Richard Carle


Richard Carle was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright and stage director. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1941.
Carle was born in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was on the stage for many years, appearing in important roles in London, New York and Chicago including as J. Offenbach Gaggs in The Casino Girl and Algy Cuffs in The Belle of Bohemia in London in 1901 before making his screen debut. In 1941, he died in North Hollywood, California, from a heart attack.
Carle married twice, first to Ella Samantha Clifford, with whom he had one child, and then to Laura Casner following Clifford's death.

Selected filmography

Mary's Lamb - Leander LambThe Mad Marriage Zander the Great - Mr. PepperThe Coming of Amos - David FontenayEve's Leaves - Richard StanleyThe Understanding Heart - Sheriff BentleySoft Cushions - The Slave DealerThe Fleet's In - Judge HartleyWhile the City Sleeps - WallyHabeas Corpus - Professor PadillaIt Can Be Done - WatsonMadame X - PerissardHis Glorious Night - Count AlbertSo This Is College - Entomology Professor Brothers - Thomas BlackwoodThe Grand Parade - RandA Lady to Love - PostmanFree and Easy - Eunuch Crowning Elmer The Unholy Three - Sideshow Barker Estrellados - Eunuch Sin Takes a Holiday - Minister Flying High - Hotel Manager Fireman, Save My Child - Dan TobyOne Hour with You - Henri Dornier - Private DetectiveThe Washington Masquerade - Dinner Guest The Night of June 13 - OttoHat Check Girl - Professor Rockabye - Doc Smoke Lightning - ParsonPrivate Jones - Lecturer Diplomaniacs - Ship's CaptainMan Hunt - Sheriff BascomNo Marriage Ties - Peggy's Song Publisher Escort Morning Glory - Henry LawrenceGolden Harvest - Doctor HoytLadies Must Love - Wilbur MullerMoulin Rouge - Sugar Daddy Beloved - Judge B. T. BeldenCaravan - MajordomoGeorge White's Scandals - MinisterHarold Teen - Parmalee - School OfficialBottoms Up - Party Guest Sing and Like It - Mr. Abercrombie Hancock - CriticThe Witching Hour - Lew EllingerThe Last Round-Up - Judge SavinAffairs of a Gentleman - Paul Q. BindarHollywood Party - KnappSuch Women Are Dangerous - Thomas H. DelahantyThe Old Fashioned Way - Sheriff of BarnesvilleWake Up and Dream - Roger BabcockThe Merry Widow - Defense Attorney The Ghost Walks - Herman WoodLife Returns - A.K. ArnoldHome on the Range - ButtsNight Life of the Gods - Grandpa LambertBaby Face Harrington - Judge ForbesLove in Bloom - SheriffTogether We Live - CharlieHere Comes Cookie - Sam The Gay Deception - Mr. SpitzerMoonlight on the Prairie - Colonel GowdyI Dream Too Much - Snobbish Critic Nevada - Judge FranklidgeThe Bride Comes Home - Frank - ButlerDangerous - Pitt HanleyAnything Goes - Bishop DobsonDrift Fence - Sheriff BinghamThe Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Ezra TolliverThe Little Red Schoolhouse - The Professor, a HoboLove Before Breakfast - BrinkerhoffSmall Town Girl - Jeffers Cass, J.P. Let's Sing Again - CarterThe Case Against Mrs. Ames - Uncle GordonOne Rainy Afternoon - Minister of JusticeThree of a Kind - F. Thorndyke PenfieldSan Francisco - Founders' Club Member The Arizona Raiders - Boswell Albernathy, Justice of the PeaceSpendthrift - PopsyThe Texas Rangers - Casper JohnsonThe Man I Marry - StorekeeperEasy to Take - Attorney OlneyArizona Mahoney - SheriffCollege Holiday - Judge BentChampagne Waltz - Messenger She's Dangerous - KegleyOutcast - MooneyTop of the Town - Edwin BordenRacketeers in Exile - Regan Langdon aka 'Porky'The Man in Blue - Willie LoomisMarried Before Breakfast - Colonel Eustace Randolph Rhythm in the Clouds - J.C. BoswellLove in a Bungalow - Mr. BisbeeIt's All Yours - Judge ReynoldsShe Asked for It - Ted HoytMerry-Go-Round of 1938 - Col. J. Addison FrooksI'll Take Romance - Rudi45 Fathers - Bunny CarothersTrue Confession - JudgePersons in Hiding - Zeke BronsonIt's a Wonderful World - Major I.E. WilloughbyUndercover Doctor - Elmer PorterMaisie - Roger BannermanNinotchka - GastonRemember? - Mr. PiperParole Fixer - Gustav KalkusThe Ghost Comes Home - John Reed ThomasMa! He's Making Eyes at Me - C. J. WoodburyLillian Russell - Bradley Those Were the Days! - Old Man The Great McGinty - Dr. Jonas J. Jarvis - Card Player in Cantina Comin' Round the Mountain - Lester SmootThe Golden Fleecing - PattingtonSeven Sinners - District OfficerOne Night in the Tropics - James G. MooreLas Vegas Nights - Judge Elkins The Devil and Miss Jones - OliverThat Uncertain Feeling - The ButlerMillion Dollar Baby - GeorgeMy Life with Caroline - Reverend Dr. Curtis A Dangerous Game - Agatha - alias Mooseface HogartyNew Wine - Karl HasslingerBuy Me That Town - Judge ParadiseMoonlight in Hawaii - J. B. Lawton