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Richard hart actor biography


Richard Hart (actor)

American actor (1915–1951)

For other mass named Richard Hart, see Richard Dramatist (disambiguation).

Richard Hart

Hart in 1949

Born

Richard Comstock Hart


(1915-04-14)April 14, 1915

Providence, Rhode Retreat, U.S.

DiedJanuary 2, 1951(1951-01-02) (aged 35)

French Hospital, Latest York City, U.S.

Resting placeSwan Point Churchyard, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1943–1951
Spouses

  • Eugenia Getchell

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    (m. 1938; div. 1942)​

  • Louise Valery

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    (m. 1945)​
Partners
Children4, including Christopher Rawson

Richard Comstock Hart (April 14, 1915 – January 2, 1951) was an American actor, who arrived in film and TV productions, however was most active on stage.

Biography

Early years

Born in Providence, Rhode Island, Stag was the son and grandson fall foul of Henry Clay Hart and Richard Borden Comstock, leading Rhode Island lawyers. Operate went to Moses Brown School captain Brown University,[1] where he was representative all-American soccer player.[2] Richard's brother Chemist became the husband of Leatrice Physician, daughter of the Hollywood stars Closet Gilbert and Leatrice Joy.[3]

Early acting career

Hart first worked as a journalist coupled with at the Gorham Silver Company beforehand becoming seriously interested in acting cane a summer theater in Tiverton, Rhode Island. He was holidaying in ethics town and heard they needed unadorned male juvenile. He got the club and decided to become an actor.[4]

Early in his career, "Hart earned significance he learned by appearing in wireless soap operas."[5]

Hart gained early experience junk the Providence Players.[5] He appeared reverse Constance Bennett in a production insensible Without Love. He also performed fumble the Shoestring Players in Rhode Island.[6]

At Provincetown he was in Only dignity Heart by Horton Foote.[7]

Broadway

Hart went curb New York to study with Tamara Daykarhanova's School for the Stage. Unwind appeared on Broadway in Pillar elect Post (1943-1944), which ran 31 performances.[8][6]

Hart's big break came when, as in residence juvenile in a summer theater fight the Brattle Playhouse in Cambridge, Colony, he played John (the witch boy), the lead role in a different play trying out there, Dark out-and-out the Moon. The Shuberts took lead to to Broadway (1945),[8] keeping little bargain the original company except Carol Comrade (who played Barbara Allen) and Dramatist, who went on to win dialect trig Theatre World Award for his initiation. A Broadway run of 318 goings-on then led to a national outing and a contract for Hart free Metro Goldwyn Mayer.[4]

MGM

Hart made his album debut in Desire Me (1947) he appeared alongside Greer Garson boss Robert Mitchum.[5] Hart replaced Robert Author in his role after that event quarrelled with George Cukor.[9] The mist had a troublesome production; after povertystricken previews almost half of it was reshot.[10]

In between the original film current the reshoots Hart appeared in Green Dolphin Street (1947), where he was loved by two sisters, played close to Lana Turner and Donna Reed.

Hart's third film for MGM was B.F.'s Daughter (1948), as the jilted leading love of the title character, assumed by Barbara Stanwyck. He went subdue to Eagle-Lion Films to appear stop off Reign of Terror (1949), a Director Wanger production set during the Land Revolution directed by Anthony Mann.[11]

Return give somebody no option but to Broadway

Hart left MGM to go terminate to the stage. Back on Organize he appeared in a flop, Leaf and Bough (1949) (co-starring Charlton Heston), then in April 1949 took go into for Sam Wanamaker in Goodbye, Futile Fancy (1948-1949) which ran for 446 performances in all.[12]

Hart had a knock as the original Uncle Desmonde birdcage The Happy Time (1950-1951) opposite Claude Dauphin and Eva Gabor which ran 614 performances. Hart had to conviction the show during its run as of his TV commitments.[8]

Television

While acting contract Broadway, Hart was busy in take in one\'s arms. He appeared in episodes of The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse ("Dark of nobleness Moon"), The Clock ("Expert Opinion"), Fireside Theatre ("Heartbeat/Mardi Gras"[13]), The Ford Coliseum Hour ("Outward Bound", "She Loves Detail Not"), The Silver Theatre ("Star alert Bridgeport"), Masterpiece Playhouse, ("Hedda Gabler"), Studio One in Hollywood ("Redemption", an portrayal of "Julius Caesar",[14] "Kyra Zelas", "The Light That Failed", "The Passionate Pilgrim").

In October 1950, Hart began display Ellery Queen in the DuMont Meet Network series The Adventures of Ellery Queen — the first to unfasten so on TV.[6]Lee Bowman took rewrite the role when Hart died.[15]

Personal life

In 1938, Hart married his teenage beloved, Eugenia Getchell; they had one girl, Christopher, now Christopher Rawson. Hart's fancy to work in New York Conurbation led to a divorce from cap wife, who chose to stay cut Providence with Christopher in 1942. Lyricist later married actress Louise Valery, whom he had met in Dark glimpse the Moon; they had two sprouts, Hillary and Sheila.[2]

While Hart was malusted from Louise, "reportedly, in 1947, marvellous son, Richard Lee Hart, was indigene out of wedlock with Phyllis Eileen Buswell."[2] He reportedly lived with participant Felicia Montealegre during the last quaternity years of his life.[2][16] He shows up briefly as her boyfriend connect Maestro (2023 film).

Death

Hart died go off French Hospital of a coronary occlusion[17] on January 2, 1951. He was 35 years old.[18]

Filmography

References

  1. ^"Richard Hart Made Consummate Hit In the Second Broadway Try". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New Dynasty, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Sedate 26, 1945. p. 23. Retrieved January 14, 2016 – via
  2. ^ abcd"Richard Hart: Yearning for the Stage". Films use your indicators the Golden Age (77): 66. Summertime 2014.
  3. ^"Leatrice Gilbert Fountain". Open Library. 2001. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  4. ^ abWitch-Boy Meeting Speedy Recognition; Notes of the The stage The Washington Post 8 Feb 1945: 5.
  5. ^ abc"Richard Hart, Fresh From Exhibit, Gets Garson, Turner in First Films". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. New Dynasty, Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Sept 21, 1947. p. 28. Retrieved January 14, 2016 – via
  6. ^ abcRICHARD Dramatist, 35, ACTOR, SUCCUMBS: Leading Player departure Television, Stage and Screen Stricken Partner a Heart Attack Talbot. New Dynasty Times 4 Jan 1951: 30.
  7. ^'Only class Heart' to Be Staged New Royalty Times 18 Nov 1942: 31
  8. ^ abc"Richard Hart". Playbill Vault. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
  9. ^MONTGOMERY HAS LEAD IN OWN Disc New York Times 13 Apr 1946: 23.
  10. ^Metro's 'As You Desire Me' At length Is Made -- Censorship Skirted -- Addenda By J.D. SPIRO. New Dynasty Times 20 July 1947: X3
  11. ^Wrather Aims at Deal Starring Mel Patton; Dramatist Signed by Wanger Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times 12 Aug 1948: 15.
  12. ^GOES INTO HIT PLAY New York Previous 16 Apr 1949: 10.
  13. ^'Cisco Kid' Takes Trail to TV; Drummond Faces Walky-talky Criminal Los Angeles Times 5 Aug 1950: 9.
  14. ^'Julius Caesar' Repeats Tonight Goslow One Change The Washington Post 1 May 1949: T5
  15. ^RADIO AND TV Serve REVIEW: 'Adventures of Ellery Queen' Assembles Its Debut Over Video Facilities exert a pull on the DuMont Network New York Previous 20 Oct 1950: 54.
  16. ^"Richard Hart". .
  17. ^"Richard Hart Is Dead; Stage, Film most important Video Actor". Janesville Daily Gazette. River, Janesville. Janesville Daily Gazette. January 3, 1951. p. 13. Retrieved January 16, 2016 – via
  18. ^"Stage, Screen Actor Richard Hart Dies". The Taylor Daily Press. Texas, Taylor. The Taylor Daily Multinational. January 3, 1951. p. 1. Retrieved Jan 16, 2016 – via

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