Directing · b. 1896 · Hutchinson, Kansas, USA

Richard Thorpe

Biography

Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed for MGM was Last of the Pagans (1935) starring Ray Mala. After directing The Last Challenge in 1967, he retired from the film industry. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991. Thorpe is also kn...

Directed
The Last Challenge 1967 The Scorpio Letters 1967 That Funny Feeling 1965 The Truth About Spring 1965 The Golden Head 1964 Fun in Acapulco 1963 Follow the Boys 1963 The Horizontal Lieutenant 1962 The Honeymoon Machine 1961 The Tartars 1961 The House of the Seven Hawks 1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro 1959 Jailhouse Rock 1957 Tip on a Dead Jockey 1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms 1957 Quentin Durward 1955 Bedevilled 1955 The Prodigal 1955 The Student Prince 1954 Athena 1954 Knights of the Round Table 1953 The Girl Who Had Everything 1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant 1953 Ivanhoe 1952 The Prisoner of Zenda 1952 Carbine Williams 1952 Vengeance Valley 1951 The Unknown Man 1951 It's a Big Country 1951 The Great Caruso 1951 Black Hand 1950 Three Little Words 1950 Challenge to Lassie 1949 Malaya 1949 The Sun Comes Up 1949 Big Jack 1949 On an Island with You 1948 A Date with Judy 1948 This Time for Keeps 1947 Fiesta 1947 Thrill of a Romance 1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy 1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove? 1945 The Thin Man Goes Home 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor 1944 Above Suspicion 1943 Cry 'Havoc' 1943 Three Hearts for Julia 1943 Tarzan's New York Adventure 1942 Joe Smith, American 1942 White Cargo 1942 Apache Trail 1942 Tarzan's Secret Treasure 1941 The Bad Man 1941 Barnacle Bill 1941 The Earl of Chicago 1940 Wyoming 1940 20 Mule Team 1940 Tarzan Finds a Son! 1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939 Three Loves Has Nancy 1938 The Toy Wife 1938 Man-Proof 1938 Love Is a Headache 1938 The First Hundred Years 1938 The Crowd Roars 1938 Double Wedding 1937 Night Must Fall 1937 Dangerous Number 1937 Lest We Forget 1937 Tarzan Escapes 1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann 1936 Last of the Pagans 1935 Green Eyes 1934 Secret of the Chateau 1934 City Park 1934 Stolen Sweets 1934 Strange Wives 1934 The Quitter 1934 Cheating Cheaters 1934 Forgotten 1933 Murder on the Campus 1933 Notorious But Nice 1933 Rainbow Over Broadway 1933 A Man of Sentiment 1933 I Have Lived 1933 Strange People 1933 Cross-Examination 1932 Murder at Dawn 1932 The King Murder 1932 The Midnight Lady 1932 Probation 1932 Women Won't Tell 1932 Slightly Married 1932 Beauty Parlor 1932 The Secrets of Wu Sin 1932 Thrill of Youth 1932 Escapade 1932 King of the Wild 1931 Wild Horse 1931 Grief Street 1931 The Lady from Nowhere 1931 Forgotten Women 1931 The Devil Plays 1931 Neck and Neck 1931 The Sky Spider 1931 The Lawless Woman 1931 The Lone Defender 1930 The Utah Kid 1930 Wings of Adventure 1930 Under Montana Skies 1930 The Thoroughbred 1930 The Dude Wrangler 1930 Border Romance 1929 The King of the Kongo 1929 The Fatal Warning 1929 The Bachelor Girl 1929 The Vanishing West 1928 The Ballyhoo Buster 1928 Vultures of the Sea 1928 The Valley Of Hunted Men 1928 The Flyin' Buckaroo 1928 The Desert of the Lost 1927 The Ridin' Rowdy 1927 Tearin' Into Trouble 1927 The Meddlin' Stranger 1927 Between Dangers 1927 Roarin' Broncs 1927 The Obligin' Buckaroo 1927 Skedaddle Gold 1927 The Soda Water Cowboy 1927 College Days 1926 Easy Going 1926 Josselyn's Wife 1926 The Roaring Rider 1926 The Fighting Cheat 1926 Double Daring 1926 Twisted Triggers 1926 Ridin' Rivals 1926 The Interferin' Gent 1926 On the Go 1925 Tearin' Loose 1925 The Desert Demon 1925 Thundering Romance 1924 Fast and Fearless 1924 Bringin' Home the Bacon 1924 Hard-Hittin' Hamilton 1924
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