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1966 The Ugly Dachshund
Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

1965 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Sol Durham

– Honey Pot (1965) … Sol Durham

1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
Moses Hennepin

– Four-Leaf Clover (1965) … Moses Hennepin

1965 Wagon Train (TV series)
Biff

– The Captain Sam Story (1965) … Biff (as Richard Wessell)

1965 Petticoat Junction (TV series)
Bink Sharfells

– Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer (1965) … Bink Sharfells

1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
Theatre Manager

– When I Am Grown to Man's Estate (1965) … Theatre Manager (as Richard Wessel)

1965 Dr. Kildare (TV series)
Mr. Dulgash

– No Mother to Guide Them (1965) … Mr. Dulgash (as Richard Wessel)

1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Dusty

– The Wine-Dark Sea (1964) … Dusty (as Richard Wessel)

1964 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Man

– The Cat Burglar (1964) … Man

1964 Death Valley Days (TV series)
Jericho

– From the Earth, a Heritage (1964) … Jericho

1964 The Great Adventure (TV series)

– The Henry Bergh Story (1964) (as Richard Wessel)

1964 Arrest and Trial (TV series)
Carnival Manager

– The Black Flower (1964) … Carnival Manager

1964 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Officer

– Wake Up, Darling (1964) … Officer

1964 Channing (TV series)
Giacamo Marchetti

– Another Kind of Music (1964) … Giacamo Marchetti

1963 The Fugitive (TV series)
Charley

– Terror at High Point (1963) … Charley (as Richard Wessell)

1961-1963 Rawhide (TV series)
Barker / Jed

– Incident at Confidence Creek (1963) … Jed (as Richard Wessel)

– Judgment at Hondo Seco (1961) … Barker (as Richard Wessel)

1963 Who's Minding the Store?
Traffic Cop (as Richard Wessel)

1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Charlie

– A Kind of a Stopwatch (1963) … Charlie (as Richard Wessel)

1963 Grindl (TV series)
Bus Driver

– The Gruesome Basement (1963) … Bus Driver

1963 Wives and Lovers
Mr. Liberti

1963 Our Man Higgins (TV series)
Joe

– Black Thursday (1963) … Joe

1963 McKeever & the Colonel (TV series)
Whitey Adams

– McKeever's Astronaut (1963) … Whitey Adams

1962 The Wide Country (TV series)
The Bartender

– A Devil in the Chute (1962) … The Bartender

1962 87th Precinct (TV series)
Howard Pitt

– Feel of the Trigger (1962) … Howard Pitt

1962 Room for One More (TV series)

– Greeks Bearing Gifts (1962)

1961 The Investigators (TV series)
Stanley

– The Dead End Man (1961) … Stanley

1961 Pocketful of Miracles
Governor of Florida (uncredited)

1961 Frontier Circus (TV series)
Smith

– Lippizan (1961) … Smith

1954-1961 Make Room for Daddy (TV series)
Jay Sandrich

– Love Letters (1961) … Jay Sandrich

– The Professor (1954)

1961 Laramie (TV series)
Higgins

– Strange Company (1961) … Higgins

1961 All in a Night's Work
Janitor (uncredited)

1961 Bonanza (TV series)
Big Mike Campbell

– Cutthroat Junction (1961) … Big Mike Campbell (as Richard Wessel)

1961 Thriller (TV series)
Mr. Zimmer

– The Fingers of Fear (1961) … Mr. Zimmer

1959-1961 Riverboat (TV series)
Carney Kohler

– Listen to the Nightingale (1961) … Carney Kohler

– Zigzag (1960) … Carney Kohler

– Duel on the River (1960) … Carney Kohler

– Chicota Landing (1960) … Carney Kohler

– The Quota (1960) … Carney Kohler

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1959-1960 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series)
Aphrodite / Mr. McClusky

– Dobie Goes Beatnik (1960) … Mr. McClusky (as Richard Wessel)

– Caper at the Bijou (1959) … Aphrodite (as Richard Wessel)

– Pilot (1959) … Aphrodite (uncredited)

1960 Pony Express (TV series)
Big Zack

– The Wedding of Big Zack (1960) … Big Zack

1959 The Gazebo
Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel)

1959 Hennesey (TV series)

– Pork Chops and Apple Sauce (1959)

1959 Perry Mason (TV series)
Transfer Man

– The Case of the Lame Canary (1959) … Transfer Man (as Richard Wessel)

1959 Border Patrol (TV series)
Capt. Robert G. 'Bob' Rattigan / Mulligan

– Rattigan and the Cat (1959) … Capt. Robert G. 'Bob' Rattigan

– The Plague Trail … Mulligan

1959 The Thin Man (TV series)
Willis Crossett

– Hamilton Hollered Help (1959) … Willis Crossett (as Richard Wessel)

1959 Lawman (TV series)
Jed Thomas

– The Gang (1959) … Jed Thomas

– The Posse (1959) … Jed Thomas

1959 Man with a Camera (TV series)
Al Henchely

– Face of Murder (1959) … Al Henchely (as Richard Wessell)

1958 Pursuit (TV series)
Diner operator

– The Last Night in August (1958) … Diner operator

1958 Peter Gunn (TV series)
Yale Lubin

– The Man with the Scar (1958) … Yale Lubin (as Richard Wessel)

1958 This Is Alice (TV series)
Big Louie

– Big Louie Comes Though (1958) … Big Louie (as Dick Wessell)

1958 No Time for Sergeants
Drunk Infantryman at Purple Grotto (uncredited)

1958 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
Bill

– The Walking Mountain (1958) … Bill (as Richard Wessel)

1957 Man Without a Gun (TV series)
Carpenter

– Man Missing (1957) … Carpenter

1957 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Cedric Wychinski

– Souvenir (1957) … Cedric Wychinski

1957 Trackdown (TV series)
Matt Morris

– Alpine, Texas (1957) … Matt Morris

1957 Tricky Chicks (short)

1957 Telephone Time (TV series)

– Here Lies Francois Gold (1957) (as Richard Wessel)

1953-1957 The Life of Riley (TV series)
Squarehead Malloy / Squarehead Malibu

– Vacation Plans (1957) … Squarehead Malloy

– Riley Balances the Budget (1954) … Squarehead Malibu (as Richard Wessel)

– Riley Punishes Junior (1953) … Squarehead Malloy

– Riley Gets Engaged (1953) … Squarehead Malloy (as Richard Wessel)

1956 The Desperados Are in Town
Hank Green

1956 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (TV series)
Willard Crane

– The Steam Wagon (1956) … Willard Crane (as Richard M. Wessel)

1956 Navy Log (TV series)
Dante Lacava

– In the Labonza (1956) … Dante Lacava (as Richard Wessell)

1956 Broken Arrow (TV series)
Bartender

– The Captive (1956) … Bartender (as Richard Wessel)

1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
Train Engineer (uncredited)

1956 Hey, Jeannie! (TV series)
Trucker

– Jeannie's Here (1956) … Trucker

1956 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Challis

– Looters … Challis

1956 Chevron Hall of Stars (TV series)
Holt

– The Warriors (1956) … Holt

1954-1956 It's a Great Life (TV series)
Eddie / Sergeant

– Old Soldiers Never Die (1956) … Sergeant (as Richard Wessel)

– Objective Moon (1954) … Eddie

– House Hunting (1954) … Eddie

1956 Andy Goes Wild (short)
Andy's Brother-in-Law

1956 December Bride (TV series)

– Pete's Brother-in-Law (1956)

– The Texas Show: Part 3 (1956)

1955 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Driver

– As Long as I Live (1955) … Driver (as Richard Wessel)

1955 Fury (TV series)

– Scorched Earth (1955)

1955 Frontier (TV series)
Hank

– King of the Dakotas: Part 1 (1955) … Hank (as Richard Wessel)

1955 Rebel Without a Cause
Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
Curley

– Where You Loved Me (1955) … Curley

1955 Francis in the Navy
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

1955 The Lone Ranger (TV series)
Suede Nelson

– Gold Freight (1955) … Suede Nelson (as Richard Wessell)

1955 The Eternal Sea
Mike, Rivet Tosser (uncredited)

1955 G.I. Dood It (short)
Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)

1955 Father Knows Best (TV series)
Officer

– Boy's Week (1955) … Officer (as Richard Wessel)

1955 Bowery to Bagdad
Gus (as Richard Wessel)

1955 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Bill Basey

– Deep Sea Diving (1955) … Bill Basey

1954 Lassie (TV series)
Fred Brockway

– Sale of Lassie (1954) … Fred Brockway

1954 Studio 57 (TV series)
Alvin T. 'Bear' Bristow

– Cubs of the Bear (1954) … Alvin T. 'Bear' Bristow (as Richard Wessel)

1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Tom O'Brien

– Remember to Live (1954) … Tom O'Brien (as Richard Wessell)

1954 Them!
Railroad Detective (uncredited)

1954 Untamed Heiress
Cruncher (uncredited)

1954 Mayor of the Town (TV series)
Henry

– Popularity Contest (1954) … Henry

1953 Flight Nurse
Sergeant (uncredited)

1953 Champ for a Day
'Speedtrap' Calhoun - Policeman (as Richard Wessel)

1953 The Caddy
Caddy Who Rips Towel (uncredited)

1953 Let's Do It Again
Ajax Moving Man (as Richard Wessel)

1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

1953 Fresh Painter (short)
Painter

1953 The Lawless Breed
Marv (uncredited)

1953 The Abbott and Costello Show (TV series)
Bill Hart / Larry

– Beauty Contest (1953) … Larry

– From Bed to Worse (1953) … Bill Hart

1952 Blackbeard, the Pirate
Dutchman

1952 The WAC from Walla Walla
Sgt. Malone

1952 Just for You
Master Sergeant, Air Force Recruiter (uncredited)

1952 Because You're Mine
Sgt. Grogan (uncredited)

1952 Young Man with Ideas
Eddie Tasling

1952 Rancho Notorious
Deputy (uncredited)

1952 Love Is Better Than Ever
Smitty

1952 The Belle of New York
With Wedding Gift of Stolen Silver (uncredited)

1951 The Barefoot Mailman
Theron Henchman (uncredited)

1951 Reunion in Reno
Taxi Driver

1951 Honeychile
Bartender

1951 Trouble In-Laws (short)
Jealous Husband

1951 Texas Carnival
Concessionaire #1

1951 Corky of Gasoline Alley
Pudge McKay

1951 Flying Leathernecks
Mess Sergeant (uncredited)

1951 An American in Paris
Ben Macrow (uncredited)

1951 Strangers on a Train
Bill (uncredited)

1951 The Texas Rangers
Arkansas (uncredited)

1951 Her First Romance
Night Watchman (uncredited)

1951 Francis Goes to the Races
Chuck (uncredited)

1951 The Scarf
Sid - Drunk cowboy

1951 M
Policeman Ticketing Jaywalker (uncredited)

1951 Gasoline Alley
Pudge

1951 Life with Buster Keaton (TV series)
Juicy James

1950 Watch the Birdie
Man Who Undresses (uncredited)

1950 Frontier Outpost
Drill Sergeant (uncredited)

1950 He's a Cockeyed Wonder
Delivery Van Driver (uncredited)

1950 Harvey
Mr. Cracker (uncredited)

1950 Foy Meets Girl (short)

1950 Father of the Bride
Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)

1950 Love That Brute
Fats Leslie, Gangster (uncredited)

1950 The Jackie Robinson Story
Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)

1950 Kill the Umpire
Catcher (uncredited)

1950 Beware of Blondie
Mailman

1950 Wabash Avenue
Electrician (uncredited)

1950 Fireside Theatre (TV series)

– The Bunker (1950)

1950 Put Some Money in the Pot (short)
Landlady's Protective Brother

1950 Dizzy Yardbird (short)
Sergeant Flint

1950 Blondie's Hero
Mailman (uncredited)

1950 The Kid from Texas
Deputy Bart, the Jailer (uncredited)

1950 Key to the City
Washing Car in Hotel Basement (uncredited)

1950 Groan and Grunt (short)
Bone Crusher McGee

1950 His Baiting Beauty (short)
Gorgeous Gus

1950 Punchy Cowpunchers (short)
Sgt. Mullins

1949 Sands of Iwo Jima
Grenade Instructor (uncredited)

1949 On the Town
Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)

1949 Thieves' Highway
Cab Driver (uncredited)

1949 Blondie Hits the Jackpot
Mailman (uncredited)

1949 Slattery's Hurricane
Cabbie (uncredited)

1949 Canadian Pacific
Bailey (as Richard Wessel)

1949 Tulsa
Joker (uncredited)

1949 The Green Promise
Mr. Clairborne (uncredited)

1949 Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Umpire (uncredited)

1949 Bad Men of Tombstone
Bartender

1948 When My Baby Smiles at Me
Sailor (uncredited)

1948 Unknown Island
Sanderson, 1st Mate (as Richard Wessel)

1948 Billie Gets Her Man (short)

1948 Good Sam
Melvin Z. Wurtzberger, the Bus Driver (uncredited)

1948 Hollow Triumph
Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)

1948 Pitfall
Desk Sergeant

1948 A Southern Yankee
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)

1948 The Babe Ruth Story
First Mate (scenes deleted)

1948 Dig That Gold (short)
Mr. Billings

1948 Flat Feat (short)

1948 River Lady
Logger (uncredited)

1948 The Fuller Brush Man
Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1948 Eight-Ball Andy (short)
Claude Beasley

1948 The Mating of Millie
Bus Driver (uncredited)

1948 Two Nuts in a Rut (short)
Horrible Higgins, wrestler

1947 Killer McCoy
Burns Sr. (uncredited)

1947 Radio Romeo (short)
Jealous Husband

1947 High Wall
Jim Hale - Orderly (uncredited)

1947 Wife to Spare (short)
Claude Upton

1947 Merton of the Movies
Chick

1947 Magic Town
Moving Man (uncredited)

1947 Hectic Honeymoon (short)
Store Detective

1947 Blondes Away (short)
Blackmailer

1947 Living in a Big Way
Sailor in Clothing Store (uncredited)

1947 The Millerson Case
Clem Ogle, Blacksmith (uncredited)

1947 The Long Night
State Policeman (uncredited)

1947 In Room 303 (short)

1947 Wife Tames Wolf (short)

1947 Nervous Shakedown (short)

1947 It Happened in Brooklyn
Cop (uncredited)

1947 Fright Night (short)
Chopper Kane

1947 Hot Heir (short)

1947 Do or Diet (short)
Old Boy Friend

1947 13 Rue Madeleine
Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

1947 California
Blacksmith (uncredited)

1947 Blondie's Big Moment
Charlie - the Bus Driver (uncredited)

1946 Andy Plays Hookey (short)

1946 Gallant Bess
Marine (uncredited)

1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Harry 'Cueball' Lake

1946 Slappily Married (short)
Eddie--Honey's Fiance

1946 So's Your Antenna (short)
Gangster

1946 No Leave, No Love
Navy Man at Union Station (uncredited)

1946 Noisy Neighbors (short)

1946 Pardon My Terror (short)
Luke

1946 Little Miss Big
Private Detective (uncredited)

1946 Black Angel
Mavis' Doorman (uncredited)

1946 In Fast Company
Pete - Cabbie

1946 In Old Sacramento
Oscar

1946 Blonde Alibi
Detective (uncredited)

1946 Young Widow
Cab Driver (uncredited)

1945 Scarlet Street
Detective (uncredited)

1945 Dakota
Roughneck in Saloon (uncredited)

1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove?
Military Police Officer (uncredited)

1944 An American Romance
Baseball Game Spectator Behind Stefan (uncredited)

1943 Silver Spurs
Buck Walters

1943 Yanks Ahoy
Ship Cargo Seaman (uncredited)

1943 False Faces
Detective Mallory

1943 Three Hearts for Julia
Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)

1943 Action in the North Atlantic
Cherub Joe (uncredited)

1943 A Gentle Gangster
Steve Parker

1943 King of the Cowboys
Hershel (uncredited)

1943 Assignment in Brittany
German Sergeant (uncredited)

1942 Two Mugs from Brooklyn
Al - Cab Driver (uncredited)

1942 The Traitor Within
Henchman Otis

1942 Fall In
Army Barber (uncredited)

1942 Gentleman Jim
Referee (uncredited)

1942 X Marks the Spot
Henchman Dizzy

1942 You Can't Escape Forever
Moxie - Greer's Henchman (uncredited)

1942 Highways by Night
Waiter (uncredited)

1942 Bells of Capistrano
Mug/Sign-Poster #2 (uncredited)

1942 Sunset Serenade
Antlers Bartender (uncredited)

1942 Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen
The Big Sailor

1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure
First Cab Driver (uncredited)

1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Union Army Veteran #2 on Caisson (uncredited)

1942 Romance on the Range
Jailer (uncredited)

1942 Sunday Punch
Maxie, Ken's Handler (uncredited)

1942 About Face
Bartender Charlie

1942 Joe Smith, American
Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

1942 Brooklyn Orchid
Al, Cab Driver (uncredited)

1942 The Bugle Sounds
Jerry - Saboteur (uncredited)

1942 Hay Foot
Mailman (uncredited)

1941 You're in the Army Now
Supply Man - Shoes (uncredited)

1941 Dangerously They Live
Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)

1941 Steel Against the Sky
Mike, Diner Customer (uncredited)

1941 Red River Valley
Lumber Deliverer (uncredited)

1941 They Died with Their Boots On
SSgt. Brown (uncredited)

1941 Navy Blues
Petty Officer (uncredited)

1941 Tanks a Million
Pvt. Monkman

1941 Dangerous Lady
Officer Donahue (uncredited)

1941 Dive Bomber
Mechanic Who Helps Joe with Pressure Suit (uncredited)

1941 Manpower
Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)

1941 Desert Bandit
Hawk

1941 The People vs. Dr. Kildare
Blood Donor (uncredited)

1941 Penny Serenade
Joe Connor, Man Dancing with Dotty (uncredited)

1941 Model Wife
Laundry Man (uncredited)

1941 Men of Boys Town
Husky Brother of Homely Girl at Dance (uncredited)

1941 The Great Train Robbery
Gorman

1941 The Strawberry Blonde
Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)

1941 Lucky Devils
Simmons (uncredited)

1940 Flight Command
Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)

1940 The Border Legion
Henchman Oscar 'Red' McGooney

1940 So You Won't Talk
Dopey

1940 City for Conquest
Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)

1940 The Howards of Virginia
Backwoodsman (uncredited)

1940 Flowing Gold
Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)

1940 They Drive by Night
Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

1940 Brother Orchid
Buffalo Burns (as Dick Wessell)

1940 Sandy Is a Lady
Truck Driver (uncredited)

1940 Framed
Al (uncredited)

1940 Castle on the Hudson
Convict Messenger (uncredited)

1940 Cafe Hostess
Henchman Willie

1939 Main Street Lawyer
Gangster (uncredited)

1939 The Roaring Twenties
Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

1939 Hitler - Beast of Berlin
Prison Guard Buchman (uncredited)

1939 Dust Be My Destiny
Customer (uncredited)

1939 I Stole a Million
2nd Cop (uncredited)

1939 The Cowboy Quarterback
Gyp Galbraith - Packers Player (uncredited)

1939 They All Come Out
Moxie (uncredited)

1939 Missing Daughters
Brick McGirk

1939 The Kid from Kokomo
Shadowboxer (uncredited)

1939 An Hour for Lunch (short)
Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1939 Blackwell's Island
Convict (uncredited)

1939 They Made Me a Criminal
Collucci

1938 Hawk of the Wilderness
Henchman Dirk

1938 Angels with Dirty Faces
Man in Pool Room Slugged by Father Connelly (uncredited)

1938 Submarine Patrol
Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera) (uncredited)

1938 The Crowd Roars
Fighter at Gym (uncredited)

1938 Racket Busters
Truck Driver (uncredited)

1938 Yellow Jack
Cavalryman (uncredited)

1938 Arson Gang Busters
Slugs

1938 Over the Wall
Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp (uncredited)

1938 A Slight Case of Murder
Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)

1937 Prescription for Romance
Sailor (uncredited)

1937 The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble
Joe

1937 Submarine D-1
Sailor (uncredited)

1937 The Game That Kills
'Leapfrog' Soule

1937 White Bondage
Beans Clerk (uncredited)

1937 San Quentin
Trusty (uncredited)

1937 Slim
Ed (as Dick Wessell)

1937 Border Cafe
Jaillbird (uncredited)

1937 They Gave Him a Gun
German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

1937 Round-Up Time in Texas
Henchman Craig Johnson

1936 Ace Drummond
Henchman Boris (uncredited)

1936 The Gay Desperado
On-Screen Gangster (uncredited)

1936 Fury
Bodyguard (uncredited)

1936 Small Town Girl
College Boy in Car (uncredited)

1936 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Joe (uncredited)

1935 Bonnie Scotland
Blacksmith's Helper (uncredited)

1935 Eight Bells
Bosun (uncredited)

1935 In Spite of Danger
Monk Grady

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