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F. Richard Jones(1893-1930)

  • Director
  • Additional Crew
  • Production Manager
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F. Richard Jones
One of the moving forces of early American silent comedy, F. Richard Jones made dozens of hilarious two-reel comedies for Mack Sennett in the mid-teens and early 1920s, featuring such stars as Louise Fazenda, Slim Summerville, Edgar Kennedy and Ben Turpin. He then graduated to feature films, first with Sennett and then with other producers and studios. Not just a comedy director, Jones proved he could adeptly handle romance stories and adventure epics with equal ease. His last film, the action/mystery picture Bulldog Drummond (1929), was also his only sound film, but it stands as a superior example of the genre.
BornSeptember 7, 1893
DiedDecember 14, 1930(37)
BornSeptember 7, 1893
DiedDecember 14, 1930(37)
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Known for

Flying Pat (1920)
Flying Pat
  • Director
  • 1920
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in The Big Killing (1928)
The Big Killing
2.9
  • Director
  • 1928
Joan Bennett, Ronald Colman, and Lawrence Grant in Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Bulldog Drummond
6.3
  • Director
  • 1929
Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez in The Gaucho (1927)
The Gaucho
7.0
  • Director
  • 1927

Credits

IMDbPro

Director

  • Wedding Yells
    Short
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Joan Bennett, Ronald Colman, and Lawrence Grant in Bulldog Drummond (1929)
    Bulldog Drummond
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1929
  • Mary Brian and Charles 'Buddy' Rogers in Someone to Love (1928)
    Someone to Love
    • Director
    • 1928
  • Nancy Carroll and Jack Holt in The Water Hole (1928)
    The Water Hole
    3.6
    • Director
    • 1928
  • Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in The Big Killing (1928)
    The Big Killing
    2.9
    • Director
    • 1928
  • Douglas Fairbanks and Lupe Velez in The Gaucho (1927)
    The Gaucho
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1927
  • Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, and Stan Laurel in Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
    Love 'Em and Weep
    6.3
    Short
    • supervising
    • 1927
  • Mabel Normand in Anything Once! (1927)
    Anything Once!
    6.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1927
  • The Nickel-Hopper (1926)
    The Nickel-Hopper
    6.4
    Short
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Helene Chadwick and James Finlayson in Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
    Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
    5.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Lyle Tayo, Kay Deslys, James Finlayson, Helen Gilmore, Charlotte Mineau, Vivien Oakland, and Martha Sleeper in Should Husbands Pay? (1926)
    Should Husbands Pay?
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Clyde Cook and Katherine Grant in What's the World Coming To (1926)
    What's the World Coming To
    5.5
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926
  • Clyde Cook in Moonlight and Noses (1925)
    Moonlight and Noses
    6.0
    Short
    • supervising
    • 1925
  • Alice Day and Ralph Graves in Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924)
    Little Robinson Corkscrew
    Short
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Harry Langdon and Alice Day in The First 100 Years (1924)
    The First 100 Years
    6.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1924

Additional Crew

  • Galloping Ghosts (1928)
    Galloping Ghosts
    5.1
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1928
  • Charley Chase and Edna Marion in The Way of All Pants (1927)
    The Way of All Pants
    6.9
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Charley Chase in Forgotten Sweeties (1927)
    Forgotten Sweeties
    7.2
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Charley Chase in A One Mama Man (1927)
    A One Mama Man
    7.4
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Ann Brody, Max Davidson, and Spec O'Donnell in Why Girls Say No (1927)
    Why Girls Say No
    6.3
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Charley Chase in Are Brunettes Safe? (1927)
    Are Brunettes Safe?
    7.2
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Creighton Hale and Mabel Normand in Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
    Should Men Walk Home?
    6.7
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Two-Time Mama (1927)
    Two-Time Mama
    6.8
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1927
  • Charley Chase, Eugenia Gilbert, and Hal Roach in There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
    There Ain't No Santa Claus
    6.9
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926
  • Stan Laurel in On the Front Page (1926)
    On the Front Page
    5.8
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926
  • Charley Chase, Lillian Leighton, and Hal Roach in Be Your Age (1926)
    Be Your Age
    6.4
    Short
    • supervising director (uncredited)
    • 1926
  • Eugenia Gilbert and Harry Myers in Get 'Em Young (1926)
    Get 'Em Young
    5.7
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926
  • Gertrude Astor, Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, and Hal Roach in Tell 'Em Nothing (1926)
    Tell 'Em Nothing
    7.2
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926
  • Helene Chadwick and James Finlayson in Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
    Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
    5.8
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926
  • Charley Chase, Corliss Palmer, and Hal Roach in Bromo and Juliet (1926)
    Bromo and Juliet
    6.1
    Short
    • supervising director
    • 1926

Production Management

  • Ralph Graves and Thelma Hill in Cupid's Boots (1925)
    Cupid's Boots
    Short
    • production manager
    • 1925
  • Harry Langdon in The Sea Squawk (1925)
    The Sea Squawk
    6.6
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1925
  • Harry Langdon in Feet of Mud (1924)
    Feet of Mud
    6.6
    Short
    • production supervisor (uncredited)
    • 1924
  • Billy Bevan in The Cannon Ball Express (1924)
    The Cannon Ball Express
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Irving Bacon, Vernon Dent, Ralph Graves, Thelma Hill, and Tiny Ward in Love's Sweet Piffle (1924)
    Love's Sweet Piffle
    Short
    • production manager
    • 1924
  • Ben Turpin in The Reel Virginian (1924)
    The Reel Virginian
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Alice Day and Ralph Graves in Riders of the Purple Cows (1924)
    Riders of the Purple Cows
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Billy Bevan and Sidney Smith in Wandering Waistlines (1924)
    Wandering Waistlines
    7.0
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Alice Day and Ralph Graves in Little Robinson Corkscrew (1924)
    Little Robinson Corkscrew
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Madeline Hurlock and Ben Turpin in Three Foolish Weeks (1924)
    Three Foolish Weeks
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Barbara Pierce and John J. Richardson in Lizzies of the Field (1924)
    Lizzies of the Field
    6.8
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • East of the Water Plug (1924)
    East of the Water Plug
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Andy Clyde in Wall Street Blues (1924)
    Wall Street Blues
    6.5
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Natalie Kingston and Ben Turpin in Romeo and Juliet (1924)
    Romeo and Juliet
    7.4
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924
  • Andy Clyde, Vernon Dent, and Numa the Lion in The Lion and the Souse (1924)
    The Lion and the Souse
    5.7
    Short
    • production supervisor
    • 1924

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Dick Jones
  • Born
    • September 7, 1893
    • St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  • Died
    • December 14, 1930
    • Hollywood, California, USA(tuberculosis)
  • Spouse
    • Irene1929 - December 14, 1930 (his death)
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Began his career in his native Missouri city with St. Louis producer A.T. Crawford.
  • Nickname
    • Dick

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