Richard Gaines

AKA: Richard Houston Gaines, Richard H. Gaines
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1904-07-23

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

Richard Houston Gaines (July 23, 1904 – July 20, 1975) was an American actor. He appeared in over 75 film and television productions between 1940 and 1962.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {57}

Edward S. Norton Jr.

1944-07-06 8.106

Double Indemnity

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance. ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller

Nagel

1951-06-29 7.857

Ace in the Hole

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career. ...
Genre :Drama

Charles Manning

1946-11-01 6.2

Nobody Lives Forever

A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Bauer

1947-01-25 7

Humoresque

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

McCollum

1947-07-16 7.297

Brute Force

Timeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Paul Hunter

1955-05-26 6.74

Love Me or Leave Me

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom. ...
Genre :Music, Drama, Romance

Prof. Jackson

1951-11-11 5.129

Flight to Mars

Four scientists and a newsman crash land on Mars and meet martians who act friendly. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Thriller

Frederick 'Freddy' Price

1945-04-28 7.4

The Enchanted Cottage

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness t ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Richard Elsworth

1947-10-15 5.4

The Invisible Wall

A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was supposed to deliver to gambling and a con artist. His at ...
Genre :Crime

Jonathan

1947-10-08 7.2

Ride the Pink Horse

A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Patrick Henry

1940-09-19 6.5

The Howards of Virginia

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the Colonial forces in their fight for freedom against ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

Charles J. Pendergast

1943-05-13 6.855

The More the Merrier

It's World War II and there is a severe housing shortage everywhere - especially in Washington, D.C. where Connie Milligan rents an apartment. Believing it to be her patriotic duty, Connie offers to s ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Waldo Pierson (uncredited)

1944-05-30 5.964

Tender Comrade

Jo Jones, a young defense plant worker whose husband is in the military during World War II, shares a house with three other women in the same situation. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Colonel George Washington

1947-10-10 6.3

Unconquered

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants beg ...
Genre :Drama, Adventure, History

Lingle

1942-12-10 6.6

A Night to Remember

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Dean William Brant

1956-11-05 6.3

5 Steps to Danger

Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies? ...
Genre :Action, Thriller

Edgar Burns

1947-12-07 6.4

Dangerous Years

Jeff Carter has put an end to the town's delinquency with a boys' club. Young hoodlum Danny shows up and influences teenagers Doris, Willy and Leo. They hang out at a juke joint where Eve works. When ...
Genre :Drama

Ralph Wainwright

1946-05-17 4.8

Do You Love Me

Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes a friend's advice, removes her glasses, and puts o ...
Genre :Music, Romance

Dennis Thane

1947-11-06 5.5

Cass Timberlane

Judge Cass Timberlane marries a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, Virginia Marshland. A baby is stillborn and she turns more and more to attorney friend of of Cass' Brad Criley. While quarreling ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Archer

1946-08-30 7

White Tie and Tails

When his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting involved with an heiress. ...
Genre :Comedy

Langly

1956-01-24 7.2

Ransom!

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

James R. Tarlock

1944-12-18 5.5

Double Exposure

In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistaken for evidence of a murder and she must try to prove her own innocence. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

Police Inspector Dana

1945-09-15 5.8

A Gun in His Hand

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Dist. Atty. John Logan

1949-05-26 4.8

The Lucky Stiff

A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

D.A. Reynolds

1956-07-09 5.1

Francis in the Haunted House

A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself! ...
Genre :Fantasy, Comedy, Horror

Taylor

1949-11-25 4.7

A Kiss for Corliss

After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer decides to write in her diary that they are together in order to make her boyfriend Dexter jealous. Corlis ...
Genre :Comedy

Cooke

1947-07-17 6.9

The Hucksters

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Comedy

Senator John Pringle

1945-05-31 6

Twice Blessed

Stephanie and Terry are identical twins who have been raised separately since their parents divorced seven years earlier. Each envies the lifestyle of the other; and they decide, without telling Jeff ...
Genre :Comedy

Whitson, Farley's Executive

1948-11-20 6.5

That Wonderful Urge

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely claiming they're married. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Dr. Johannes Schacter

1955-10-07 6.813

Trial

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relation ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Josephus Ford

1946-05-01 7

So Goes My Love

Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man. Instead, she meets and marries Herman Maxim, a struggling inventor. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

State Official (uncredited)

1960-12-23 6.9

The Great Impostor

Fictionalized account of Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr., who stole or created fictional identities and worked in a variety of occupations, most quite successfully. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Sam McNutt

1948-12-25 6.1

Every Girl Should Be Married

Anabel Sims is determined to find the perfect husband. She thinks she's found her man in Madison Brown, a handsome pediatrician. She then prepares an elaborate scheme to trap him into marriage ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Ralph Westcott

1944-07-19 6.2

Mr. Winkle Goes to War

Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific. ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Dr. Pepperdine

1953-09-22 0

Marry Me Again

Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars and Bill won't marry her because he dreams of a ho ...
Genre :Comedy

Dr. Thomas

1954-11-10 6

Drum Beat

President Grant orders Indian fighter MacKay to negotiate with the Modocs of northern California and southern Oregon. On the way he must escort Nancy Meek to the home of her aunt and uncle. After Modo ...
Genre :Western

Jeff's Attorney (uncredited)

1946-06-05 5.857

The Bride Wore Boots

A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Malcolm Jarvis

1949-11-05 5.7

Strange Bargain

Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Defense Attorney

1945-06-01 6

Don Juan Quilligan

When a an overly romantic barge captain marries two women, each reminding him of his mother, he finds himself resorting to prison to escape them. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Chisholm

1955-05-30 6.8

The Petrified Forest

Gabrielle Maple works in a dusty desert gas station-café, but yearns for the life of an artist in France, knowing there must be something finer than the provincial dead-end she is trapped in. A hitch- ...
Genre :Drama, TV Movie

J. Roberts Pawley

1959-10-01 6

Law of the Plainsman

Law of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May 5, 1960. The character of Native American U.S. Mars ...
Genre :Western

Judge

1957-09-21 7.708

Perry Mason

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Self

1954-10-02 7.3

The George Gobel Show

The George Gobel Show is an American television series hosted George Gobel that aired on NBC from 1954 to 1960. ...
Genre :Comedy

Rawlinson

1952-09-25 6.7

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Dr. Elias Spaulding

1958-09-24 6.2

The Donna Reed Show

Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

1952-01-04 10

Chevron Theatre

30 minute anthology seriies ...
Genre :

M. J. Harrison

1955-10-02 7.768

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

James Barrett

1955-10-02 7.768

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

Dean Robinson

1960-10-12 5

Peter Loves Mary

Peter Loves Mary is a one-season American situation comedy, starring real-life husband and wife Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy, that aired on NBC from October 12, 1960 to May 31, 1961. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jefferson Davis

1959-10-04 4.667

The Rebel

After the end of the Civil War, a former Confederate Army private roams the Wild West, and, as a rogue drifter, gets involved in helping out various settlers threatened by various bad guys... THE REB ...
Genre :Western

Judge Carwell

1957-09-21 7.708

Perry Mason

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama, Crime

1954-09-21 0

Studio 57

Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Len Sills

1953-10-02 7

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse

The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly Ber ...
Genre :Drama

1953-02-01 6.4

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Rel ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Beaummy

1953-02-01 6.4

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Rel ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Jack Green

1953-10-09 5.8

Topper

Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was broadcast on CBS from October 9, 1953 to July 15, 1955, and stars Leo G. Carroll in the title role. ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy

1953-06-23 0

Revlon Mirror Theatre

Also known as 'Mirror Theater', this was an American anthology drama television series. ...
Genre :