Profile
Richard Arlen
Actor
Male
Born
Sep 1, 1899
Hometown
St. Paul, Minnesota
Died
Mar 28, 1976
Death Place
Hollywood, Califo...
Other Names
Van Mattimore, Sy...
Richard Arlen was an American actor.
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CHILDHOOD
1899
Birth
The Social Security Administration notes Richard Arlen was born on 1 Sept 1899 and died in March 1976.
1900
Birth
According to the 1900 and 1910 census, his father was born in Ireland.
TEENAGE
1918
18 Years Old
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On Arlen's 12 September 1918 draft card, his name given as Van Mattimore, a member of the Royal Flying Corps of the British Army, based in Toronto, his nearest relative is listed as his father James Mattimore. The 1918 draft card's date of birth is given as 1 Sept 1900, and it would appear that the writer started to put the year of birth as 18 and then wrote over the 8 with a 9, so it appears as 1900.
TWENTIES

1927
27 Years Old
He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings (1927) with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his first wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927.
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THIRTIES
LATE ADULTHOOD

1976
77 Years Old
On his death from emphysema in 1976, Richard Arlen was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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