Kalla Pasha

{{short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Kalla Pasha | image = KALLA PASHA Signed Photo.jpg | caption = Inscribed Photo to Co-Star | birth_name = {{nowrap|Joseph T. Rickard }} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|3|5}} | birth_place = Detroit, Michigan, US | death_date = {{Death date and age |1933|6|10|1879|3|5}} | death_place = Talmage, California, US | occupation = Wrestler, vaudevillian, screen actor | years_active = 1919–1931 }}

'''Kalla Pasha''' (born as '''Joseph T. Rickard'''; March 5, 1879 – June 10, 1933) was an American professional wrestler, vaudeville comedian, and film actor active during the silent era.

==Biography== Kalla Pasha was the stage name of Joseph T. Rickard, a native of Detroit.<ref>US Passport Application (Joseph T. Rickard ) January 14, 1915</ref> He was the professional wrestler Hamid Kalla Pasha, whom the press called "The Crazy Turk"<ref>''The Daily Review'', (Decatur, Illinois) December 18, 1909 | Page 3</ref> before performing on vaudeville and appearing in 74 films between 1919 and 1931. Rickard's success with Mack Sennett enabled him to be a free-spender, claiming later he would often go about town with a 150 thousand dollars strapped around his waist.<ref name="Standard-Examiner_April_3_1932">''Ogden Standard-Examiner'' (Ogden, Utah ) April 3, 1932 | Page 6</ref>

The money did not last though, and not long afterward he was arrested for striking a man over the head with a milk bottle during a dust-up involving five cents. As a result, Rickard was sent to Mendocino State Hospital for psychiatric care, where he would die a little over a year later from heart disease.<ref>''Redwood Journal'' (Ukiah, California) May 27, 1932 | Page 1</ref><ref name="Standard-Examiner_April_3_1932" /><ref>''Washington Post'', June 11, 1933</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Balducci|first=Anthony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pSa-fqnL7iIC|title=The Funny Parts: A History of Film Comedy Routines and Gags|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-8893-3|pages=264|language=en}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''The Wicked Darling'' (1919) * ''Love, Honor and Behave'' (1920) * ''Down on the Farm'' (1920) * ''Married Life'' (1920) * ''A Small Town Idol'' (1921) * ''The Dictator'' (1922) * ''Ruggles of Red Gap'' (1923) * ''Thirty Days'' (1922) * ''Breaking Into Society'' (1923) * ''A Million to Burn'' (1923) * ''The Cat's Meow'' (1924) * ''His Supreme Moment'' (1925) * ''Heads Up'' (1925) * ''Silken Shackles'' (1926) * ''Don Juan's Three Nights'' (1926) * ''When a Man Loves'' (1927) * ''The Devil Dancer'' (1927) * ''The Dove'' (1927) * ''Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1928) * ''West of Zanzibar'' (1928) * ''Seven Footprints to Satan'' (1929) * ''The Show of Shows'' (1929) * ''I Surrender Dear'' (1931) * ''One More Chance'' (1931) {{Div col end}}

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==External links== {{Commons category|Kalla Pasha}} *{{IMDb name|0664527}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pasha, Kalla}} Category:1879 births Category:1933 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male silent film actors Category:Male actors from Detroit Category:20th-century American male actors