Dick Dickinson

Dick Dickinson
Dick Dickinson
Born	September 16, 1895
Died	July 27, 1956 (aged 60)
Occupation(s)	Stunt performer, actor
Years active	1920–1954

Dick Dickinson (September 16, 1895 – July 27, 1956) was an American stunt performer and actor.^[1]^[2]^[3] He appeared in more than 90 films between 1920 and 1954. Approximately three months before his death, an article in The Pittsburgh Press dubbed Dickinson the "permanent stand-in" for actor Walter Brennan,^[2] a position he had occupied since the early 1930s. Interviewed after his death, Brennan also credited Dickinson with considerable expertise on the subjects of lighting and blocking, especially as regards not being upstaged by fellow performers.^[4]

Selected filmography

Molly O (1921), stunts^[2]
The Phantom of the West (1931)
The Galloping Ghost (1931)
The Lightning Warrior (1931)
The Fighting Marshal (1931)
The Fighting Fool (1932)
Hidden Valley (1932)
Vanishing Men (1932)
Texas Cyclone (1932)
Law of the West (1932)
High Speed (1932)
Texas Buddies (1932)
Galloping Romeo (1933)
West of the Divide (1934)
Big Calibre (1935)
Prairie Justice (1938)
Lightning Strikes West (1940)
American Empire (1942)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Lost Trail (1945)

References

^ "Dick Dickinson". B-Westerns. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Ex-Stunt Man Active Stand-In". The Pittsburgh Press. May 1, 1956. p. 17. ProQuest 2270741576. That famous scene in the 1922 silent film thriller, 'Molly O,' in which Jack Mulhall climbed out of an old biplane, down a rope ladder onto a Navy dirigible and then onto the gondola to rescue heroine Mabel Normand, was actually performed by ex-film stunt man Dick Dickinson, who at 60, is still goingh strong — but not quite so strenuously. Dick is now permanent stand-in for Walter Brennan, star of 'Good-bye, My Lady.'
^ Associated Press (January 2, 1937). "Former Ace Stunter Has Complaint Against Studio; Dick Dickinson, Cheerful Despite His Situation, Says Remuneration Too Small". The Bergen Evening Record. January 2, 1937. p. 13. Retrieved July 22, 2024.
^ "Stand-In Films' Forgotten Man, Brennan Declares; Teacher of Screen Techniques. The Los Angeles Times TV Times. November 29, 1959. p. 25. Retrieved July 22, 2024.