Kane Richmond

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Kane Richmond
Corona Del Mar, California, U.S.
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
OccupationActor
Years active1929–1948
SpouseMarion Burns (1934–1973) (his death)
Children2

Kane Richmond (born Frederick William Bowditch, December 23, 1906 – March 22, 1973) was an American film actor of the 1930s and 1940s, mostly appearing in

Lamont Cranston in The Shadow films in addition to his leading role in the successful serials Spy Smasher and Brick Bradford
.

Early years

Richmond was born in

Hollywood
in the late 1920s to pursue a career in acting.

Film

Before becoming an actor, Richmond (then still known as Fred Bowditch) was a film salesman.

The Leather Pushers two-reel action series. He got the part and went on to appear in many other films through the late '40s."[4]

He received his first film roles in 1929, appearing in

B-movies
.

In The Devil Tiger (1934), director Clyde E. Elliott allowed his star, Richmond, to fight a 25-foot python. Richmond hated doubles and had insisted on playing the scene himself. The actor succeeded in holding the snake's snapping mouth away from his face while struggling to free himself from the triple coils around his body. At the height of the struggle, the heroine, Marion Burns, runs in and saves the hero from the python. Burns had to fight the snake, too, to get at Richmond's pistol, with which she was supposed to shoot the python.

In the serial

Republic Studios
, Richmond played not only the title character, but also his twin brother (a character not present in the comic book).

Richmond appeared in several

television series
until 1966, when he retired.

Personal life

Richmond was married in 1934 to actress

Corona Del Mar, California, at the time of his death at the age of 66. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.[5]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Wagner, Laura (Summer 2016). "Gentleman of Poverty Row". Films of the Golden Age (85): 20–40.
  2. ^ "3 All-Americans, 10 Other Grid Stars in Cast of 'Knute Rockne'". The Logan Daily News. Ohio, Logan. November 14, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved August 13, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^
    Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ISBN 0-399-50601-2
    . Pp. 972–973.
  5. ^ Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition.

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