Dick Wessel

Biography

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

142

Birth Date

1913-04-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

• 

  G.I. Dood It
• 

  Dizzy Yardbird
• Hectic Honeymoon
• 

  Flat Feat
• Wife to Spare
• 

  So's Your Antenna

Credits

• actors (142 credits)

  • The Ugly Dachshund

    Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Who's Minding the Store?

    Traffic Cop

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Wives and Lovers

    Mr. Liberti

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Pocketful of Miracles

    Governor of Florida (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • All in a Night's Work

    Janitor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Gazebo

    Louis

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Tricky Chicks

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • The Desperados Are in Town

    Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Around the World in 80 Days

    Train Engineer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Planetarium Guide (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • G.I. Dood It

    Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Bowery to Bagdad

    Henchman Gus

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Fling in the Ring

    Chopper Kane

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Champ for a Day

    'Speedtrap' Calhoun

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

    Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Let's Do It Again

    Ajax Moving Man

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Blackbeard, the Pirate

    Dutchman

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • The WAC from Walla Walla

    Sgt. Malone

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Young Man with Ideas

    Eddie Tasling

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Rancho Notorious

    Deputy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Heebie Gee-Gees

    Big Dan

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Love Is Better Than Ever

    Smittie

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • Reunion in Reno

    Taxi Driver

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Texas Carnival

    Concessionaire

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • An American in Paris

    Ben Macrow (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Corky of Gasoline Alley

    Pudge McKay

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Flying Leathernecks

    Mess Sergeant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Strangers on a Train

    Bill (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Texas Rangers

    Arkansas (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Her First Romance

    Night Watchman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Scarf

    Sid, Drunk Cowboy

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • M

    Policeman Ticketing Jaywalker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Life with Buster Keaton

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Gasoline Alley

    Pudge

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

    Harry (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Watch the Birdie

    Man Who Undresses

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Harvey

    Mr. Cracker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Father of the Bride

    Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Jackie Robinson Story

    Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Beware of Blondie

    Mailman

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Blondie's Hero

    Mailman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Dizzy Yardbird

    Sergeant Flint

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Punchy Cowpunchers

    Sgt. Mullins

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Sands of Iwo Jima

    Grenade Instructor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • On the Town

    Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Thieves' Highway

    Cab Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Blondie Hits the Jackpot

    Mailman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Slattery's Hurricane

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Canadian Pacific

    Bailey

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Tulsa

    Joker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Green Promise

    Mr. Clairborne

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Unknown Island

    Sanderson, 1st Mate

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Billie Gets Her Man

    Mr. McGonagle

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Hollow Triumph

    Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Pitfall

    Desk Sergeant

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Flat Feat

    Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Fuller Brush Man

    Police Sergeant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Radio Romeo

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • High Wall

    Jim Hale (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Wife to Spare

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Hectic Honeymoon

    Duffy

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Merton of the Movies

    Chick

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • In Room 303

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Wife Tames Wolf

    Male Character

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • It Happened in Brooklyn

    Policeman

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Fright Night

    Chopper Kane

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • California

    Blacksmith (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Do or Diet

    Old Boyfriend

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • 13 Rue Madeleine

    Gestapo Officer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Blondie's Big Moment

    Bus Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

    Harry 'Cueball' Lake

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Slappily Married

    Eddie--Honey's Fiance

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • So's Your Antenna

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Pardon My Terror

    Luke

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Black Angel

    Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • In Old Sacramento

    Oscar

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Blonde Alibi

    Detective (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Young Widow

    Cab Driver (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Scarlet Street

    Detective (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Silver Spurs

    Buck Walters

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Yanks Ahoy

    Ship Cargo Seaman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Action in the North Atlantic

    Cherub Joe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • False Faces

    Detective Mallory

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Three Hearts for Julia

    Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • King of the Cowboys

    Hershel

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Traitor Within

    Henchman Otis

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Fall In

    Army Barber

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Gentleman Jim

    Referee (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • X Marks the Spot

    Dizzy

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Sunset Serenade

    Antlers Bartender

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Friendly Enemies

    Delivery man

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Romance on the Range

    Jailer-Deputy

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • About Face

    Bartender Charlie

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Joe Smith, American

    Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Brooklyn Orchid

    Al

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Dangerously They Live

    Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Steel Against the Sky

    Mike (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Red River Valley

    Lumber Deliverer

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • They Died with Their Boots On

    Sgt. Brown (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Dangerous Lady

    Officer Donahue

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Manpower

    Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Desert Bandit

    Henchman Hawk

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Great Train Robbery

    Gorman

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Strawberry Blonde

    Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Flight Command

    Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Border Legion

    Oscar "Red" McGooney

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • So You Won't Talk?

    Dopey

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • City for Conquest

    Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Howards of Virginia

    Backwoodsman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Flowing Gold

    Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • They Drive by Night

    Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Brother Orchid

    Buffalo Burns

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Castle on the Hudson

    Convict Messenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Cafe Hostess

    Henchman Willie

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Roaring Twenties

    Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Hitler: Beast of Berlin

    Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Customer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They All Come Out

    Moxie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • I Stole a Million

    Cop #2 (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Cowboy Quarterback

    Football player

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Missing Daughters

    Brick McGirk

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • An Hour for Lunch

    Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Blackwell's Island

    Convict (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Collucci

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Hawk of the Wilderness

    Dirk

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Submarine Patrol

    Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Crowd Roars

    Fighter at Gym (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Racket Busters

    Truck Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Over the Wall

    Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • A Slight Case of Murder

    Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Borrowing Trouble

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Game That Kills

    'Leapfrog' Soule

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • White Bondage

    Beans Clerk

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Border Cafe

    Jaillbird (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • San Quentin

    Trusty (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • They Gave Him a Gun

    German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Round-Up Time in Texas

    Henchman Craig Johnson

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Fury

    Bodyguard (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Half Shot Shooters

    Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Small Town Girl

    College Boy in Car (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

    Joe

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • In Spite of Danger

    Monk Grady

    actor

    actors
    1935