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

1933		 Maids A La Mode
Party guest

1933		 Nature In The Wrong
[organ grinder ?]

1933		 One Track Minds
Von Sternheim's assistant

1934		 Next Week-End
Nightclub patron

1939		 The Housekeeper's Daughter
Newspaper reporter

DEATH CERTIFICATE
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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)
Jim Jarvis (help and information)
Steve Rydzewski (identification of Jack Richardson)

This page was last updated on: 08 April 2024