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Richard Hylton(1920-1962)

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Richard Hylton
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Richard Hylton was born on 11 December 1920 in Collinsville, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Lost Boundaries (1949), The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) and Halls of Montezuma (1951). He died on 12 May 1962 in San Francisco, California, USA.
BornDecember 11, 1920
DiedMay 12, 1962(41)
BornDecember 11, 1920
DiedMay 12, 1962(41)
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Known for

Richard Hylton in Lost Boundaries (1949)
Lost Boundaries
7.0
  • Howard 'Howie' Carter
  • 1949
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
The Secret of Convict Lake
6.9
  • Clyde Maxwell
  • 1951
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
Halls of Montezuma
6.6
  • Conroy
  • 1951
Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
Fixed Bayonets!
6.9
  • Medic John Wheeler
  • 1951

Credits

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Actor

  • Greer Garson and Florenz Ames in Telephone Time (1956)
    Telephone Time
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Sgt. Will Grant
    • 1957
  • Kraft Mystery Theatre (1947)
    The United States Steel Hour
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Michael
    • Tom Swale
    • 1954–1955
  • The Big Story (1949)
    The Big Story
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Jerry Foster
    • 1954–1955
  • Broadway Television Theatre (1952)
    Broadway Television Theatre
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Nathaniel Coombes
    • Nickie Elkins
    • 1953–1954
  • Spark of Genius
    TV Movie
    • 1953
  • Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, Charles Laughton, Richard Widmark, Jeanne Crain, Fred Allen, Farley Granger, Oscar Levant, Jean Peters, Gregory Ratoff, Dale Robertson, and David Wayne in O. Henry's Full House (1952)
    O. Henry's Full House
    7.2
    • Bill (segment "The Gift of the Magi", uncredited)
    • 1952
  • The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
    The Pride of St. Louis
    6.5
    • Johnny Kendall
    • 1952
  • Fixed Bayonets! (1951)
    Fixed Bayonets!
    6.9
    • Medic John Wheeler
    • 1951
  • The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
    The Secret of Convict Lake
    6.9
    • Clyde Maxwell
    • 1951
  • Halls of Montezuma (1951)
    Halls of Montezuma
    6.6
    • Conroy
    • 1951
  • Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950)
    Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Jack
    • 1950
  • Theatre of Romance
    TV Series
    • 1949
  • Richard Hylton in Lost Boundaries (1949)
    Lost Boundaries
    7.0
    • Howard 'Howie' Carter
    • 1949

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Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Richard Hilton
  • Born
    • December 11, 1920
    • Collinsville, Oklahoma, USA
  • Died
    • May 12, 1962
    • San Francisco, California, USA(suicide)

Did you know

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    While most references list his cause of his death at age 41 as heart failure or heart attack, his death certificate lists "suicide" from an acute ingestion of barbiturates (his blood Phenobarbital level was 13.1 mgm%) and alcohol (blood level was 0.13%).

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