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Richard LaMarr is another forgotten name of the past who had a long and varied career as a silent screen actor, stand-in, stunt double, and character actor.
Little is known about Richard LaMarr's early career because many of the films of that era are lost and/or undocumented, but his acting credits go as far back as 1911; he's known to have worked in Pearl White's The Perils of Pauline (1914), and apparently continued to work steadily until the end of the silent era.
Like many silent players, LaMarr didn't have a voice that merited leading man or even character actor status so he found himself in the stereotypical roles as convicts, and gangsters for which his appearance was best suited. However, because of his rough looks and short physical stature, he found steady work for 25 years as the stand-in and stunt double for Edward G. Robinson.
However, like most actors in similar situations, he had to find other work when Robinson wasn't working, and can even be found in a cameo in The Perils of Pauline (1947), which also included other actors of the silent era in uncredited appearances.
By the 1950s, Robinson's career was winding down, and since LaMarr's noticeable Italian accent made it difficult for him to obtain regular work in speaking roles, he began to appear more and more in background roles.
Because of his rugged appearance, LaMarr started doing Westerns, appearing in television shows like Bonanza (1959), Gunsmoke (1955), and Tales of Wells Fargo (1957), and in movies such as Rio Bravo (1959) and The Cheyenne Social Club (1970). A couple of uncredited appearances in Search (1972) brought his career, which by that time had spanned more than 60 years, to a quiet close. He died in 1975.- Antonín Soukup was born on 12 June 1891 in Praha, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970), The Lost Face (1965) and Král ulice (1935). He died on 24 April 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Anita Janová was born on 19 December 1907 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. She was an actress, known for Utrpení sedé sestry (1930), Andelíckárka (1930) and Kainovo znamení (1928). She died on 24 April 1975 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- Leonid Makaryev was born on 25 August 1892 in Perm, Perm uyezd, Perm Governorate, Russian Empire [now Perm Krai, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Sovershennoletiye (1935), Ognennye gody (1939) and Ulitsa polna neozhidannostey (1958). He died on 24 April 1975 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].