Richard Waring (born Richard Waring Stephens; 27 May 1911 â€" 18
January 1993) was an English-American actor. He is perhaps best
remembered for his role in the film Mr. Skeffington (1944).Richard
Waring was born Richard Stephens in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
in 1911, the son of Thomas E. Stephens, a painter, whose portrait of
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Gallery
of Presidents. He later adopted Waring, his mother's (Evelyn M.
Stephens) maiden name, as his stage name. Waring was the brother of
Peter John Stephens, a playwright and author.Waring began his career
in 1931 with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater in New York
City in minor roles in Romeo and Juliet, Camille, and Cradle Song. In
1940, he played opposite Ethel Barrymore in The Corn is Green and
later with Eva Le Gallienne and was signed to play the role in
Hollywood opposite Bette Davis, but entered the army during World War
II. Before that he was filmed in his best-known screen role in Mr.
Skeffington (1944) as Fanny Trellis' brother Trippy.
January 1993) was an English-American actor. He is perhaps best
remembered for his role in the film Mr. Skeffington (1944).Richard
Waring was born Richard Stephens in Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire
in 1911, the son of Thomas E. Stephens, a painter, whose portrait of
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower hangs in the Smithsonian Gallery
of Presidents. He later adopted Waring, his mother's (Evelyn M.
Stephens) maiden name, as his stage name. Waring was the brother of
Peter John Stephens, a playwright and author.Waring began his career
in 1931 with Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theater in New York
City in minor roles in Romeo and Juliet, Camille, and Cradle Song. In
1940, he played opposite Ethel Barrymore in The Corn is Green and
later with Eva Le Gallienne and was signed to play the role in
Hollywood opposite Bette Davis, but entered the army during World War
II. Before that he was filmed in his best-known screen role in Mr.
Skeffington (1944) as Fanny Trellis' brother Trippy.
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