Richard France

Biography

Richard France was born on May 5, 1938, in Boston, Massachusetts, and spent nearly half of his early years abroad due to his father's military postings. He later dropped out of high school to work odd jobs, including radio announcing and encyclopedia sales, before beginning a career in acting and writing. As an actor, France is known for roles in Dawn of the Dead and The Crazies, while as a writer, he published The Theatre of Orson Welles, a landmark study on the stage work of Orson Welles.