Richard T. Rush (August 16, 1882 - March 11, 1956) was an Australian-born American character actor of the silent and

sound film A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, bu ...

eras. During his 28-year career, he would appear in between 160 and 300 films (depending on the source). The large majority of his parts were smaller roles, although he would occasionally be cast in a smaller featured role. His first part was in the silent 1920 film, ''Three Gold Coins'', starring

Tom Mix Thomas Edwin Mix (born Thomas Hezikiah Mix; January 6, 1880 – October 12, 1940) was an American film actor and the star of many early Western (genre), Western films between 1909 and 1935. He appeared in 291 films, all but nine of which were s ...

. His final appearance would be in 1948's '' Devil's Cargo'', part of " The Falcon" film series.

Selected filmography

* '' 3 Gold Coins'' (1920) * '' The Village Sleuth'' (1920) * '' Perils of the Rail'' (1925) * '' The Benson Murder Case'' (1930) * '' What Price Hollywood?'' (1932) * ''

Forbidden Trail ''Forbidden Trail'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Pre-Code Hollywood was an era in the Cinema of the United States, American film industry that occurred between the widespread adoption of sound in film in the late 1920s and the enforcement o ...

'' (1932) * '' Alimony Madness'' (1933) * '' The Last Round-Up'' (1934) * '' Men of the Night'' (1934) * '' Beyond the Law'' (1934) * '' The Whole Town's Talking'' (1935) * '' Trails End'' (1935) * ''

After the Thin Man ''After the Thin Man'' is a 1936 American murder mystery comedy film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring William Powell, Myrna Loy and James Stewart. A sequel to the 1934 feature ''The Thin Man (film), The Thin Man'', the film presents Powel ...

'' (1936) * '' Million Dollar Haul'' (1935)

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* American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors American male film actors 1882 births 1956 deaths Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub