
1942-04-16
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
Fall In
1942-11-20
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Who's Minding the Store?
1963-11-28
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend
Steel Against the Sky
1941-12-13
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
False Faces
1943-05-28
A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer
Champ for a Day
1953-08-15
An up-and-coming heavyweight fighter, George Wilson, arrives in Vulcan City, a small mid-western tow
Love Is Better Than Ever
1952-02-23
A dance instructor falls in love with a smart theatre agent; while he returns her affections, it's j
Reunion in Reno
1951-10-09
A little girl enlists the aid of an attorney to obtain a divorce from her parents. Breezy B comedy w
Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she annou
Action in the North Atlantic
1943-06-12
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged wi
Borrowing Trouble
1937-12-10
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a l
Unknown Island
1948-10-15
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an unchar
The Game That Kills
1937-09-21
Ferguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing mor
Blonde Alibi
1946-03-01
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspic
Young Man with Ideas
1952-05-02
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
The Green Promise
1949-03-22
A stubborn farmer is raising his children alone. When his oldest daughter gets a suitor, the father
In Spite of Danger
1935-03-08
Bill Crane, race-car driver has an accident while racing and finds himself unable to return to the f
So You Won't Talk?
1940-10-02
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
Young Widow
1946-03-01
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
Bowery to Bagdad
1955-01-07
The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.
Joe Smith, American
1942-02-01
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a
Dangerous Lady
1941-09-12
Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clea
Blondie Hits the Jackpot
1949-09-08
Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood takes a job as a manual laborer for a constructi
Wives and Lovers
1963-08-29
Husband and wife Bill and Bertie Austin and their daughter live in a low-rent apartment. He's a stru
Round-Up Time in Texas
1937-02-28
Gene and Frog arrive with a herd of horses for Gene'e brother, a diamond prospector whose work has a
Do or Diet
1947-02-10
Edgar's boss gives him a few days off as a reward for being promoted. His wife, Florence, mother-in-
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate resul
Black Angel
1946-08-02
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in
California
1947-02-21
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950-12-31
Feature film fashioned from parts of Keaton's short-lived TV series "The Buster Keaton Show."
Strangers on a Train
1951-06-27
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit th
A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law
The Strawberry Blonde
1941-02-21
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulat
The Gazebo
1960-01-15
TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the n