Dick Dickinson (September 16, 1895 – July 27, 1956) was an American stunt performer and actor. He appeared in more than 90 films between 1920 and 1954. Approximately three months before his death, an article in ''The Pittsburgh Press'' dubbed Dickinson the "permanent

stand-in A stand-in, sometimes a lighting double, for film and television is a person who substitutes for the actor before filming, for technical purposes such as lighting and camera setup. Stand-ins are helpful in the initial processes of film and tele ...

" for actor

Walter Brennan Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''Come and Get It (1936 film), Come and Get It'' (1936), ''Kentucky (film), Kentucky'' (19 ...

, a position he had occupied since the early 1930s. Interviewed after his death, Brennan also credited Dickinson with considerable expertise on the subjects of lighting and blocking, especially as regards not being upstaged by fellow performers."Stand-In Films' Forgotten Man, Brennan Declares; Teacher of Screen Techniques
''The Los Angeles Times TV Times''. November 29, 1959. p. 25. Retrieved July 22, 2024.

Selected filmography

* '' Molly O'' (1921), stunts * '' The Phantom of the West'' (1931) * '' The Galloping Ghost'' (1931) * ''

The Lightning Warrior ''The Lightning Warrior'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot movie serial starring Rin Tin Tin in his last role. It is regarded as one of the better Mascot serials. A number of the production's outdoor action sequences were filmed on the rocky ...

'' (1931) * '' The Fighting Marshal'' (1931) * ''

The Fighting Fool ''The Fighting Fool'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western (genre), Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and released by Columbia Pictures starring Tim McCoy, Marceline Day, and William V. Mong. Plot Sheriff Collins pursues a villain who e ...

'' (1932) * '' Hidden Valley'' (1932) * '' Vanishing Men'' (1932) * '' Texas Cyclone'' (1932) * '' Law of the West'' (1932) * '' High Speed'' (1932) * '' Texas Buddies'' (1932) * ''

Galloping Romeo ''Galloping Romeo'' is a 1933 American pre-Code Western film released by Monogram Pictures, written and directed by Robert N. Bradbury, and starring Bob Steele. Plot Cast * Bob Steele as Bob Rivers * Doris Hill as Mary Kent *George "Gabby" ...

'' (1933) * '' West of the Divide'' (1934) * '' Big Calibre'' (1935) * ''

Prairie Justice ''Prairie Justice'' is a 1938 American Western "B" movie directed by George Waggner and starring Bob Baker as a singing cowboy. Plot Baker plays an undercover marshall investigating a series of stage coach robberies. After his father is kille ...

'' (1938) * '' Lightning Strikes West'' (1940) * '' American Empire'' (1942) * '' House of Frankenstein'' (1944) * '' The Lost Trail'' (1945)

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* 1895 births 1956 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male film actors American stunt performers Male Western (genre) film actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub