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Richard Lupino (29 October 1929 – 9 February 2005 ) was an American film, stage and television actor, of British parentage, part of the theatrical Lupino family. He was born in
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to British actor
Wallace Lupino Wallace Lupino (23 January 1898 – 11 October 1961) was a British-born stage and film actor who was a member of the Lupino family. He appeared in 63 films between 1918 and 1945, most often with his older brother, Lupino Lane. He was born i ...
and his wife Rose. He worked as a medic in Korea with the rank of corporal. /sup> He trained at the
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in
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, where he graduated on July 1, 1945. He was married to Pandora Bronson Lupino. He appeared in a handful of films between 1940 and 1973, making his debut at the age of ten as
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in the
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of the same name (1940). He was also active on the stage, in regional theater, on
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, in London, in Sydney, Australia, and appeared frequently on US television from the 1950s to the 1970s. From 1972 to 1977, he played Earl Goodman, in the controversial Australian TV serial Number 96. He was a founding member of the Charles Laughton Shakespeare Group. /sup> In 2002, his play, ''The Evening Shift'', was performed off-off-Broadway, and was later optioned for film. /sup> He wrote several television scripts with his cousin, the actress and director
Ida Lupino Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was a British actress, director, writer, and producer. Throughout her 48-y ...
.


Death

He died of complications from
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in 2005, aged 75. /sup>


Filmography


See also

* Lupino family


References


External links

* * * 1929 births 2005 deaths American male film actors American male television actors Deaths from lymphoma in New York (state) Deaths from non-Hodgkin lymphoma American people of British descent Male actors from Greater Los Angeles Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 20th-century American male actors {{US-screen-actor-1920s-stub