Richard Tucker
actor, soundtrack
- Born:
- 1884-06-04, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
- Died:
- 1942-12-05, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actor, soundtrack
Biography
Brolyn’s bright lights first met Richard Tucker on 4 June 1884, and the borough’s bustle never quite left his stride. By the mid-1920s he had traded New York’s sidewalks for California soundstages, lending his sharp-eyed presence to three landmarks of early talkies: he barked orders in Wings (1927), crooned alongside Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer that same year, and stirred desert passions in The Squall (1929). Off-camera, three women—Erma Deen, Ruth Mitchell, and Mabel Reed—shared his life in turn. Tucker’s final curtain fell on 5 December 1942 at Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, closing a career that helped steer cinema from silence into sound.
