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Richard Thorpe (I) (1896–1991)

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After working in vaudeville, on the stage and in early movies, Richard Thorpe launched his directing career in 1923. After directing dozens of low-budget comedies and westerns, his talents were recognized in the mid-'30s when he went to work for MGM. Studio honcho Louis B. Mayer valued efficiency in his directors... See full bio »

Born:

Rollo Smolt Thorpe
in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 95) in Palm Springs, California, USA
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1967 The Last Challenge
 
1967 The Scorpio Letters (TV movie)
 
1965 That Funny Feeling
 
1965 The Truth About Spring
 
1964 The Golden Head
 
1963 Fun in Acapulco
 
1963 Follow the Boys
 
1962 How the West Was Won ( - uncredited / transitional historical sequences)
 
1962 The Horizontal Lieutenant
 
1961 I tartari
 
1961 The Honeymoon Machine
 
1959 Killers of Kilimanjaro
 
1959 The House of the Seven Hawks
 
1957 Jailhouse Rock
 
1957 Tip on a Dead Jockey
 
1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms
 
1955 Quentin Durward
 
1955 Bedevilled (uncredited)
 
1955 The Prodigal
 
1954 Athena
 
1954 The Student Prince
 
1953 Knights of the Round Table
 
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
 
1953 The Girl Who Had Everything
 
1952 The Prisoner of Zenda
 
1952 Ivanhoe
 
1952 Carbine Williams
 
1951 It's a Big Country
 
1951 The Unknown Man
 
1951 The Great Caruso
 
1951 Vengeance Valley
 
1950 Three Little Words
 
1950 Black Hand
 
1949 Malaya
 
1949 Challenge to Lassie
 
1949 Big Jack
 
1949 The Sun Comes Up
 
1948 A Date with Judy
 
1948 On an Island with You
 
1947 This Time for Keeps
 
1947 Fiesta
 
1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
 
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
 
1945 Thrill of a Romance
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home
 
1944 Two Girls and a Sailor
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc'
 
1943 Above Suspicion
 
1943 Three Hearts for Julia
 
1942 White Cargo
 
1942 Apache Trail
 
1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure
 
1942 Joe Smith, American
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds (uncredited)
 
1941 Tarzan's Secret Treasure
 
1941 Barnacle Bill
 
1941 The Bad Man
 
1941 Rage in Heaven (director of retakes - uncredited)
 
1940 Wyoming
 
1940 Haunted Honeymoon (location - uncredited)
 
1940 20 Mule Team
 
1940 The Earl of Chicago
 
1939 Tarzan Finds a Son!
 
1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
 
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy
 
1938 The Crowd Roars
 
1938 The Toy Wife
 
1938 The First Hundred Years
 
1938 Love Is a Headache
 
1938 Man-Proof
 
1937 Double Wedding
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
 
1937 Night Must Fall
 
1937 Dangerous Number
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes
 
1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann
 
1935 Last of the Pagans
 
1934 Strange Wives
 
1934 Secret of the Chateau
 
1934 Cheating Cheaters
 
1934 Green Eyes
 
1934 City Park
 
1934 Stolen Sweets
 
1934 The Quitter
 
1933 Rainbow Over Broadway
 
1933 Murder on the Campus
 
1933 A Man of Sentiment
 
1933 Notorious But Nice
 
1933 Strange People
 
1933 I Have Lived
 
1933 Love Is Dangerous
 
1933 Forgotten
 
1932 The Secrets of Wu Sin
 
1932 Women Won't Tell
 
1932 Slightly Married
 
1932 The King Murder
 
1932 Thrill of Youth
 
1932 Beauty Parlor
 
1932 Forbidden Company
 
1932 The Midnight Lady
 
1932 Escapade
 
1932 Probation
 
1932 Murder at Dawn
 
1932 Cross-Examination
 
1931 The Devil Plays
 
1931 Forgotten Women
 
1931 Neck and Neck
 
1931 Grief Street
 
1931 Wild Horse
 
1931 The Lady from Nowhere
 
1931 The Sky Spider
 
1931 The Lawless Woman
 
1931 King of the Wild
 
1930 The Utah Kid
 
1930 Under Montana Skies
 
1930 The Thoroughbred
 
1930 Wings of Adventure
 
1930 The Dude Wrangler
 
1930 The Lone Defender
 
1929 The King of the Kongo
 
1929 Border Romance
 
1929 The Bachelor Girl
 
1929 The Fatal Warning
 
1928 Flyin' Buckaroo
 
1928 The Vanishing West
 
1928 Saddle Mates
 
1928 Vultures of the Sea
 
1928 The Valley of Hunted Men
 
1928 The Cowboy Cavalier
 
1928 Desperate Courage
 
1928 The Ballyhoo Buster
 
1927 The Desert of the Lost
 
1927 Roarin' Broncs
 
1927 The Obligin' Buckaroo
 
1927 Ride 'em High
 
1927 The Soda Water Cowboy
 
1927 The Interferin' Gent
 
1927 White Pebbles
 
1927 Skedaddle Gold
 
1927 Pals in Peril
 
1927 The Meddlin' Stranger
 
1927 The Ridin' Rowdy
 
1927 Tearin' Into Trouble
 
1927 The Galloping Gobs
 
1927 Between Dangers
 
1927 The Cyclone Cowboy
 
1927 The First Night
 
1926 The Bandit Buster
 
1926 Josselyn's Wife
 
1926 College Days
 
1926 The Bonanza Buckaroo
 
1926 Twisted Triggers
 
1926 The Dangerous Dub
 
1926 Double Daring
 
1926 Speedy Spurs
 
1926 Rawhide
 
1926 Easy Going
 
1926 Ridin' Rivals (short)
 
1926 Deuce High
 
1926 The Twin Triggers
 
1926 Coming an' Going
 
1926 The Fighting Cheat
 
1926 Trumpin' Trouble
 
1926 The Roaring Rider
 
1926 The Last Card
 
1925 A Streak of Luck
 
1925 Galloping On
 
1925 Saddle Cyclone
 
1925 The Desert Demon
 
1925 Tearin' Loose
 
1925 Quicker'n Lightnin'
 
1925 Double Action Daniels
 
1925/I On the Go
 
1925 Fast Fightin'
 
1925 Full Speed
 
1925 Gold and Grit
 
1924 Thundering Romance
 
1924 Bringin' Home the Bacon
 
1924 Rip Roarin' Roberts
 
1924 Hard-Hittin' Hamilton
 
1924 Fast and Fearless
 
1924 Battling Buddy
 
1924 Rarin' to Go
 
1924 Rough Ridin'
 
1923 The Fatal Photo (short)
 
Show ShowWriter (27 titles)
1931 The Lawless Woman (screenplay / story)
 
1928 Flyin' Buckaroo (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1928 Saddle Mates (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1928 The Valley of Hunted Men (screenplay / as Frank L. Inghram / titles / as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1928 The Cowboy Cavalier (story / as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1928 Desperate Courage (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1928 The Ballyhoo Buster (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 The Desert of the Lost (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 Roarin' Broncs (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 The Obligin' Buckaroo (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 Ride 'em High (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 Skedaddle Gold (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 Pals in Peril (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 The Ridin' Rowdy (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 Red Clay (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 The Fightin' Comeback (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 The Galloping Gobs (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1927 Between Dangers (scenario)
 
1926 The Bandit Buster (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1926 The Dangerous Dub (as Frank Inghram)
 
1926 Double Daring (as Frank Inghram)
 
1926 Speedy Spurs (as Frank Inghram)
 
1926 Rawhide (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1926 Coming an' Going (as Frank Inghram)
 
1925 Galloping On (story and scenario / as Frank Inghram)
 
1925 Tearin' Loose (as Frank L. Inghram)
 
1925/I On the Go (screenplay / story)
 
Show ShowEditor (4 titles)
1934 City Park (uncredited)
 
1931 The Devil Plays
 
1931 Grief Street (uncredited)
 
1931 The Lady from Nowhere
 
Show ShowActor (4 titles)
1924 Flames of Desire
Dick Langton
 
1924 Rough Ridin'
Dick Ross
 
1923/I Three O'Clock in the Morning
Clayton Webster
 
1921 Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Stephen Thompson
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (3 titles)
1961 I tartari (supervising director - directing credit on english version)
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds (fill-in director - uncredited)
 
1934 The Lone Defender (director: archive footage)
 
Show ShowProducer (2 titles)
1967 The Last Challenge (producer)
 
1967 The Scorpio Letters (TV movie) (producer)
 
1959 Ben-Hur (third unit director - uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (acknowledgement: the special style and content of the musical sequences were created by)
 

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Frank L. Inghram | Frank Inghram

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6' (1.83 m)
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Thorpe was a favorite at MGM because he always came in under production schedule. He'd often start with a long shot and keep filming until one of the actors fluffed. Then he'd move in a closer setup and shoot until the next hold-up and so on until he finished with just close-ups. He very rarely reshot anything (from Freddie Young's autobiography, "Seventy Light Years"). See more »

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