Occupation Film directorActor Name Richard Rosson Spouse Vera Sisson (m. ?–1953) | Years active 1911–1943 Role Film director | |
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Born April 4, 1893 ( 1893-04-04 ) New York City, New York, United States Died May 31, 1953, Pacific Palisades, California, United States Parents Hellen Rochefort, Arthur Richard Rosson Siblings Arthur Rosson, Harold Rosson, Helene Rosson, Queenie Rosson, Gladys Rosson Movies Scarface, Corvette K‑225, Today We Live, Rolled Stockings, Fine Manners Similar People Osgood Perkins, Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Arthur Rosson, Karen Morley | ||
Richard Rosson (April 4, 1893 – May 31, 1953) was an American film director and actor. As an actor, he was known for the nearly 100 films he was in during the silent era. As a director, he was a co-director of the 1932 film Scarface.
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Career
Rosson's first directorial effort was the 1926 American black and white silent comedy film Fine Manners, initially directed by Lewis Milestone for Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Pictures. After an argument with actress Gloria Swanson, Milestone walked off the set, leaving the film to be completed by Rosson, who had picked up directorial tricks while working as an assistant director to Allan Dwan. The success of the film, being Rosson's first directorial effort since he co-directed Her Father's Keeper in 1917 with his brother Arthur Rosson, won him a long-term contract with Famous Players-Lasky.
Personal life
Rosson was the younger brother of director Arthur Rosson, his younger sister Helene became a movie actress, and his younger brother Harold became a well known director of photography who won the first Academy Award for color cinematography. He died from suicide from carbon monoxide poisoning at his home in Pacific Palisades, California at the age of 60. He was married to silent film actress and model, Vera Sisson. On May 1, 1939, Rosson was arrested on a charge of espionage in Vienna, Austria, with his wife and two other British nationals, by the Gestapo, allegedly for filming military hardware. They were held in solitary confinement for 34 days and released.
Selected actor filmography
Filmography
Actor
1922
Always the Woman as
Mahmud
1921
The Love Charm as
Harry Morgan (as Dick Rosson)
1921
Her Face Value as
Eddie Malone (as Dick Rosson)
1921
Beating the Game as
Ben Fanchette (as Dick Rosson)
1921
For Those We Love as
Jimmy Arnold
1920
Polly of the Storm Country
1919
Chasing Rainbows as
Skinny
1919
Playthings of Passion as
Spiffy (as Dick Rosson)
1919
The Poor Boob as
Jimmy Borden
1919
Peggy Does Her Darndest as
Bob Ensloe
1919
The Secret Garden as
Colin Craven (as Dick Rosson)
1918
The Ghost Flower as
Paola
1918
Alias Mary Brown as
Weasel (as Dick Rosson)
1918
A Good Loser as
Jack Monroe (as Dick Rosson)
1918
Madame Sphinx as
Dessin (as Dick Rosson)
1918
High Stakes as
Jimmy (as Dick Rosson)
1918
Mr. Miller's Economies (Short)(as Dick Rosson)
1918
The Shoes That Danced as
Stumpy Darcy
1917
A Case at Law as
Jimmy Baggs (as Dick Rosson)
1917
Cassidy as
Cassidy (as Dick Rosson)
1917
The Haunted House as
Jimmy (as Dick Rosson)
1917
Panthea as
Pablo Centeno (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Seventeen as
Johnny Watson
1916
That Sharp Note (Short)
1916
Billy Van Deusen, Cave Man (Short) as
The Chauffeur (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Dare-Devils and Danger (Short) as
Michelevski - the Government Agent (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Gamblers in Greenbacks (Short) as
Slim (as Dick Rosson)
1916
In the Land of the Tortilla (Short) as
Tortura
1916
Billy Van Deusen's Masquerade (Short) as
Dick (as Dick Rosson)
1916
The House on Hokum Hill (Short) as
The Valet / The Henchman
1916
Billy Van Deusen's Egg-Spensive Adventure (Short) as
Tim - Nonette's Brother (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Billy Van Deusen's Operation (Short) as
The Sick Friend
1916
The Comet's Come-Back (Short) as
Hee E. Tate (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Adjusting His Claim (Short) as
Dick Rosson (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Skelly's Skeleton (Short) as
Skelly's Skeleton (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Bugs and Bugles (Short) as
The Grocer Boy (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Number Please? (Short) as
Fieble - Kremly's Clerk
1916
Billy Van Deusen's Muddle (Short) as
Walt - Grace's Husband (as Dick Rosson)
1916
A Trunk an' Trouble (Short) as
Bob
1916
Cupid at Cohen's (Short) as
Clerk to Abe (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Plotters and Papers (Short) as
The Detective
1916
Dad's College Widow (Short) as
Nathaniel Pettibone Jr. (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Johnny's Jumbles (Short) as
The Matrimonial Agent (as Dick Rosson)
1916
The Battle of Cupidovitch (Short) as
Dick Tucker
1916
Ella Wanted to Elope (Short) as
Dick
1916
Won by One (Short) as
Louie (as Dick Rosson)
1916
Mischief and a Mirror (Short) as
Tom (as Dick Rosson)
1915
Nobody's Home (Short) as
The Real Estate Agent (as Dick Rosson)
1915
An Auto-Bungalow Fracas (Short) as
Sellem - Speedo Car Agent (as Dick Rosson)
1915
Deserted at the Auto (Short) as
Fred
1915
Aided by the Movies (Short) as
Dick (as Dick Rosson)
1915
A Disciple of Nietzsche (Short)(as Dick Rosson, unconfirmed)
1915
Cats, Cash and a Cook Book (Short) as
Second Story Sam (as Dick Rosson)
1915
Plot and Counterplot (Short) as
Bob Frazer (as Dick Rosson)
1915
My Best Girl as
Billy Lane (as Dick Rosson)
1915
The Pretty Sister of Jose as
Manuel - the Serenader (as Dick Rosson)
1915
A Small Town Girl (Short) as
Dick - the Hotel Clerk
1914
Her Escape (Short) as
Dope Fiend
1914
The Big Sister's Christmas (Short) as
Bob
1914
A Peach at the Beach (Short) as
Billy the Dip - a Pickpocket (as Dick Rosson)
1914
Ham, the Piano Mover (Short) as
Bert Chasem - a Flirt (as Dick Rosson)
1914
The Hoosier Schoolmaster (as Dick Rosson)
1914
The Magic Cloak of Oz (Short) as
Mary's Father (uncredited)
1914
Richelieu as
François (as Dick Rosson)
1914
Sherlock Bonehead (Short) as
Bert Smith - Secret Service Agent (as Dick Rosson)
1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz as
Danx, a Noble Munchkin (as Dick Rosson)
1914
By the Sun's Rays (Short) as
The Bandit (as Dick Rosson)
1914
The Old Cobbler (Short) as
Dick - the Cobbler's Son
1914
The Career of Waterloo Peterson (Short)
1914
The Embezzler (Short) as
The Penman
1914
A Murderous Elopement (Short)
1914
The Rival Dentists (Short) as
Jed (as Dick Rosson)
1914
An Academy Romance (Short) as
Dick
1914
The Deuce and Two Pair (Short)
1914
Just Mother (Short)
1914
The Lie (Short) as
Fortunate Youth
1913
The Influence of Sympathy (Short) as
The Orphan
1913
The Passerby (Short) as
Joe
1913
Criminals (Short) as
Wainwright Follower
1913
A Heart of the Forest (Short) as
Little Eagle
1913
How Fatty Made Good (Short) as
Zeb
1912
Sue Simpkins' Ambition (Short) as
Office Boy
1912
O'Hara, Squatter and Philosopher (Short) as
Tom O'Grady
1912
The Model for St. John (Short)
1912
Bettina's Substitute; or, There's No Fool Like an Old Fool (Short) as
Bettina's Substitute
1912
She Cried (Short)
1912
Diamond Cut Diamond (Short)
1911
The Husking Bee (Short)(as Dick Rosson)
1911
Selecting His Heiress (Short)(as Dick Rosson)
Director
1943
Corvette K-225
1942
Apache Trail (uncredited)
1941
The Getaway (uncredited)
1937
Hideaway
1937
Behind the Headlines
1936
Come and Get It (logging sequences)
1936
West Point of the South (Documentary short)
1935
West Point of the Air
1933
Today We Live (co-director)
1932
Scarface (co-director)
1929
The Very Idea
1928
Road House
1928
The Escape
1928
Dead Man's Curve
1927
The Wizard
1927
Shootin' Irons
1927
Rolled Stockings
1927
Ritzy
1927
Blonde or Brunette
1926
Fine Manners
1917
Her Father's Keeper (as Dick Rosson)
Assistant Director
1953
White Witch Doctor (second unit director - uncredited)
1949
Outpost in Morocco (second unit director - uncredited)
1948
Joan of Arc (second unit director - uncredited)
1947
The Sea of Grass (second unit director - uncredited)
1940
Flight Command (second unit director - uncredited)
1940
The Mortal Storm (second unit director - uncredited)
1939
Only Angels Have Wings (second unit director - uncredited)
1939
Stand Up and Fight (second unit director - uncredited)
1938
The Great Waltz (second unit director - uncredited)
1938
Too Hot to Handle (second unit director - uncredited)
1934
Viva Villa! (second unit director - uncredited)
1932
Payment Deferred (assistant director - uncredited)
1932
Tiger Shark (assistant director)
1932
The Crowd Roars (assistant director - uncredited)
1931
Ten Cents a Dance (assistant director)
1921
For Those We Love (assistant director - uncredited)
1921
Prisoners of Love (assistant director)
1917
American - That's All (assistant director - as Dick Rosson)
1917
The Man Who Made Good (assistant director - as Dick Rosson)
Writer
1914
The End of the Feud (Short)
Camera Department
1945
Keep Your Powder Dry (director of photography: second unit - uncredited)
Miscellaneous
1929
The Very Idea (dialogue director)
References
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