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Richard Donaldson(1888-1952)

  • Production Manager
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Richard Donaldson was born on 17 August 1888 in New York, USA. He was a production manager and director, known for A Good Loser (1918), A Plumber's Waterloo (1916) and Stand and Deliver (1928). He died on 13 March 1952 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 17, 1888
DiedMarch 13, 1952(63)
BornAugust 17, 1888
DiedMarch 13, 1952(63)
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Known for

A Good Loser
  • Director(as Dick Donaldson)
  • 1918
A Plumber's Waterloo
Short
  • Director(as R.M. Donaldson)
  • 1916
Rod La Rocque, Warner Oland, and Lupe Velez in Stand and Deliver (1928)
Stand and Deliver
6.4
  • Production Management
  • 1928
Irene Hunt and Jack Richardson in His Enemy, the Law (1918)
His Enemy, the Law
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as R.M. Donaldson)
  • 1918

Credits

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Production Management

  • Phyllis Haver and Joseph Schildkraut in Tenth Avenue (1928)
    Tenth Avenue
    4.8
    • production manager
    • 1928
  • Rod La Rocque, Warner Oland, and Lupe Velez in Stand and Deliver (1928)
    Stand and Deliver
    6.4
    • production manager
    • 1928
  • Phyllis Haver and Tom Moore in The Wise Wife (1927)
    The Wise Wife
    • production manager
    • 1927

Director

  • A Good Loser
    • Director (as Dick Donaldson)
    • 1918
  • A Plumber's Waterloo
    Short
    • Director (as R.M. Donaldson)
    • 1916

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Rod La Rocque in Red Dice (1926)
    Red Dice
    • assistant director
    • 1926
  • Irene Hunt and Jack Richardson in His Enemy, the Law (1918)
    His Enemy, the Law
    • assistant director (as R.M. Donaldson)
    • 1918

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Dick Donaldson
  • Born
    • August 17, 1888
    • New York, USA
  • Died
    • March 13, 1952
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    His World War I Draft card shows that he was working for Universal Studios as assistant director in 1917/1918.

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