Richard Talmadge

Biography

Richard Talmadge was a German-born American actor, stuntman, and film director who began his career as a stuntman for Douglas Fairbanks in 1910. He transitioned to acting in the late 1920s, starring in silent action pictures before adapting to talkies with a steady stream of lower-budgeted features. Talmadge later worked behind the camera, directing films including "How the West Was Won" and "The Greatest Story Ever Told".