Richard Cromwell (born LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh; (1910-01-08)January 8,
1910 â€" (1960-10-11)October 11, 1960) was an American actor. His
career was at its pinnacle with his work in Jezebel (1938) with Bette
Davis and Henry Fonda and again with Fonda in John Ford's Young Mr.
Lincoln (1939). Cromwell's fame was perhaps first assured in The Lives
of a Bengal Lancer (1935), sharing top billing with Gary Cooper and
Franchot Tone.That film was the first major effort directed by Henry
Hathaway and it was based upon the popular novel by Francis
Yeats-Brown. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer earned Paramount Studios a
nomination for Best Picture in 1935, though Mutiny on the Bounty
instead took the top award at the Academy Awards that year.Leslie
Halliwell in The Filmgoer's Companion, summed up Cromwell's enduring
appeal when he described him as "a leading man, [the] gentle hero of
early sound films."
1910 â€" (1960-10-11)October 11, 1960) was an American actor. His
career was at its pinnacle with his work in Jezebel (1938) with Bette
Davis and Henry Fonda and again with Fonda in John Ford's Young Mr.
Lincoln (1939). Cromwell's fame was perhaps first assured in The Lives
of a Bengal Lancer (1935), sharing top billing with Gary Cooper and
Franchot Tone.That film was the first major effort directed by Henry
Hathaway and it was based upon the popular novel by Francis
Yeats-Brown. The Lives of a Bengal Lancer earned Paramount Studios a
nomination for Best Picture in 1935, though Mutiny on the Bounty
instead took the top award at the Academy Awards that year.Leslie
Halliwell in The Filmgoer's Companion, summed up Cromwell's enduring
appeal when he described him as "a leading man, [the] gentle hero of
early sound films."
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