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Richard Carlson

Acting

Born April 30, 1912 · Albert Lea, Minnesota, USA

Died November 26, 1977

Also known as Richard Dutoit Carlson

Biography

Richard Dutoit Carlson was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter. He is best remembered for his leading roles in the sci-fi classic It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the iconic Universal Monster film Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography40 titles

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964as Mattson

Perry Mason

1957as Anthony Fry

The Little Foxes

1941as David Hewitt

The Fugitive

1963as Allan Pruitt

Rawhide

1959as Major Buford

The Valley of Gwangi

1969as Champ Connors

All I Desire

1953as Henry Murdoch

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954as Dr. David Reed

Thriller

1960as Guy Guthrie

The Last Command

1955as William B. Travis

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Jerry Durrance

Winter Carnival

1939as Professor John Welden

Letter to Loretta

1953as Larry Carlson

The Young in Heart

1938as Duncan Macrae

The Virginian

1962as Major Ralph Forrester

The Sound of Fury

1950as Gil Stanton

King Solomon's Mines

1950as John Goode

The Ghost Breakers

1940as Geoff Montgomery

The Saga of Hemp Brown

1958Director

Mackenzie's Raiders

1958Director

Presenting Lily Mars

1943as Owen Vail

The Power

1968as Prof. Norman E. Van Zandt

It Came from Outer Space

1953as John Putnam

The Amazing Mr. X

1948as Martin Abbott

No, No, Nanette

1940as Tom Gillespie

Beyond Tomorrow

1940as James Houston

Famous Ghost Stories

1961as Tom Stewart (segment 'Tormented')

Lights Out

1949

Riders to the Stars

1954as Dr. Jerry Lockwood

Too Many Girls

1940as Clint Kelly

These Glamour Girls

1939as Joe

The F.B.I.

1965as Harold David Dewitt

The Magnetic Monster

1953as Dr. Jeffrey Stewart

Seminole

1953as Major Degan

Change of Habit

1969as Bishop Finley

The Helen Morgan Story

1957as Russell Wade

Young Ideas

1943as Tom Farrell

Tormented

1960as Tom Stewart

Four Guns to the Border

1954Director