Person

Richard Carlson

Acting · 1912–1977 · Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA

Biography

Richard Dutoit Carlson (April 29, 1912 – November 25, 1977) was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter.

Known for

Filmography

20153-D Rarities(archive footage)
1994The World of HammerSelf (archive footage)
1975The Swiss Family Robinson
1974Freedom 2000
1971Cannon
1969Change of HabitBishop Finley
1969The Valley of GwangiChamp Connors
1968Lancer
1968The PowerProf. Norman E. Van Zandt
1968It Takes a ThiefDaniel K. Ryder
1966The Doomsday FlightChief Pilot Bob Shea
1966Kid RodeloLink
1965The F.B.I.Harold David Dewitt
1964Voyage to the Bottom of the SeaMattson
1964DellaDavid Stafford
1963Burke's LawNels Manning
1963The FugitiveAllan Pruitt
1963Arrest and TrialTurner Leigh
1962Going My Way
1962The VirginianSheriff Marden
1961Famous Ghost StoriesTom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')
1961Bus Stop
1960TormentedTom Stewart
1960The AquanautsRoss Porter
1960ThrillerGuy Guthrie
1959The DetectivesDirector
1959This Man DawsonDirector
1959Men Into SpaceDirector
1959RiverboatPaul Drake
1959The Man and the ChallengeDirector
1959RawhideMajor Buford
1958Johnny RoccoStory
1958Mackenzie's Raiders
1958The Saga of Hemp BrownDirector
1958The Unchained GoddessThe Writer
1957The Strange Case of the Cosmic RaysThe Fiction Writer
1957The Helen Morgan StoryRussell Wade
1957Perry MasonAnthony Fry
1957Appointment with a ShadowDirector
1957Hemo the MagnificentMr. Fiction Writer
1956Three for Jamie DawnMartin Random
1955BengaziInsp. Levering
1955The Last CommandWilliam B. Travis
1955An Annapolis StoryIntroductory Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1954Four Guns to the BorderDirector
1954Climax!Col. Dobie
1954Creature from the Black LagoonDr. David Reed
1954Riders to the StarsDr. Jerry Lockwood
1953I Led 3 LivesHerbert A. Philbrick
1953Letter to LorettaLarry Carlson
1953The Golden BladeNarrator (voice)
1953All I DesireHenry Murdoch
1953The MazeGerald MacTeam
1953It Came from Outer SpaceJohn Putnam
1953SeminoleMajor Degan
1953The Magnetic MonsterDr. Jeffrey Stewart
1953General Electric TheaterArchie Hawkins
1953I Led Three LivesHerbert Philbrick
1952Flat TopLt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers
1952Retreat, Hell!Capt. Paul Hansen
1952Whispering Smith vs. Scotland YardSteve Smith ("Whispering Smith")
1951The Blue VeilGerald Kean
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951A Millionaire for ChristyDr. Roland Cook
1951ValentinoWilliam 'Bill' King
1950Jungle SafariHimself (archival footage)
1950The Sound of FuryGil Stanton
1950King Solomon's MinesJohn Goode
1950Lux Video TheatreJohn
1950The Colgate Comedy HourSelf
1950Your Show of Shows
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1949Lights Out
1948Studio One
1948Behind Locked DoorsRoss Stewart
1948The Amazing Mr. XMartin Abbott
1947So Well RememberedCharles Winslow / Charles Winslow Sr.
1945Fury in the PacificNarrator
1943The Man from Down UnderNipper Wilson
1943Young IdeasTom Farrell
1943For God and CountryTom Manning
1943Presenting Lily MarsOwen Vail
1943A Stranger in TownBill Adams
1943Sucker BaitBill - Soldier
1942White CargoMr. Langford
1942My Heart Belongs to DaddyR.I.C. Kay
1942Highways by NightTommy Van Steel
1942The Affairs of MarthaJeff Sommerfield
1942Fly By NightDr. Geoffrey Burton
1941The Little FoxesDavid Hewitt
1941Hold That GhostDoctor Jackson
1941West Point WidowDr. Jimmy Krueger
1941Back StreetCurt Stanton
1940No, No, NanetteTom Gillespie
1940Too Many GirlsClint Kelly
1940The Howards of VirginiaThomas Jefferson
1940The Ghost BreakersGeoff Montgomery
1940Beyond TomorrowJames Houston
1939Little AccidentPerry Allerton
1939Dancing Co-Ed'Pug' Braddock
1939These Glamour GirlsJoe
1939Winter CarnivalProfessor John Welden
1938The Duke of West PointJohn West
1938The Young in HeartDuncan Macrae

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