Dick Wessel

Biography

Career Overview

Dick Wessel has 153 screen credits in a career dating back to 1935. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Blondie with 4 titles. Signature works include G.I. Dood It, Dizzy Yardbird, Wife to Spare. 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

153

Birth Date

1913-04-20 00:00:00

Birth Place

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Known For

• 

  G.I. Dood It
• 

  Dizzy Yardbird
• Wife to Spare
• Hectic Honeymoon
• Tricky Chicks
• Billie Gets Her Man

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

• Blondie (4 titles)
• The Bowery Boys Collection (1 titles)
• Dick Tracy Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Emil Sitka (4 collaborations)
• Joe Besser (2 collaborations)
• Nick Arno (2 collaborations)
• Jessie Arnold (2 collaborations)
• Jim Brown (2 collaborations)
• Brian O'Hara (2 collaborations)
• Bill Wallace (2 collaborations)
• Christine McIntyre (2 collaborations)
• Philip Van Zandt (1 collaborations)
• Johnny Kascier (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (153 credits)

  • The Ugly Dachshund

    Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1966
  • Daniel Boone

    - Four-Leaf Clover (1965) ... Moses Hennepin actor actors
    1964
  • Who's Minding the Store?

    Traffic Cop

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Wives and Lovers

    Mr. Liberti

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Petticoat Junction

    - Kate Bradley, Girl Volunteer (1965) ... Bink Sharfells actor actors
    1963
  • The Fugitive

    - Terror at High Point (1963) ... Charley Hendricks actor actors
    1963
  • Pocketful of Miracles

    Governor of Florida (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • All in a Night's Work

    Janitor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Dr. Kildare

    - No Mother To Giude Them (1965) ... Sam Dlugash actor actors
    1961
  • Ben Casey

    - When I am Grown to Man's Estate (1965) ... actor actors
    1961
  • The Gazebo

    Louis

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - Incident at Confidence Creek (1963) ... Jed actor actors

    - Judgment at Hondo Seco (1961) ... Barker actor actors
    1959
  • The Twilight Zone

    - A Kind of a Stopwatch (1963) ... Charlie actor actors
    1959
  • Bonanza

    - Cutthroat Junction (1961) ... Big Mike Campbell actor actors
    1959
  • Lawman

    - The Gang (1959) ... Jed Thomas actor actors

    - The Posse (1959) ... Jed Thomas actor actors
    1958
  • Tricky Chicks

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Wagon Train

    - The Captain Sam Story (1965) ... Biff actor actors
    1957
  • Perry Mason

    - The Case of the Lame Canary (1959) ... Transfer Man actor actors
    1957
  • Zorro

    - Zorro's Ride Into Terror (1957) ... Cpl. Delgado (uncredited) 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
  • Gunsmoke

    - Honey Pot (1965) ... Sol Durham actor actors
    1955
  • Lassie

    - Sale of Lassie (1954) ... Fred Brockway actor actors
    1954
  • 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
  • Life with Buster Keaton

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • Gasoline Alley

    Pudge

    actor

    actors
    1951
  • The Red Skelton Show

    - Cookie and Zsa Zsa Gabor (1955) ... CPO Delaney - USS Farragut actor actors

    - Hobo's Dilemma (1953) ... Assistant (uncredited) 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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