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Richard Bennett
Actor
Male
Born
May 21, 1870
Hometown
Deacon, Indiana
Died
Oct 22, 1944
Death Place
Los Angeles, Cali...
Richard Bennett was an American actor who became a stage and silent screen matinee idol over the early decades of the twentieth century.
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CHILDHOOD
1870
Birth
He was born in Deacon's Mills, Indiana in 1870 (some sources state 1872), the son of George Washington Bennett and Eliza Huffman.
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THIRTIES
1901
31 Years Old
He was married to Grena Heller in 1901 in San Francisco. They soon separated, and were divorced in 1903.
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1903
33 Years Old
On November 8, 1903, Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison were married in Jersey City.
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1905
35 Years Old
In 1905, Bennett won fame as the leading man, Hector Malone, Jr., in Shaw's Man and Superman.
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1908
38 Years Old
A series of spectacular roles followed. In 1908, he played the role as John Shand opposite Maude Adams in Barrie's What Every Woman Knows.
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FORTIES
In 1913, Bennett had a theatrical success starring as Georges Dupont in the social disease stage drama Damaged Goods, which he also co-produced.
FIFTIES
1922
52 Years Old
In 1922, Bennett starred in Broadway's English-language version of Leonid Andreyev's melodrama He Who Gets Slapped, playing the title role as He.
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He and Morrison were divorced in April 1925. Their first and third daughters, Constance and Joan, became successful movie stars. Their second daughter, Barbara, was also briefly an actress, but with less success. The two appeared together on stage in the 1923 play The Dancers Barbara married the popular singer Morton Downey.
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1927
57 Years Old
Bennett and Raisch were married July 11, 1927, in Chicago.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1934
64 Years Old
He and Aimee, who later went by Angela, separated April 3, 1934, and were divorced in 1937.
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1944
74 Years Old
Episcopal funeral services were conducted on October 24, 1944, in Beverly Hills.
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