FILM DIRECTOR

Richard Thorpe

1896 - 1991

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Richard Thorpe (born Rollo Smolt Thorpe; February 24, 1896 – May 1, 1991) was an American film director best known for his long career at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His obituary called him "a capable and versatile director willing to take on any assignment the studio handed him." He said "I just take them on as they come." Thorpe also said "I'm happy to do any kind of picture. If there's a good script I think any director can make a good picture. Actually if it says in the script what you do, I don't see why anybody can't make it." One associate said "“He was a company man, a very pleasant, good-looking, nice, well-behaved guy who took pride in being efficient like some businessman would take pride in the way he ran his bank.” His two favorite films were Night Must Fall (1937) and Two Girls and a Sailor (1944). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Thorpe is the 508th most popular film director (down from 494th in 2019), the 3,755th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,127th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Richard Thorpe ranks 508 out of 2,041. Before him are Nick Castle, Elio Petri, Hiroshi Inagaki, J. J. Abrams, Vicente Aranda, and Clarence Brown. After him are Renny Harlin, Werner Schroeter, Glauber Rocha, Ján Kadár, Mike Leigh, and Don Bluth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Richard Thorpe ranks 113. Before him are He Long, Heimito von Doderer, Erich Hückel, Philip Showalter Hench, Charlie Rivel, and Léonide Massine. After him are John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Manuel A. Odría, Josef Sudek, Józef Czapski, Hans Cramer, and Johannes Kleiman. Among people deceased in 1991, Richard Thorpe ranks 96. Before him are Alex North, Andrzej Panufnik, Yasushi Inoue, Schubert Gambetta, Mikheil Meskhi, and Gino Colaussi. After him are Carmine Coppola, Artur Lundkvist, Giacomo Manzù, Otl Aicher, Zino Francescatti, and Franco Maria Malfatti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Thorpe ranks 3,755 out of 20,380. Before him are Melissa McBride (1965), R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Al Green (1946), Ken Block (1967), Catherine Keener (1959), and Clarence Brown (1890). After him are Ben Webster (1909), D. B. Weiss (1971), Bruce McGill (1950), Charles Tilly (1929), Tico Torres (1953), and David Ausubel (1918).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Richard Thorpe ranks 137. Before him are Tom McCarthy (1966), Sam Wood (1883), Richard Lester (1932), Nick Castle (1947), J. J. Abrams (1966), and Clarence Brown (1890). After him are Don Bluth (1937), Gerard Damiano (1928), John Milius (1944), Taylor Hackford (1944), Philip Kaufman (1936), and Delmer Daves (1904).

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