John J. Richardson

Biography

John J. Richardson (born Harold Jack Joseph Richardson) was an English-born actor in American films, his screen career spanning the years 1917 to 1941.

Career Overview

John J. Richardson has 109 screen credits in a career dating back to 1920. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Nancy Drew Collection with 3 titles. Signature works include What a Trip, Oh, What a Man!, Sign Them Papers. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

109

Birth Date

1888-11-01 00:00:00

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

• What a Trip
• 

  Oh, What a Man!
• 

  Sign Them Papers
• Daily Dozens
• 

  Fearless Harry
• 

  A Sweet Pickle

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

• Nancy Drew Collection (3 titles)
• Torchy Blane Collection (3 titles)
• Brass Bancroft Series (1 titles)
• Penrod (Billy Mauch) Collection (1 titles)
• Clue Club Collection (1 titles)
• Perry Mason (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Earl McCarthy (2 collaborations)
• Vernon Dent (1 collaborations)
• Larry Semon (1 collaborations)
• Gertrude Astor (1 collaborations)
• S.D. Wilcox (1 collaborations)
• Spencer Bell (1 collaborations)
• William Dennis (1 collaborations)
• Paul Dennis (1 collaborations)
• Erin La Rue (1 collaborations)
• Jack Cooper (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (109 credits)

  • The Golden Age of Comedy

    archive footage

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Manpower

    Midnight Club Waiter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Great Mr. Nobody

    Man Knocked Down By Dreamy

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Fugitive from Justice

    Photographer at Train Station (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • An Angel from Texas

    Stage Doorman

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • King of the Lumberjacks

    Lumberjack On Line for Cashier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Castle on the Hudson

    Prisoner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Calling Philo Vance

    4h Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • A Child is Born

    Intern Stopping Jed (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • British Intelligence

    Cockney Soldier

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Roaring Twenties

    Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    British Sniper

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Smashing the Money Ring

    Trial Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Espionage Agent

    Man in O'Grady Crowd

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Dust Be My Destiny

    Man Asking for a Match (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Angels Wash Their Faces

    Dish Vendor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

    Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Indianapolis Speedway

    Fan at Homecoming

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Cowboy Quarterback

    Nightclub Extra

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

    Extra Watching Fire

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Union Pacific

    Official (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Women in the Wind

    Airport Man Getting Hose Out (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Oklahoma Kid

    Would-Be Settler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Secret Service of the Air

    Alien - First Flight

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Yes, My Darling Daughter

    Husband Leaving Train

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Nancy Drew... Reporter

    Joe, Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Torchy Blane in Chinatown

    Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • They Made Me a Criminal

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • King of the Underworld

    Townsman Running (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Going Places

    Man at Track

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Dawn Patrol

    Mechanic

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Heart of the North

    Jack Richardson (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Girls on Probation

    Escaping Convict

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Garden of the Moon

    Jones - Waiter Who is Fired (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Penrod's Double Trouble

    Man Warning Matt That the Balloon Was Up (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Over the Wall

    Ring Attendant

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • He Couldn't Say No

    $45 Bidder

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Daredevil Drivers

    Chick Morgan's Mechanic (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Invisible Menace

    Pvt. Nelson - Hackett's Orderly

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Patient in Room 18

    Cabbie (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • She Loved a Fireman

    Waiter at Dance

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Missing Witnesses

    Trustee-Window Washer-Spy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Love Is on the Air

    Joe - First 7-11 Club Waiter

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Talent Scout

    Studio Worker Extra (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Public Wedding

    Cameraman

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

    Second Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Kid Galahad

    Ringsider - 4th Fight (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Draegerman Courage

    Jack - Pete's Co-Worker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Melody for Two

    Green Hill Patron

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Call It a Day

    Grocery Store Owner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Marked Woman

    Man in Line-Up (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Smart Blonde

    Bert Richards (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Jailbreak

    Convict Under Inspection

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Earthworm Tractors

    Accident Spectator

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Satan Met a Lady

    Second Photographer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The White Angel

    Cook Reporting to Jones (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Romance in the Air

    Second Stooge

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sons o' Guns

    Gate Guard

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • I Married a Doctor

    Party Guest

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Road Gang

    Smokey - Safecracking Convict (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Walking Dead

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

    Second Reporter

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Page Miss Glory

    Photographer (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Don't Bet on Blondes

    Elevator Operator (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Stranded

    First Taxi Driver (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Dinky

    Prison Visitor

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Go Into Your Dance

    Cabbie

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • While the Patient Slept

    Reporter (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Right to Live

    John - Chauffeur

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Maybe It's Love

    Silent Diner (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Maids a la Mode

    Dignitary (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Movie Crazy

    Drunk (Uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Candid Camera

    Mustachioed Diner / Movie Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • In Conference

    Doctor in Horowitz Office

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Temptation

    Manager of Shipping Department

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Bulls and Bears

    Whistling Man at Fountain

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • It's a Great Life

    Italian vegetable cart vendor

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • What a Trip

    actor

    actors
    1929
  • Oh, What a Man!

    The Bandit's Pal

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Melting Millions

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • Sign Them Papers

    Relentless Rudolph

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Trouble Chaser

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Daily Dozens

    Otto B. Shott

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Fearless Harry

    Relentless Rudolph

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • Thrilling Youth

    Bryson's Secretary

    actor

    actors
    1926
  • A Sweet Pickle

    Bertie Ward

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Iron Nag

    Eric Legree

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Sneezing Beezers

    Yellow Michael

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

    T. Potter Doam

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Lion's Whiskers

    Brigham Smith

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Water Wagons

    Captain Dangerfield

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Cannon Ball Express

    Rollin Stock - Rival Promoter

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Galloping Bungalows

    Howson Lotts - the Villain

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Lizzies of the Field

    Ben Davis

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Wall Street Blues

    Carl Kopeck - the Loan Shark

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Yukon Jake

    The Peruna Kid (as Jack Richardson)

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Black Oxfords

    Charlie Greenback

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Beau Brummel

    Poodles Byng

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Ten Dollars or Ten Days

    The Proprietor

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Dare-Devil

    The Leading Man

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • The Ten Commandments

    Israelite Slave (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • When Summer Comes

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Three Must-Get-Theres

    Walrus

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Bright Eyes

    The Fortune Hunter (as Jack Richardson)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Hard Knocks and Love Taps

    The Cider Server (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Call a Cop

    The Daughter's Fickle Fiance

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • Merely a Maid

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • J-U-N-K

    Count de Silver

    actor

    actors
    1920