Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/20/1913
Place of Birth
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
Dick Wessel
Biography
Known For
The Gazebo
as Louis the Louse (as Richard Wessel)
Texas Carnival
as Concessionaire #1
San Quentin
as Trusty (uncredited)
Borrowing Trouble
as Joe
Missing Daughters
as Brick McGirk
California
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Pitfall
as Desk Sergeant
Tulsa
as Joker (uncredited)
High Wall
as Jim Hale (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
as Referee (uncredited)
Harvey
as Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
as Detective (uncredited)
False Faces
as Detective Mallory
Brooklyn Orchid
as Al
Black Angel
as Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
Gasoline Alley
as Pudge
Brother Orchid
as Buffalo Burns
Silver Spurs
as Buck Walters
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Thieves' Highway
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Career Timeline
1963
1961
1959
1958
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
Blackbeard, the Pirate
as Dutchman
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Bill Hart
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Larry
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Sgt. Malone
The Ford Television Theatre
as Tom O'Brien (as Richard Wessell)
The Ford Television Theatre
Role unknown
Young Man with Ideas
as Eddie Tasling
Rancho Notorious
as Deputy (uncredited)
Love Is Better Than Ever
as Smittie
1951
Reunion in Reno
as Taxi Driver
Texas Carnival
as Concessionaire #1
The Red Skelton Show
as Assistant (uncredited)
The Red Skelton Show
as CPO Delaney - USS Farragut
An American in Paris
as Ben Macrow (uncredited)
Corky of Gasoline Alley
as Pudge McKay
Flying Leathernecks
as Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
as Bill (uncredited)
The Texas Rangers
as Arkansas (uncredited)
Her First Romance
as Night Watchman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Willard Crane
The Scarf
as Sid, Drunk Cowboy
Life with Buster Keaton
Role unknown
Gasoline Alley
as Pudge
1950
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
as Harry (uncredited)
Watch the Birdie
as Man Who Undresses (uncredited)
Harvey
as Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
The Jack Benny Program
as Man
Father of the Bride
as Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
Beware of Blondie
as Mailman
Blondie's Hero
as Mailman (uncredited)
Dizzy Yardbird
as Sergeant Flint
Punchy Cowpunchers
as Sgt. Mullins
Sands of Iwo Jima
as Grenade Instructor (uncredited)
1949
1948
1947
Radio Romeo
Role unknown
High Wall
as Jim Hale (uncredited)
Wife to Spare
Role unknown
Hectic Honeymoon
as Duffy
Merton of the Movies
as Chick
In Room 303
Role unknown
Wife Tames Wolf
as Male Character
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Policeman
Fright Night
as Chopper Kane
California
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Do or Diet
as Old Boyfriend
13 Rue Madeleine
as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Blondie's Big Moment
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
1946
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
as Harry 'Cueball' Lake
Slappily Married
as Eddie--Honey's Fiance
So's Your Antenna
Role unknown
Pardon My Terror
as Luke
Black Angel
as Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
In Old Sacramento
as Oscar
Blonde Alibi
as Detective (Uncredited)
Young Widow
as Cab Driver (Uncredited)
1943
1942
The Traitor Within
as Henchman Otis
Fall In
as Army Barber
Gentleman Jim
as Referee (uncredited)
X Marks the Spot
as Dizzy
Sunset Serenade
as Antlers Bartender
Friendly Enemies
as Delivery man
Romance on the Range
as Jailer-Deputy
About Face
as Bartender Charlie
Joe Smith, American
as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid
as Al
1941
Dangerously They Live
as Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)
Steel Against the Sky
as Mike (uncredited)
Red River Valley
as Lumber Deliverer
They Died with Their Boots On
as Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
Dangerous Lady
as Officer Donahue
Manpower
as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
Desert Bandit
as Henchman Hawk
The Great Train Robbery
as Gorman
The Strawberry Blonde
as Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)
1940
Flight Command
as Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)
The Border Legion
as Oscar "Red" McGooney
So You Won't Talk?
as Dopey
City for Conquest
as Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)
The Howards of Virginia
as Backwoodsman
Flowing Gold
as Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
They Drive by Night
as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Brother Orchid
as Buffalo Burns
Castle on the Hudson
as Convict Messenger (uncredited)
Cafe Hostess
as Henchman Willie
1939
The Roaring Twenties
as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
Hitler: Beast of Berlin
as Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Customer (uncredited)
They All Come Out
as Moxie (uncredited)
I Stole a Million
as Cop #2 (uncredited)
The Cowboy Quarterback
as Football player
Missing Daughters
as Brick McGirk
An Hour for Lunch
as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
Blackwell's Island
as Convict (uncredited)
They Made Me a Criminal
as Collucci
1938
Hawk of the Wilderness
as Dirk
Submarine Patrol
as Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
The Crowd Roars
as Fighter at Gym (uncredited)
Racket Busters
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Over the Wall
as Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp
A Slight Case of Murder
as Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)