Richard Arlen
He took time out from his Hollywood career to teach as a United States Army Air Forces flight instructor in World War II. Arlen is best known for his role as a pilot in the Academy Award-winning Wings with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Gary Cooper, El Brendel, and his second wife, Jobyna Ralston, whom he married in 1927. He was among the more famous residents of the celebrity enclave, Toluca Lake, California. He married New York socialite, Margaret Kinsella, in 1946.
In 1939, Universal teamed him with Andy Devine for a series of 14 B-pictures, mostly action-comedies with heavy reliance on stock footage from larger-scale films. They are informally known as the "Aces of Action" series, which is how the stars were billed in the trailers. When Arlen left the studio in 1941, the series continued with Devine teamed with a variety of other actors.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Arlen was active in television, having guest starred in several anthology series, including Playhouse 90, The Loretta Young Show, The 20th Century Fox Hour, and in three episodes of the series about clergymen, Crossroads. In 1960, Arlen was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a motion pictures star at 6755 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the film industry. In 1968, he appeared on Petticoat Junction playing himself. The episode was called "Wings" and it was in direct reference to the 1927 silent movie Wings.
Arlen appeared in westerns, such as Lawman, Branded, Bat Masterson, Wanted: Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, and Yancy Derringer, and in such drama/adventure programs as Ripcord, Whirlybirds, Perry Mason, The New Breed, Coronado 9, and Michael Shayne.
Filmography (172 Appearances)
Clara Bow: Hollywood's Lost Screen Goddess
The Horror Show
A Whale of a Tale
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
The Sky's the Limit
Buckskin
Rogue's Gallery
Fort Utah
Hostile Guns
Red Tomahawk
Road to Nashville
Waco
To the Shores of Hell
Johnny Reno
Apache Uprising
The Bounty Killer
Town Tamer
Black Spurs
The Human Duplicators
Branded
Young Fury
Sex and the College Girl
Law of the Lawless
The Shepherd of the Hills
The Best Man
Petticoat Junction
The Crawling Hand
The Young and the Brave
The Lucy Show
The New Breed
The Last Time I Saw Archie
Coronado 9
Raymie
Lock-Up
Warlock
Bat Masterson
Yancy Derringer
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Cavalry Command
Perry Mason
Child of Trouble
The Mountain
Hidden Guns
Matinee Theater
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Blonde Blackmailer
Devil's Point
Climax!
The Whistler
Letter to Loretta
Sabre Jet
The Blazing Forest
Hurricane Smith
This Is Your Life
Flaming Feather
Silver City
Kansas Raiders
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Your Show of Shows
Grand Canyon
When My Baby Smiles at Me
The Return of Wildfire
Speed to Spare
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
Accomplice
The French Key
The Phantom Speaks
Identity Unknown
The Big Bonanza
Storm Over Lisbon
That's My Baby!
The Lady and the Monster
Timber Queen
Minesweeper
Submarine Alert
Alaska Highway
Aerial Gunner
Wrecking Crew
A Letter From Bataan
Wildcat
Soaring Stars
Torpedo Boat
Flying Blind
A Dangerous Game
Raiders of the Desert
Forced Landing
Power Dive
Men of the Timberland
Mutiny in the Arctic
Lucky Devils
The Devil's Pipeline
The Leather Pushers
Black Diamonds
Swing with Bing
Hot Steel
Danger On Wheels
The Man from Montreal
Legion of Lost Flyers
Tropic Fury
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Missing Daughters
Straight, Place and Show
Call of The Yukon
No Time to Marry
Murder in Greenwich Village
Artists & Models
Secret Valley
The Great Barrier
The Mine with the Iron Door
Three Live Ghosts
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Hollywood Hobbies
Let 'em Have It
Helldorado
Ready for Love
She Made Her Bed
Hollywood on Parade No. B-10
Come On, Marines!
Alice in Wonderland
Hell and High Water
Golden Harvest
Three Cornered Moon
How to Break 90 #4: Downswing
College Humor
Song of the Eagle
Hollywood on Parade No. A-6
Island of Lost Souls
The All-American
Tiger Shark
Guilty as Hell
Sky Bride
Hollywood on Parade No. A-4
Wayward
Touchdown!
Caught
The Secret Call
The Lawyer's Secret
Gun Smoke
The Conquering Horde
Only Saps Work
The Santa Fe Trail
The Sea God
The Border Legion
Paramount on Parade
The Light of Western Stars
Dangerous Paradise
Burning Up
The Virginian
Dangerous Curves
Thunderbolt
The Four Feathers
The Man I Love
Manhattan Cocktail
Beggars of Life
Ladies of the Mob
Feel My Pulse
Under the Tonto Rim
She's a Sheik
Figures Don't Lie
Sally in Our Alley
Wings
The Blood Ship
Rolled Stockings
Old Ironsides
You'd Be Surprised
Padlocked
Behind the Front
The Enchanted Hill
The Coast of Folly
In the Name of Love
Hollywood
Quicksands