# Richard Neill > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Neill > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Richard_Neill.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neill > Source revision: 1354432230 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actor}} {{for|those of a similar name|Richard Neal (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Richard Neill | image = American Actor Richard R, Neill.jpeg | caption = ''Motion Picture News'', 1916 | birth_name = Richard Renchaw Neill, Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1875|11|12}} | birth_place = [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia), [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania), United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|4|8|1875|11|12}} | death_place = [Woodland Hills, Los Angeles](/source/Woodland_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles), United States | years_active = 1910–1961 | occupation = Actor, [screenwriter](/source/screenwriter)[https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew14moti_3#page/32/mode/2up "NEILL, Richard R."], featured in "Motion Picture Studio Directory" supplement in ''Motion Picture News'' (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 196. [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive), San Francisco. Retrieved August 31, 2020. | spouse = Grace Jerome Williams
(m. 1915-1970; his death)"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", Richard Renchaw Neill to Grace Jerome Williams, November 12, 1915, Bronx, New York City. New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,940,961. }} '''Richard Renchaw Neill Jr.''' (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the [silent](/source/silent_film) and sound eras.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Richard+Neill%22+silent+film&pg=PA276|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|access-date=March 28, 2019|via=Google Books}} He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his long screen career, he wrote "several [scenarios](/source/Screenplay)" for productions. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died in the [Woodland Hills](/source/Woodland_Hills%2C_Los_Angeles) neighborhood of Los Angeles. [[File:Somewhere in Sonora lobby card.jpg|thumb|right|[Lobby card](/source/Lobby_card) showing Neill (right) in ''Somewhere in Sonora'' (1923)]] ==Partial filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''[The Lighthouse by the Sea](/source/The_Lighthouse_by_the_Sea_(1911_film))'' (1911, Short) - The Lighthouse Keeper's Son * ''[The Charge of the Light Brigade](/source/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(1912_film))'' (1912) * ''[The Substitute Stenographer](/source/The_Substitute_Stenographer)'' (1913, Short) * ''[Dolly of the Dailies](/source/Dolly_of_the_Dailies)'' (1914, Serial) - High Officer of the Secret Society [Ch. 5] * ''Fantasma'' (1914) - The Princess' Father * ''Colonel Carter of Cartersville'' (1915) - Robert Gill * ''The Broken Law'' (1915) - Gaspar * ''The Labyrinth'' (1915) - Rev. Herbert Fenton * ''The Man Who Found Himself'' (1915) - Himself, Cameo Appearance (uncredited) * ''[The Fool's Revenge](/source/The_Fool's_Revenge)'' (1916) - Randall * ''[A Modern Thelma](/source/A_Modern_Thelma)'' (1916) * ''God's Half Acre'' (1916) - Perry Westley * ''[A Wall Street Tragedy](/source/A_Wall_Street_Tragedy)'' (1916) - Ranson * ''[The Ragged Princess](/source/The_Ragged_Princess)'' (1916) - Thomas Deigan * ''The Battle of Life'' (1916) - O'Leary * ''[A Child of the Wild](/source/A_Child_of_the_Wild)'' (1917) * ''[Love's Law](/source/Love's_Law)'' (1917) * ''[The Co-Respondent](/source/The_Co-Respondent)'' (1917) * ''[The Woman in White](/source/The_Woman_in_White_(1917_film))'' (1917) * ''[Her Second Husband](/source/Her_Second_Husband)'' (1917) * ''[The Road to France](/source/The_Road_to_France)'' (1918) * ''[His Wife's Friend](/source/His_Wife's_Friend)'' (1919) * ''[The Plunger](/source/The_Plunger)'' (1920) * ''[Go Get 'Em Hutch](/source/Go_Get_'Em_Hutch)'' (1922) * ''[A Clouded Name](/source/A_Clouded_Name)'' (1923) * ''[Sinner or Saint](/source/Sinner_or_Saint_(film))'' (1923) * ''[Heritage of the Desert](/source/Heritage_of_the_Desert_(1924_film))'' (1924) * ''[The Fighting Coward](/source/The_Fighting_Coward_(1924_film))'' (1924) * ''[Wanderer of the Wasteland](/source/Wanderer_of_the_Wasteland_(1924_film))'' (1924) * ''[Percy](/source/Percy_(1925_film))'' (1925) * ''[Tumbleweeds](/source/Tumbleweeds_(1925_film))'' (1925) * ''[Born to the West](/source/Born_to_the_West_(1926_film))'' (1926) * ''[Satan Town](/source/Satan_Town)'' (1926) * ''[The Trunk Mystery](/source/The_Trunk_Mystery_(1926_film))'' (1926) * ''[Galloping Thunder](/source/Galloping_Thunder_(1927_film))'' (1927) * ''[The Fightin' Comeback](/source/The_Fightin'_Comeback)'' (1927) * ''[The Desert of the Lost](/source/The_Desert_of_the_Lost)'' (1927) * ''[Bulldog Pluck](/source/Bulldog_Pluck)'' (1927) * ''[Somewhere in Sonora](/source/Somewhere_in_Sonora_(1927_film))'' (1927) * ''[The Man Without a Face](/source/The_Man_Without_a_Face_(1928_serial))'' (1928) * ''[Beyond the Sierras](/source/Beyond_the_Sierras)'' (1928) * ''[The Law's Lash](/source/The_Law's_Lash)'' (1928) * ''[The Bushranger](/source/The_Bushranger_(1928_film))'' (1928) * ''[The King of the Kongo](/source/The_King_of_the_Kongo)'' (1929) * ''[Where East is East](/source/Where_East_is_East)'' (1929) * ''[The Last Frontier](/source/The_Last_Frontier_(serial))'' (1932) * ''[Jiggs and Maggie in Court](/source/Jiggs_and_Maggie_in_Court)'' (1948) {{Div col end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category|Richard Neill}} *{{IMDb name|0624752}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Neill, Richard}} Category:1875 births Category:1970 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male silent film actors Category:20th-century American male actors Category:Male actors from Philadelphia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Richard Neill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neill) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Neill?action=history)). 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