Richard Thorpe

Richard Thorpe

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1896-02-24
Deathday: 1991-05-01 (95 years old)

Biography

Richard Thorpe (February 24, 1896 - May 1, 1991) was an American film director. Born Rollo Smolt Thorpe in Hutchinson, Kansas, he began his entertainment career performing in vaudeville and onstage. In 1921 he began in motion pictures as an actor and directed his first silent film in 1923. He went on to direct more than one hundred and eighty films. The first full length motion picture he directed for MGM was Last of the Pagans (1935) starring Ray Mala. After directing The Last Challenge in 1967, he retired from the film industry. He died in Palm Springs, California in 1991.


Thorpe is also known as the original director of The Wizard of Oz. He was fired after two weeks of shooting, because it was felt that his scenes did not have the right air of fantasy about them. Thorpe notoriously gave Judy Garland a blonde wig and cutesy "baby-doll" makeup that made her look like a girl in her late teens rather than an innocent Kansas farm girl of about thirteen. Both makeup and wig were discarded at the suggestion of George Cukor, who was brought in temporarily. Stills from Thorpe's work on the film survive today.


For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Thorpe has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6101 Hollywood Blvd.


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Filmography

all 146

Movies 146

Director 143

Special Guest Director
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won (1962)

Movie
6
Writer / Director
Tearin' Loose

Tearin' Loose (1925)

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Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1896-02-24

Deathday
1991-05-01 (95 years old)

Birth Place
Hutchinson, United States

Children
Jerry Thorpe

Citizenships
United States

Also Known As
Frank L. Inghram, Frank Inghram, Rollo Smolt Thorpe

Awards
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, National Board of Review Award for Best Film

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