Name Richard Lupino Role Film actor | ||
Born 29 October 1929 ( 1929-10-29 ) Hollywood, California United States Other names Richard LaneDicky Lupino Died February 9, 2005, New York, United States Spouse Pandora Bronson (m. ?–2005) Parents Wallace Lupino, Rose Winona Jones Movies Rhapsody, Avengers of the Reef, The Marauders, Just William Similar People Lupino Lane, Charles Vidor, Anthony Mann, Graham Cutts | ||
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, led to prominence by Lupino Lane.
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He was born in Hollywood to British actor Wallace Lupino and his wife Rose. He worked as a medic in Korea with the rank of corporal. [6] He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, 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 Just William in the film of the same name (1940). He was also active on the stage, in regional theater, on Broadway, in London, in Sydney, Australia, and appeared frequently on US television from the 1950s to the 1970s.
He was a founding member of the Charles Laughton Shakespeare Group. [6] In 2002, his play, "The Evening Shift,” was performed off-off-Broadway, and was later optioned for film. [6] He wrote several television scripts with his cousin, the actress and director Ida Lupino.
Death
He died of complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital in 2005, aged 75. [6]