Richard Garrick

Richard Garrick was born on Dec 27, 1878 in Ireland. Richard Garrick's big-screen debut came with Tess of the Storm Country directed by Edwin S. Porter in 1914, strarring Ben Letts. Richard Garrick is known for The Three Faces of Eve directed by Nunnally Johnson, Joanne Woodward stars as Eve White and David Wayne as Ralph White. The upcoming new movie Richard Garrick plays is The Three Faces of Eve which will be released on Sep 18, 1957.

Richard Garrick (born Richard T. O'Brien) was active on stage, in film, television and radio from 1907 through 1957. His New York City acting career began with "The Boys of Company B" (in which Mack Sennett appeared in one of his 2 stage roles).Garrick went on to become Gaumont's Director General in Tallahassee, Florida where he directed the 5-reel film "The Idol of the Stage," "According to Law" and "The Drifter," among others. He often also acted in these silent films.In the 1920s Garrick spent time in Europe where he appeared in the films "Trent's Last Case," "Rank Outsider," "The Romance of a Movie Star," "The Pride of the Fancy" and "La Soleil de Minuit." At that time, he also ran "The Hollywood," offering "Tea, Cocktail and Dinner Dances" on Rue Danou in Paris.When he returned to the United States, Garrick pursued his acting career and assumed the role of The Doctor (sometimes billed as The Stranger) in the Broadway production of "A Streetcar Named Desire," where Marlon Brando made his stage debut. Garrick repeated his stage role on film in 1951, alongside Brando and Vivian Leigh. Other film credits include "Trouble Along the Way" (1953) starring John Wayne, "Desiree" (1954) with Brando and Jeanne Simmons, "East of Eden" (1955) starring James Dean, "A Man Called Peter" (1955), "The Mountain" (1956) starring Spencer Tracy," High Society" with Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra (1956) and "The Three Faces of Eve"(1957) starring Joanne Woodward.Garrick also toured with the USA Camp Shows in Europe during World War II in the production "Ten Little Indians" by Agatha Christie, had a regular radio program on KRKD in Los Angeles, and appeared on television in shows such as Dragnet, Calvacade of America and My Friend Flicka.