Richard Thorpe

Director

Born: February 24, 1896
Died: May 1, 1991 (age 95)
From: Hutchinson, Kansas, USA

Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he…

Filmography (151)

The Scorpio Letters (1967)
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The Last Challenge (1967)
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That Funny Feeling (1965)
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The Truth About Spring (1965)
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The Golden Head (1964)
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Fun in Acapulco (1963)
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Follow the Boys (1963)
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The Horizontal Lieutenant (1962)
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The Honeymoon Machine (1961)
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The Tartars (1961)
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The House of the Seven Hawks (1959)
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Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
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Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)
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Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
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Jailhouse Rock (1957)
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Quentin Durward (1955)
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The Prodigal (1955)
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Bedevilled (1955)
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Athena (1954)
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The Student Prince (1954)
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Knights of the Round Table (1953)
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All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
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The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
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Ivanhoe (1952)
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Carbine Williams (1952)
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It's a Big Country (1951)
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The Unknown Man (1951)
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The Great Caruso (1951)
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Vengeance Valley (1951)
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