Richard Neill Explained

Richard Neill
Birthname:	Richard Renchaw Neill, Jr.
Birth Date:	12 November 1875
Birth Place:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Death Place:	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States
Yearsactive:	1910–1961
Occupation:	Actor, screenwriter^[1]
Spouse:	Grace Jerome Williams (m. 1915-1970; his death)^[2]

Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875  - April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras.^[3] He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his long screen career, he wrote "several scenarios" for productions.^[1] Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

Partial filmography

• The Lighthouse by the Sea (1911, Short) - The Lighthouse Keeper's Son
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912)
• The Substitute Stenographer (1913, Short)
• Dolly of the Dailies (1914, Serial) - High Officer of the Secret Society [Ch. 5]
• Fantasma (1914) - The Princess' Father
• Colonel Carter of Cartersville (1915) - Robert Gill
• The Broken Law (1915) - Gaspar
• The Labyrinth (1915) - Rev. Herbert Fenton
• The Man Who Found Himself (1915) - Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
• The Fool's Revenge (1916) - Randall
• A Modern Thelma (1916)
• God's Half Acre (1916) - Perry Westley
• A Wall Street Tragedy (1916) - Ranson
• The Ragged Princess (1916) - Thomas Deigan
• The Battle of Life (1916) - O'Leary
• A Child of the Wild (1917)
• Love's Law (1917)
• The Co-Respondent (1917)
• The Woman in White (1917)
• Her Second Husband (1917)
• The Road to France (1918)
• His Wife's Friend (1919)
• The Plunger (1920)
• Go Get 'Em Hutch (1922)
• A Clouded Name (1923)
• Sinner or Saint (1923)
• Heritage of the Desert (1924)
• The Fighting Coward (1924)
• Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
• Percy (1925)
• Tumbleweeds (1925)
• Born to the West (1926)
• Satan Town (1926)
• The Trunk Mystery (1926)
• Galloping Thunder (1927)
• The Fightin' Comeback (1927)
• The Desert of the Lost (1927)
• Bulldog Pluck (1927)
• Somewhere in Sonora (1927)
• The Man Without a Face (1928)
• Beyond the Sierras (1928)
• The Law's Lash (1928)
• The Bushranger (1928)
• The King of the Kongo (1929)
• Where East is East (1929)
• The Last Frontier (1932)
• Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)

Notes and References

1. https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew14moti_3#page/32/mode/2up "NEILL, Richard R."
2. "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", Richard Renchaw Neill to Grace Jerome Williams, November 12, 1915, Bronx, New York City. New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,940,961.
3. Book: Katchmer, George A.. A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. May 20, 2015. McFarland. 9781476609058. March 28, 2019. Google Books.