Richard Barthelmess was born into a theatrical family in which his mother was an actress. While attending Trinity College in Connecticut, he began appearing in stage productions. While on vacation in 1916, a friend of his mother, actress 'Alla Nazimova' . Richard joined the Navy Reserve in 1942, and when the war ended he retired to Long Island and lived off his real estate investments.
One of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Screen actor and film producer.
Son of actress Caroline Harris.
Barthelmess made 75 films in the twenty years between his first feature in 1916 and his semi-retirement from the screen in 1936. He appeared in only six more films between 1936 and 1942. His silent films number 57. His early talkies number 19.
Co-founder of Inspiration Pictures along with Charles H. Duell and Henry King in 1921.
Had one daughter, Mary, with Mary Hay.
Interred at the Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA.
Founder of Richard Barthelmess Productions, a film production company, in 1923.
His great uncle, the Reverend William Boone, was the first Episcopal Bishop of Shanghai, China, and his great grandfather was the first Episcopal Bishop in China.
