Richard Devon(1926-2010)
- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Richard Devon wanted to be an actor from the time he was in first grade
and played a small part in a school production. After finishing high
school he answered a small ad in a Los Angeles newspaper for a school
that offered training to the novice actor. This drama school, "Stage
Eight", allowed him to work his way through, as he hadn't the money for
tuition. He painted walls, built sets, waxed floors and strung lights.
It was during this time that he made his first live television
appearance for the experimental TV station W6XAO, atop Mt. Lee in the
Hollywood Hills. Amidst much additional work in TV, Devon also played a
recurring character in the kiddie-oriented teleseries
Space Patrol (1950) (when Devon
asked for a pay hike, his character was put into permanent suspended
animation). He made his first film in the early '50s.
