- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharles Richard Garland Jr.
- Height6′ 0½″ (1.84 m)
- Richard Garland was born on July 7, 1927 in Mineral Wells, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957), Panic in Year Zero! (1962) and The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955). He was married to Judith Ann (Callies) DeCinces, Patricia Elaine Lee and Beverly Garland. He died on May 24, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesJudith Ann (Callies) DeCinces(January 6, 1967 - May 24, 1969) (his death)Patricia Elaine Lee(December 31, 1958 - May 24, 1969) (his death, 1 child)Beverly Garland(August 13, 1951 - 1956) (divorced)
- ParentsCharles Richard Garland Sr.Mabel Hannah Dalton Garland
- Cleft chin
- His career faded as alcoholic problems grew and he died of related medical issues in 1969 at the untimely age of 41.
- In 1952, while working in the play "Dark of the Moon" at the Players' Ring Theatre in Hollywood, he met actress Beverly Garland and in August of that year married her. They divorced in 1956. Coincidentally, the following year Beverly's sci-fi film Not of This Earth (1957) was co-billed and released with Richard's sci-fi film Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957).
- His body was donated as a medical specimen to the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
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