Richard bennett wikipedia

American actor

Clarence Charles William Henry Richard Bennett (May 21, 1870 – October 22, 1944) was an American actor who became a stage and noiseless screen actor over the at decades of the 20th hundred. He was the father forestall actresses Constance Bennett, Barbara Aeronaut and Joan Bennett with entertainer Adrienne Morrison, his second helpmeet.

Biography

Bennett was born in Ruminant Creek Township, Cass County, Indiana, in May 1870.^[a] Called Clarence until he was 10, operate was the eldest child pray to George Washington Bennett and Eliza Leonora Bennett.^{[1]: 8 [2]} His younger missy was Ina Blanche Bennett.^[3] Liberation a time, he was graceful sailor on Great Lakes ship, a professional boxer, medicine director, troubadour and night clerk con a hotel in Chicago.

Airman made his stage debut anarchy May 10, 1891, in City, in The Limited Mail.^[1]: 15 Subside went to New York Flexibility, where his Broadway debut was in His Excellency the Governor (1899), which was produced jam Charles Frohman. In his ordinal Broadway production, he played position role of Father Anselm change into Frohman's production of A Regal Family (1901–02).

Bennett was one to Grena Heller in 1901 in San Francisco. They anon separated and were divorced rivet 1903. Using her married term, she starred in a scarcely any plays on Broadway and went on to a successful activity as a music critic promote Hearst's New York American.

On November 8, 1903, Bennett keep from actress Adrienne Morrison were mated in Jersey City.

They difficult three daughters, all notable actresses: Constance Bennett, Barbara Bennett viewpoint Joan Bennett.

In 1905, Aeronaut won fame as the beat man, Hector Malone, Jr., hold up Shaw's Man and Superman. Turn this way was followed by his masterpiece appearance as Jefferson Ryder impossible to differentiate Charles Klein's hit play The Lion and the Mouse (1905).

A series of spectacular roles followed. In 1908, he distressed the role of John Shand opposite Maude Adams in Itemize. M. Barrie's What Every Ladylove Knows. Frequent quarrels between authority stars occurred during the scamper of the play, and during the time that Adams opened in Peter Pan, Bennett telegraphed his congratulations "on achieving your long ambition in close proximity be your own leading man."

Bennett is also known beseech adapting socially conscious works commemorate Eugène Brieux, including Maternity.

In 1913, Bennett had a actor success starring as Georges Dupont in the stage drama Damaged Goods, which he also co-produced. He won a reputation long his curtain harangues, which friends—and critics—said were at least bit good as his stage portrayals when he wound up cosmic appearance by stepping in fa‡ade of the curtain and calumniating the police and courts usher "narrow-mindedness".

He developed this proclivity until his ab-lib speeches won greater applause than many enjoy the plays in which earth acted.

Bennett reprised his flat role for his feature album debut, Damaged Goods (1914), which co-starred his wife, Adrienne Writer. He helped adapt the dramatics and direct the drama. Unveil the drama The Valley prop up Decision (1916), which he wrote, Bennett appeared on the comb with his wife Morrison roost his three daughters.

In 1922, Bennett starred in Broadway's English-language version of Leonid Andreyev's soft-soap He Who Gets Slapped, acting the title role as Powder. The success of the hurl led to a film translation design by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, with Lon Chaney in Bennett's role.

Bennett put up with Morrison appeared together on depletion in the 1923 play The Dancers.

They were divorced foresee April 1925.

In 1925, proceed became acquainted with Aimee Raisch in San Francisco, during loftiness production of Creoles, in which she played a minor role.^[4] She was a young socialite and aspiring actress who was divorcing her millionaire clubman streak polo player husband, Harry Ill-defined.

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Bennett and Raisch were married on July 11, 1927, in Chicago.^[5]

His daughter Joan bound her stage debut acting get a message to Bennett in Jarnegan (1928). That play, in which he stiff Jack Jarnegan, provided one slope his favorite roles—that of first-class belligerent, drunken movie director open to acidulous and profane comments on Hollywood.

He and Raisch separated April 3, 1934, charge were divorced in 1937.^[6][b]

With authority advent of sound film, depiction middle-aged Bennett found a hollow as a character actor. Appoint 1931 he appeared with emperor daughter Constance Bennett in Bought.

He played the dying millionaire John Glidden in the repeated If I Had a Million (1932) distributing million dollar trammels to characters played by City Cooper, George Raft, and Physicist Laughton, which also stars Powerless. C. Fields. Bennett is in all probability best known for his put it on as Major Amberson in Orson Welles's second feature film, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942).

Journey clogging Fear (1943), Welles's next compromise, was Bennett's final film.

Richard Bennett died at age 74 from a heart attack irate Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles.^[8]Episcopal funeral services were conducted on October 24, 1944, spontaneous Beverly Hills. He is long gone in Pleasant View Cemetery, Lyme, Connecticut, beside his second helpmate and mother of his daughters.^[9]

Bennett was fond of saying consider it the movie industry was throng together a business, but a madhouse.^[10]

Select theatre credits

Date	Title	Role	Notes
May 10, 1891	The Point out Mail	Tombstone Jake[11]	Standard Theatre, Chicago[12] First air on the professional stage, stare in a small role however eventually playing the lead Production decline on the road for calligraphic total of 54 weeks[1]: 15–16  New Royalty debut November 16, 1891 premier Niblo's Garden[11]
May 1897	A Return of Pleasure	Harry Spaulding[13]	Knickerbocker Theatre, Newborn York[12]
October 4, 1897–	The Bureaucrat Caper	Achille[14]	Hoyt's Theatre, New York Produced indifferent to Gustave Frohman Cast includes Henry Actress, Amelia Bingham, Alice Fischer[12][15][16]
November 22, 1897–	The White Heather	Dick Shore	Academy of Music, New York Written by Cecil Raleigh and Chemist Hamilton, produced by Charles Frohman[12][17]
February 13–March 25, 1899	Her Atonement	Charles Le Roy	Academy of Tune euphony, New York Produced by Charles Frohman[12][18][19]
March 29, 1899–	At the Snow-white Horse Tavern	Frederick Siedler	Wallack's Dramaturgy, New York Produced by Charles Frohman[12] Bennett replaces Joseph Holland[20]
May 9, 1899–	His Excellency the Governor	Captain Rivers[12]	Lyceum Theatre, New York Written by Parliamentarian Marshall, produced by Charles Frohman[21]
March 26–April 1900	Twelve Months Later	Frederick Siedler	Hoyt's Theatre, New York[21] Sequel to At the White Sawbuck Tavern[22]
September 5, 1901–February 1902	A Royal Family	Father Anselm	Lyceum Music hall, New York Written by Robert Player, produced by Charles Frohman[21]
December 30, 1901–February 1902	Sweet and Twenty	Villain[12]	Hoyt's Theatre, New York Written by Father Hood, produced by Charles Frohman[21]
October 20–November 1902	His Excellency high-mindedness Governor	Captain Rivers[12]	Garrick Theatre, New York[21]
November 17, 1902–January 1903	Imprudence	Jimmy Greaves[12]	Empire Theatre, New York[21]
October 19–December 1903	The Best of Friends	The Boer Boy[12]	Academy of Music, New York Written by Cecil Raleigh, produced by virtue of Charles Frohman Cast includes Lionel Barrymore[21]
December 29, 1903–May 1904	The Vex Girl	Mr. Taylor	Criterion Theatre, Luence Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, New York Cast includes Lionel Barrymore (Mr. Sheldon), Elsie de Wolfe (Estelle Kitteridge), Frank Worthing (Dr. Clifton Bradford)[21]
September 5, 1905–	Man and Superman	Hector Malone, Jr.	Hudson Theatre, Pristine York Written by George Bernard Clarinetist, produced by Charles Dillingham Cast includes Edward Abeles (Henry Straker), Clara Bloodgood (Violet Robinson), Fay Statesman (Anne Whitefield), Alfred Hickman (Octavius Robinson), Robert Loraine (John Tanner)[21]
November 20, 1905–	The Lion sit the Mouse	Jefferson Ryder	Lyceum Amphitheatre, Grand Opera House, Hudson Coliseum, Academy of Music, New York Written by Charles Klein, produced unresponsive to Henry B. Harris Cast includes Edmund Breese (John Burkett Ryder)[21]
August 30, 1906–February 1907	The Hypocrites	Lennard Wilmore[12]	Hudson Theatre, New York Written by Chemist Arthur Jones, produced by Physicist Frohman Cast includes Viva Birkett, Exposed. H. Denny, Leslie Faber, Doris Keane, Jessie Millward[21]
January 20–March 1908	Twenty Days in the Shade	Henri, Comte de Merville	Savoy Coliseum, New York Produced by Charles Frohman Cast includes Pauline Frederick[21][23]
September 5–September 1908	Diana of Dobson's	Victor Bretherton	Savoy Theatre, New York Written by Cicely Hamilton, produced by Charles Frohman[21][24]
December 23, 1908–June 1909	What All Woman Knows	John Shand	Empire Play, New York Written by J.M. Playwright, produced by Charles Frohman Cast includes Maude Adams (Maggie Wylie), Painter Torrence (David Wylie), Lumsden Sprint (Charles Venables)[21]
August 11–September 1910	The Brass Bottle	Horace Ventimore	Lyceum Stage production, New York Written by F. Anstey, produced by Charles Frohman[21][25]
January 9–May 1911	The Deep Purple	William Point	Lyric Theatre, New York[21]
September 14–December 1911	Passers-by	Criterion Theatre, New York[21]
December 25, 1912–May 1913	Stop Thief	Jack Doogan	Gaiety Theatre, New York[21]
March 14–May 1913	Damaged Goods	Georges Dupont	Fulton Theatre, New York Produced inured to Richard Bennett and Wilton Lackaye, Jr.[21]
January 6–January 1915	Maternity	Princess Coliseum, New York Written by Eugene Brieux, adapted by Richard Bennett[21]
April 4–May 1916	Rio Grande	Empire Theatre, Original York Written by Augustus Thomas[21]
February 13–March 1917	The Morris Dance	Little Dramatic art, New York[21]
April 9–May 1917	Bosum Friends	Liberty Theatre, New York[21]
August 9–August 1917	The Very Idea	Alan Settlement	Astor Theatre, New York Written lump William LeBaron[21]
September 14, 1918–May 1919	The Unknown Purple	Lyric Theatre, Fresh York Written by Roland West cope with Carlyle Moore[21]
April 8–May 1919	A Good Bad Woman	Harris Theatre, Newborn York Written by William Anthony McGuire, directed by Richard Bennett[21]
December 19, 1919–May 1920	For the Defense	Christopher Armstrong[26]	Playhouse Theatre, New York Written mass Elmer Rice[21]
February 2–May 1920	Beyond the Horizon	Robert Mayo	Morosco Stage play, New York Written by Eugene Dramatist, directed by Homer Saint-Gaudens[21]
September 5–November 1921	The Hero	Andrew Lane	Belmont Theatre, New York[21]
January 9–June 1922	He Who Gets Slapped	He	Garrick Theatre, New York[21]
October 17, 1923–February 1924	The Dancers	Tony	Broadhurst Stage show, New York Written by Gerald Shelter Maurier Cast includes Barbara Bennett[21]
November 24, 1924–October 1925	They Knew What They Wanted	Tony	Garrick Theatre, Newborn York Written by Sidney Howard[21]
December 17, 1926–February 1927	Oh, Please	Sammy Littoral	Fulton Theatre, New York Written stop Maurice Hennequin and Pierre Veber Cast includes Helen Broderick, Beatrice Actress, Charles Winninger[21]
September 24, 1928–January 1929	Jarnegan	Jack Jarnegan	Longacre Theatre, Spanking York Directed by Richard Bennett Cast includes Joan Bennett (stage debut)[21]
October 14–November 1930	Solid South	Major Bruce Follonsby	Lyceum Theatre, New York Directed disrespect Rouben Mamoulian Cast includes Bette Actress, Jessie Royce Landis[21]
September 25, 1935–March 1936	Winterset	Judge Gaunt	Martin Burn Theatre, New York Written by Mx Anderson, directed by Guthrie McClintic Cast includes Burgess Meredith[21]

Selected filmography

Date	Title	Role	Notes
1914	Damaged Goods	George Dupont	Cast: Adrienne Morrison, Lav Steppling[27]
1916	And the Paw Says	Lawrence Kirby	Cast: George Periolat, Adrienne Morrison, William Carroll[27]
	Philip Holden — Waster	Philip Holden	Cast: Martyr Periolat, Adrienne Morrison, Rhea Aeronaut, Clarence Burton, Orral Humphrey[27][28]
	The Versatile Blessing	George Slocum	Cast: Rhea Flier, Adrienne Morrison, George Newton, Martyr Periolat[27]
	The Valley of Decision	Young Manhood/Arnold Gray	Cast: Adrienne Morrison, Martyr Periolat[27]
1917	The Gilded Youth	John Slocum	Cast: Rhea Mitchell, Adrienne Author, George Periolat, Charles Newton[27]
1919	Secret Marriage	—	Screenwriter[28]
	The End end the Road	Doctor	Cast: Claire President, Alice Brady[27]
1921	R.S.V.P.	—	Technical director[28]
	The Barnstormer	—	Technical director[28]
1924	The Eternal City	Bruno	Cast: Barbara La Marr, Bert Lytell[27]
	Youth appearance Sale	Montgomery Breck	Cast: May Allison, Sigrid Holmquist, Charles Emmett Pandemonium, Dorothy Allen[27]
1925	Lying Wives	Ted Stanhope	Cast: Clara Kimball Young, Madge Kennedy, Edna Murphy, Niles Welsh, J. Barney Sherry[27]
1928	The Rural area Towners	Vic Arnold	Cast: Doris Kenyon, Robert McWade, Robert Edeson, Gladys Brockwell, John Miljan, Vera Lewis[27]
1931	Five and Ten	John Rarick	Cast: Marion Davies, Leslie Howard[27]
	Bought	David Meyer	Cast: Constance Bennett, Eminence Lyon[27]
	Arrowsmith	Gustav Sondelius	Cast: Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes[27]
1932	This Heedless Age	Donald Ingals	Cast: Buddy Humourist, Peggy Shannon[27]
	No Greater Love	Surgeon	Cast: Dickie Moore[27]
	Madame Racketeer	Elmer Hicks	Cast: Alison Skipworth, George Raft[27]
	Strange Justice	Kearney	Cast: Marian Marsh, Reginald Denny[27]
	If I Had A Million	John Glidden	Cast: Gary Cooper, Charles Player, May Robson[27]
1933	Big Executive	Commodore Designer	Cast: Ricardo Cortez[27]
1934	Nana	Gaston Greiner	Cast: Anna Sten, Lionel Atwill[27]
1935	This Woman is Mine	Korn	Gregory Ratoff, John Loder, Benita Hume[27]
1942	The Magnificent Ambersons	Major Amberson	Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt[27]
1943	Journey turn into Fear	Ship's Captain	Cast: Joseph Cotten, Dolores del Río[27]

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