Dick Wessel

Acting

April 20, 1913 – April 20, 1965 (died at 52)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Male

141 Movies

50 TV Shows

The Ugly Dachshund

1966 6.7

as Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

Age 52

Harvey

1950 7.7

as Mr. Cracker (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 52)

Pitfall

1948 6.9

as Desk Sergeant

Age 35 (now 52)

Unknown Island

1948 5.2

as Sanderson, 1st Mate

Age 35 (now 52)

Who's Minding the Store?

1963 6.8

as Traffic Cop

Age 50 (now 52)

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946 5.5

as Harry 'Cueball' Lake

Age 33 (now 52)

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952 5.9

as Dutchman

Age 39 (now 52)

The Gazebo

1959 6.9

as Louis

Age 46 (now 52)

13 Rue Madeleine

1947 6.1

as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 52)

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947 5.9

as Policeman

Age 33 (now 52)

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 7.5

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 52)

Riverboat

1959 6.5

as Carney Kohler

Age 46 (now 52) 44 eps

44 eps

Half Shot Shooters

1936 7.3

as Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 52)

Fright Night

1947 6.8

as Chopper Kane

Age 33 (now 52)

Brother Orchid

1940 6.6

as Buffalo Burns

Age 27 (now 52)

Canadian Pacific

1949 5.2

as Bailey

Age 36 (now 52)

The Ugly Dachshund

1966 6.7

as Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

Age 52

Who's Minding the Store?

1963 6.8

as Traffic Cop

Age 50 (now 52)

Wives and Lovers

1963 4.4

as Mr. Liberti

Age 50 (now 52)

Pocketful of Miracles

1961 7.3

as Governor of Florida (uncredited)

Age 48 (now 52)

All in a Night's Work

1961 6.0

as Janitor (uncredited)

Age 47 (now 52)

The Gazebo

1959 6.9

as Louis

Age 46 (now 52)

Tricky Chicks

1957 8.0

Age 44 (now 52)

The Desperados Are in Town

1956 8.0

as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)

Age 43 (now 52)

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 6.7

as Train Engineer (uncredited)

Age 43 (now 52)

Rebel Without a Cause

1955 7.5

as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

Age 42 (now 52)

G.I. Dood It

1955 7.0

as Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)

Age 41 (now 52)

Bowery to Bagdad

1955 6.3

as Henchman Gus

Age 41 (now 52)

Fling in the Ring

1955 6.0

as Chopper Kane

Age 41 (now 52)

Champ for a Day

1953 7.0

as 'Speedtrap' Calhoun

Age 40 (now 52)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1953 7.3

as Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 52)

Let's Do It Again

1953 4.2

as Ajax Moving Man

Age 40 (now 52)

Blackbeard, the Pirate

1952 5.9

as Dutchman

Age 39 (now 52)

The WAC from Walla Walla

1952 10.0

as Sgt. Malone

Age 39 (now 52)

Young Man with Ideas

1952 5.2

as Eddie Tasling

Age 39 (now 52)

Rancho Notorious

1952 6.5

as Deputy (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 52)

Heebie Gee-Gees

1952 9.0

as Big Dan

Age 38 (now 52)

Love Is Better Than Ever

1952 6.6

as Smittie

Age 38 (now 52)

Reunion in Reno

1951 6.3

as Taxi Driver

Age 38 (now 52)

Texas Carnival

1951 5.4

as Concessionaire #1

Age 38 (now 52)

An American in Paris

1951 7.0

as Ben Macrow (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 52)

Corky of Gasoline Alley

1951 8.0

as Pudge McKay

Age 38 (now 52)

Flying Leathernecks

1951 5.9

as Mess Sergeant (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 52)

Strangers on a Train

1951 7.7

as Bill (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 52)

The Texas Rangers

1951 6.1

as Arkansas (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 52)

Her First Romance

1951 4.0

as Night Watchman (uncredited)

Age 38 (now 52)

The Scarf

1951 5.7

as Sid, Drunk Cowboy

Age 37 (now 52)

Life with Buster Keaton

1951 8.5

Age 37 (now 52)

Gasoline Alley

1951 5.8

as Pudge

Age 37 (now 52)

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

1950 7.3

as Harry (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 52)

Watch the Birdie

1950 5.5

as Man Who Undresses

Age 37 (now 52)

Harvey

1950 7.7

as Mr. Cracker (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 52)

Father of the Bride

1950 7.0

as Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 52)

The Jackie Robinson Story

1950 6.3

as Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)

Age 37 (now 52)

Beware of Blondie

1950 6.0

as Mailman

Age 36 (now 52)

Blondie's Hero

1950 7.0

as Mailman (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 52)

Dizzy Yardbird

1950 7.0

as Sergeant Flint

Age 36 (now 52)

Punchy Cowpunchers

1950 6.0

as Sgt. Mullins

Age 36 (now 52)

Sands of Iwo Jima

1950 6.4

as Grenade Instructor (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 52)

On the Town

1949 7.0

as Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 52)

Thieves' Highway

1949 7.2

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 52)

Blondie Hits the Jackpot

1949 7.3

as Mailman (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 52)

Slattery's Hurricane

1949 5.2

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

Age 36 (now 52)

Canadian Pacific

1949 5.2

as Bailey

Age 36 (now 52)

Tulsa

1949 6.4

as Joker (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 52)

The Green Promise

1949 6.4

as Mr. Clairborne

Age 35 (now 52)

Unknown Island

1948 5.2

as Sanderson, 1st Mate

Age 35 (now 52)

Billie Gets Her Man

1948 8.0

as Mr. McGonagle

Age 35 (now 52)

Hollow Triumph

1948 6.6

as Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 52)

Pitfall

1948 6.9

as Desk Sergeant

Age 35 (now 52)

Flat Feat

1948 8.0

as Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson

Age 35 (now 52)

The Fuller Brush Man

1948 6.3

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 52)

Radio Romeo

1947 10.0

Age 34 (now 52)

High Wall

1947 6.4

as Jim Hale (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 52)

Wife to Spare

1947 7.0

Age 34 (now 52)

Hectic Honeymoon

1947 8.0

as Duffy

Age 34 (now 52)

Merton of the Movies

1947 6.3

as Chick

Age 34 (now 52)

In Room 303

1947 9.0

Age 34 (now 52)

Wife Tames Wolf

1947 10.0

as Male Character

Age 33 (now 52)

It Happened in Brooklyn

1947 5.9

as Policeman

Age 33 (now 52)

Fright Night

1947 6.8

as Chopper Kane

Age 33 (now 52)

California

1947 6.8

as Blacksmith (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 52)

Do or Diet

1947 8.0

as Old Boyfriend

Age 33 (now 52)

13 Rue Madeleine

1947 6.1

as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 52)

Blondie's Big Moment

1947 5.4

as Bus Driver (uncredited)

Age 33 (now 52)

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

1946 5.5

as Harry 'Cueball' Lake

Age 33 (now 52)

Slappily Married

1946 6.5

as Eddie--Honey's Fiance

Age 33 (now 52)

So's Your Antenna

1946 7.0

Age 33 (now 52)

Pardon My Terror

1946 7.0

as Luke

Age 33 (now 52)

Black Angel

1946 6.1

as Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)

Age 33 (now 52)

In Old Sacramento

1946 6.8

as Oscar

Age 33 (now 52)

Blonde Alibi

1946 4.8

as Detective (Uncredited)

Age 32 (now 52)

Young Widow

1946 4.8

as Cab Driver (Uncredited)

Age 32 (now 52)

Scarlet Street

1945 7.6

as Detective (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 52)

Silver Spurs

1943 4.8

as Buck Walters

Age 30 (now 52)

Yanks Ahoy

1943 6.5

as Ship Cargo Seaman (uncredited)

Age 30 (now 52)

Action in the North Atlantic

1943 7.0

as Cherub Joe (uncredited)

Age 30 (now 52)

False Faces

1943 8.0

as Detective Mallory

Age 30 (now 52)

Three Hearts for Julia

1943 6.5

as Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)

Age 30 (now 52)

King of the Cowboys

1943 6.0

as Hershel

Age 29 (now 52)

The Traitor Within

1942 10.0

as Henchman Otis

Age 29 (now 52)

Fall In

1942 6.5

as Army Barber

Age 29 (now 52)

Gentleman Jim

1942 7.2

as Referee (uncredited)

Age 29 (now 52)

X Marks the Spot

1942 4.4

as Dizzy

Age 29 (now 52)

Sunset Serenade

1942 6.2

as Antlers Bartender

Age 29 (now 52)

Friendly Enemies

1942 6.0

as Delivery man

Age 29 (now 52)

Romance on the Range

1942 6.5

as Jailer-Deputy

Age 29 (now 52)

About Face

1942 6.5

as Bartender Charlie

Age 28 (now 52)

Joe Smith, American

1942 6.5

as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 52)

Brooklyn Orchid

1942 6.7

as Al

Age 28 (now 52)

Dangerously They Live

1941 6.3

as Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 52)

Steel Against the Sky

1941 5.4

as Mike (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 52)

Red River Valley

1941 7.5

as Lumber Deliverer

Age 28 (now 52)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941 6.7

as Sgt. Brown (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 52)

Dangerous Lady

1941 5.3

as Officer Donahue

Age 28 (now 52)

Manpower

1941 6.8

as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)

Age 28 (now 52)

Desert Bandit

1941 9.0

as Henchman Hawk

Age 28 (now 52)

The Great Train Robbery

1941 8.3

as Gorman

Age 27 (now 52)

The Strawberry Blonde

1941 7.0

as Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 52)

Flight Command

1940 5.9

as Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 52)

The Border Legion

1940 5.0

as Oscar "Red" McGooney

Age 27 (now 52)

So You Won't Talk?

1940 5.8

as Dopey

Age 27 (now 52)

City for Conquest

1940 6.9

as Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 52)

The Howards of Virginia

1940 6.8

as Backwoodsman

Age 27 (now 52)

Flowing Gold

1940 6.8

as Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 52)

They Drive by Night

1940 6.9

as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Age 27 (now 52)

Brother Orchid

1940 6.6

as Buffalo Burns

Age 27 (now 52)

Castle on the Hudson

1940 7.0

as Convict Messenger (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 52)

Cafe Hostess

1940 5.4

as Henchman Willie

Age 26 (now 52)

The Roaring Twenties

1939 7.5

as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 52)

Hitler: Beast of Berlin

1939 4.7

as Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 52)

Dust Be My Destiny

1939 6.5

as Customer (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 52)

They All Come Out

1939 5.9

as Moxie (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 52)

I Stole a Million

1939 8.0

as Cop #2 (uncredited)

Age 26 (now 52)

The Cowboy Quarterback

1939 6.7

as Football player

Age 26 (now 52)

Missing Daughters

1939 4.3

as Brick McGirk

Age 26 (now 52)

An Hour for Lunch

1939 6.0

as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 52)

Blackwell's Island

1939 5.5

as Convict (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 52)

They Made Me a Criminal

1939 6.3

as Collucci

Age 25 (now 52)

Hawk of the Wilderness

1938 7.0

as Dirk

Age 25 (now 52)

Submarine Patrol

1938 6.7

as Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)

Age 25 (now 52)

The Crowd Roars

1938 7.0

as Fighter at Gym (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 52)

Racket Busters

1938 5.6

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Age 25 (now 52)

Over the Wall

1938 5.7

as Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp

Age 24 (now 52)

A Slight Case of Murder

1938 6.4

as Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 52)

Borrowing Trouble

1937 7.0

as Joe

Age 24 (now 52)

The Game That Kills

1937 6.3

as 'Leapfrog' Soule

Age 24 (now 52)

White Bondage

1937 6.8

as Beans Clerk

Age 24 (now 52)

Border Cafe

1937 7.0

as Jaillbird (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 52)

San Quentin

1937 6.6

as Trusty (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 52)

They Gave Him a Gun

1937 6.7

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

Age 24 (now 52)

Round-Up Time in Texas

1937 7.8

as Henchman Craig Johnson

Age 23 (now 52)

Fury

1936 7.5

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 52)

Half Shot Shooters

1936 7.3

as Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)

Age 23 (now 52)

Small Town Girl

1936 6.0

as College Boy in Car (uncredited)

Age 22 (now 52)

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

1936 5.7

as Joe

Age 22 (now 52)

In Spite of Danger

1935 5.5

as Monk Grady

Age 21 (now 52)