John J(ack) Richardson

born: 01 November 1888 Hackney, London, England

died: 24 January 1942 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (stomach cancer, age 53)

British actor who became a mainstay for Mack Sennett in the 1920s. He married actress Hilda Beck in New York City on 27 July 1912. Not to be confused with another actor with the same name and who was in films at around the same time.

Real name: Harold Joseph Richardson Height: 5'6½"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1920 An Eastern Westerner [?] 1920 Merely A Maid Lord Sappehead 1920 Start The Show Sneaky actor 1920 Little Miss Jazz Art collector 1931 Skip The Maloo! Party guest 1931 The Pajama Party Party guest 1931 What A Bozo! Party guest with top hat 1932 Young Ironsides Bemused pedestrian 1932 Now We'll Tell One Scientist 1933 Maids A La Mode Party guest 1933 Nature In The Wrong [Voice of Mr. Chadwick ?] 1933 One Track Minds Von Sternheim's assistant 1934 Soup And Fish Dinner guest 1934 Next Week-End Nightclub patron 1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter Newspaper reporter DEATH CERTIFICATE (click any image to enlarge) Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XT3-MRS (birth reg.) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:243K-DX8 (1912 marriage) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-VFY (WWI Draft Reg. Card) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00moti_0#page/n244/mode/1up/search/richardson (1920 directory) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00johnrich#page/197/mode/1up (1921 directory) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7C-MFW (1920 Census, line 15) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCVH-D4J (1930 Census, line 49) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C6-K2R (1940 Census, line 2) https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP6B-Z9N (CA Death Index) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=85497047 (Find a Grave) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=138008032 (Mabel at Find a Grave) Ancestry.com Fed Naturalization Records 1843-1999 Height 5' 6 1/2" https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGPX-WGRD (1942 Jan 24 Death Certificate) Steve Massa (help and information) Jesse Brisson (help and research; identification in One Track Minds, Skip The Maloo!, Next Week-End, Soup And Fish, Young Ironsides, What A Bozo!) Jim Jarvis (help and information) Steve Rydzewski (identification of Jack Richardson) This page was last updated on: 29 May 2025