Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

184

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-04-20

Deathday

1965-04-20 (52 years old)

Place of Birth

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Also Known As

Dick Wassel
Richard M. Wessel
Richard Wessel
Dick Wessell
Richard Wessell
Richard Michael Wessel

Dick Wessel

Biography

We don't have a biography for Dick Wessel.

Known For

7.7%

Strangers on a Train

Jun 27, 1951

7.5%

Rebel Without a Cause

Oct 27, 1955

7.3%

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Jul 14, 1953

8.4%

The Twilight Zone

Oct 2, 1959

7.7%

Harvey

Dec 4, 1950

7.0%

An American in Paris

Sep 26, 1951

6.7%

Around the World in Eighty Days

Oct 17, 1956

7.5%

Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959

7.6%

Scarlet Street

Dec 25, 1945

7.0%

On the Town

Dec 8, 1949

7.5%

The Roaring Twenties

Oct 28, 1939

7.4%

Fury

Jun 5, 1936

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Acting

1966

The Ugly Dachshund as Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

1964

Daniel Boone as Moses Hennepin

1963		Who's Minding the Store? as Traffic Cop
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Officer
1963		Petticoat Junction as Bink Sharfells
1963		The Fugitive as Charley Hendricks
1963		Grindl
1963		Arrest and Trial as Carnival Manager
1963		Wives and Lovers as Mr. Liberti

1961		Pocketful of Miracles as Governor of Florida (uncredited)
1961		Ben Casey
1961		Dr. Kildare as Sam Dlugash
1961		87th Precinct as Howard Pitt
1961		All in a Night's Work as Janitor (uncredited)

1959		The Twilight Zone as Charlie
1959		The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959		Riverboat as Carney Kohler
1959		Bonanza as Big Mike Campbell
1959		Rawhide as Barker
1959		Rawhide as Jed

1958		77 Sunset Strip as Police Officer (uncredited)
1958		77 Sunset Strip as Stan
1958		Man with a Camera
1958		Lawman as Jed Thomas
1958		Peter Gunn

1957		Tricky Chicks
1957		Zorro as Cpl. Delgado (uncredited)
1957		Trackdown
1957		Perry Mason as Transfer Man
1957		The Thin Man
1957		Wagon Train as Biff

1956		The Desperados Are in Town as Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
1956		Around the World in Eighty Days as Train Engineer (uncredited)
1956		Broken Arrow as Bartender
1956		Hey, Jeannie! as Trucker

1955		Rebel Without a Cause as Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
1955		Fury as Fred
1955		Frontier
1955		Navy Log
1955		Gunsmoke as Sol Durham
1955		G.I. Dood It as Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)
1955		Bowery to Bagdad as Henchman Gus
1955		Fling in the Ring as Chopper Kane

1954		December Bride
1954		December Bride as Steve Farrell
1954		Father Knows Best
1954		Studio 57 as Alvin T. 'Bear' Bristow
1954		Lassie as Fred Brockway
1954		The Lone Wolf as Bill Basey
1954		Public Defender as Sgt. Willis

1953		The Danny Thomas Show as Policeman
1953		Champ for a Day as 'Speedtrap' Calhoun
1953		Gentlemen Prefer Blondes as Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
1953		Let's Do It Again as Ajax Moving Man
1953		The Life Of Riley as Squarehead Malloy

1952		Blackbeard, the Pirate as Dutchman
1952		The Abbott and Costello Show as Larry
1952		The Abbott and Costello Show as Bill Hart
1952		The WAC from Walla Walla as Sgt. Malone
1952		The Ford Television Theatre as Tom O'Brien (as Richard Wessell)
1952		The Ford Television Theatre
1952		Young Man with Ideas as Eddie Tasling
1952		Rancho Notorious as Deputy (uncredited)
1952		Love Is Better Than Ever as Smittie

1951		Reunion in Reno as Taxi Driver
1951		Texas Carnival as Concessionaire #1
1951		The Red Skelton Show as CPO Delaney - USS Farragut
1951		The Red Skelton Show as Assistant (uncredited)
1951		An American in Paris as Ben Macrow (uncredited)
1951		Corky of Gasoline Alley as Pudge McKay
1951		Flying Leathernecks as Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
1951		Strangers on a Train as Bill (uncredited)
1951		The Texas Rangers as Arkansas (uncredited)
1951		Her First Romance as Night Watchman (uncredited)
1951		The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Willard Crane
1951		The Scarf as Sid, Drunk Cowboy
1951		Life with Buster Keaton
1951		Gasoline Alley as Pudge

1950		The Misadventures of Buster Keaton as Harry (uncredited)
1950		Watch the Birdie as Man Who Undresses (uncredited)
1950		Harvey as Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
1950		The Jack Benny Program as Man
1950		Father of the Bride as Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)
1950		The Jackie Robinson Story as Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
1950		Beware of Blondie as Mailman
1950		Blondie's Hero as Mailman (uncredited)
1950		Dizzy Yardbird as Sergeant Flint
1950		Punchy Cowpunchers as Sgt. Mullins
1950		Sands of Iwo Jima as Grenade Instructor (uncredited)

1949		On the Town as Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)
1949		Thieves' Highway as Cab Driver (uncredited)
1949		Blondie Hits the Jackpot as Mailman (uncredited)
1949		Slattery's Hurricane as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1949		Canadian Pacific as Bailey
1949		Tulsa as Joker (uncredited)
1949		The Green Promise as Mr. Clairborne

1948		Unknown Island as Sanderson, 1st Mate
1948		Billie Gets Her Man as Mr. McGonagle
1948		Hollow Triumph as Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)
1948		Pitfall as Desk Sergeant
1948		Flat Feat as Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson
1948		The Fuller Brush Man as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

1947		Radio Romeo
1947		High Wall as Jim Hale (uncredited)
1947		Wife to Spare
1947		Hectic Honeymoon as Duffy
1947		Merton of the Movies as Chick
1947		In Room 303
1947		Wife Tames Wolf as Male Character
1947		It Happened in Brooklyn as Policeman
1947		Fright Night as Chopper Kane
1947		California as Blacksmith (uncredited)
1947		Do or Diet as Old Boyfriend
1947		13 Rue Madeleine as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
1947		Blondie's Big Moment as Bus Driver (uncredited)

1946		Dick Tracy vs. Cueball as Harry 'Cueball' Lake
1946		Slappily Married as Eddie--Honey's Fiance
1946		So's Your Antenna
1946		Pardon My Terror as Luke
1946		Black Angel as Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
1946		In Old Sacramento as Oscar
1946		Young Widow as Cab Driver (Uncredited)
1946		Blonde Alibi as Detective (Uncredited)

1945

Scarlet Street as Detective (uncredited)

1943		Silver Spurs as Buck Walters
1943		Action in the North Atlantic as Cherub Joe (uncredited)
1943		False Faces as Detective Mallory
1943		Three Hearts for Julia as Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)
1943		King of the Cowboys as Hershel

1942		The Traitor Within as Henchman Otis
1942		Fall In as Army Barber
1942		Gentleman Jim as Referee (uncredited)
1942		X Marks the Spot as Dizzy
1942		Sunset Serenade as Antlers Bartender
1942		Friendly Enemies as Delivery man
1942		Romance on the Range as Jailer-Deputy
1942		About Face as Bartender Charlie
1942		Joe Smith, American as Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
1942		Brooklyn Orchid as Al

1941		Dangerously They Live as Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)
1941		Steel Against the Sky as Mike (uncredited)
1941		Red River Valley as Lumber Deliverer
1941		They Died with Their Boots On as Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
1941		Dangerous Lady as Officer Donahue
1941		Manpower as Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
1941		Desert Bandit as Henchman Hawk
1941		The Great Train Robbery as Gorman

1940		Flight Command as Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)
1940		The Border Legion as Oscar "Red" McGooney
1940		So You Won't Talk? as Dopey
1940		City for Conquest as Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)
1940		The Howards of Virginia as Backwoodsman
1940		Flowing Gold as Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
1940		They Drive by Night as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
1940		Brother Orchid as Buffalo Burns
1940		Castle on the Hudson as Convict Messenger (uncredited)
1940		Cafe Hostess as Henchman Willie

1939		The Roaring Twenties as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
1939		Hitler: Beast of Berlin as Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)
1939		Dust Be My Destiny as Customer (uncredited)
1939		They All Come Out as Moxie (uncredited)
1939		I Stole a Million as Cop #2 (uncredited)
1939		The Cowboy Quarterback as Football player
1939		Missing Daughters as Brick McGirk
1939		An Hour for Lunch as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
1939		Blackwell's Island as Convict (uncredited)
1939		They Made Me a Criminal as Collucci

1938		Hawk of the Wilderness as Dirk
1938		Submarine Patrol as Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
1938		The Crowd Roars as Fighter at Gym (uncredited)
1938		Racket Busters as Truck Driver (uncredited)
1938		Over the Wall as Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp

1937		Borrowing Trouble as Joe
1937		The Game That Kills as 'Leapfrog' Soule
1937		White Bondage as Beans Clerk
1937		Border Cafe as Jaillbird (uncredited)
1937		San Quentin as Trusty (uncredited)
1937		They Gave Him a Gun as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
1937		Round-Up Time in Texas as Henchman Craig Johnson

1936		Fury as Bodyguard (uncredited)
1936		Half Shot Shooters as Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)
1936		Small Town Girl as College Boy in Car (uncredited)
1936		The Adventures of Frank Merriwell as Joe

1935

In Spite of Danger as Monk Grady