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{{Short description|American film producer}}
'''Ted Richmond''' (June 10, 1910 – December 23, 2013) was an American film producer credited with 66 films between 1940 and 1979. He was born in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]].
'''Ted Richmond''' (June 10, 1910 – December 23, 2013) was an American film producer credited with 66 films between 1940 and 1979. He was born in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]].


Richmond produced films for several studios including [[Universal Pictures]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Columbia Pictures]]. His most noted films include [[Return of the Seven]] (1966) with [[Yul Brynner]], [[Red Sun]] (1971) with [[Charles Bronson]], and [[Papillon (film)|Papillon]] (1974) with [[Steve McQueen]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]]. He died in [[Paris]] at the age of 103 in 2013.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|last = Dagan|first = Carmel|title = Ted Richmond, Producer of ‘Papillon,’ Dies at 103|newspaper = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher = [[PMC (company)|PMC]]|date = 2014-01-06|url = http://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/ted-richmond-producer-of-papillon-dies-at-103-1201032460/|accessdate = 2013-01-11}}</ref>
Richmond produced films for several studios including [[Universal Pictures]], [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] and [[Columbia Pictures]]. His most noted films include ''[[Return of the Seven]]'' (1966; with [[Yul Brynner]]), ''[[Red Sun]]'' (1971; with [[Charles Bronson]]), and ''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]'' (1973; with [[Steve McQueen]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]]). He died in [[Paris]] at the age of 103 in 2013.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|last = Dagan|first = Carmel|title = Ted Richmond, Producer of ‘Papillon,’ Dies at 103|newspaper = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher = [[PMC (company)|PMC]]|date = 2014-01-06|url = https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/ted-richmond-producer-of-papillon-dies-at-103-1201032460/|accessdate = 2013-01-11}}</ref>

==Career==
Richmond was born in [[New Bedford, Massachusetts]]. He first worked in the movie business as an usher at a local theater.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}} He got into the film industry as an assistant director and providing stories at Monogram Studios. He eventually turned producer. In the mid 1940s he moved to Columbia Studios.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

In the late 1940s he moved to Universal, where he produced the early starring vehicles for [[Audie Murphy]]. He made ''[[The Mississippi Gambler (1953 film)|The Mississippi Gambler]]'' (1953) with Tyrone Power and the two men got along so well they decided to form a company together, Copa Productions. They made ''[[Count Three and Pray (film)|Count Three and Pray]]'' (1955) and ''[[Nightfall (1957 film)|Nightfall]]'' (1957) without Power in the cast, and ''[[Abandon Ship!]]'' (1957) and ''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'' (1959) with him. Power died during the filming of ''Solomon'' in Spain.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Richmond moved to [[MGM]] where he made ''[[Bachelor in Paradise (film)|Bachelor in Paradise]]'' (1961) and ''[[It Happened at the World's Fair]]'' (1963).

Richmond spent the last 30 years of his life in Paris with his wife, Asuko.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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*''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979) (producer)
*''[[Phantom Ranger (film)|Phantom Ranger]]'' (1938) (assistant director)
*''Two Gun Justice'' (1938) (assistant director)
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*''[[Breakthrough (1979 film)|Breakthrough]]'' (1979) (executive producer)
*''[[Papillon (film)]]'' (1973) (executive producer)
*''[[Trigger Pals]]'' (1939) - original story
*''[[Red Sun]]'' (1971) (producer)
*''[[Six-Gun Rhythm]]'' (1939) - original story
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*''[[The Last Alarm (1940 film)|The Last Alarm]]'' (1940) (associate producer)
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*''[[Villa Rides]]'' (1968) (producer)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yiwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p8cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4416,2362428&dq=ted+richmond+producer&hl=en|title=Producer Goes to Spain to Film Movie about Bandit Pancho Villa|last=Thomas|first=Bob|date=17 August 1967|work=The Times Tri-City Daily|page=13|accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref>
*''[[Return of the Seven]]'' (1966)(producer)
* ''[[Caught in the Act (1941 film)|Caught in the Act]]'' (1941)
*''[[South of Panama (1941 film)|South of Panama]]'' (1941)
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*''[[It Happened at the World's Fair]]'' (1963) (producer - uncredited)
*''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'' (1959) (producer)
*''[[Gambling Daughters]]'' (1941)
*''[[Bengal Brigade]]'' (1954) (producer)
*''[[Jungle Man (film)|Jungle Man]]'' (1941)
*''[[Francis Joins the WACS]]'' (1954) (producer)
*''[[Blonde Comet]]'' (1941)
*''She's in the Army'' (1942)
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*''[[Walking My Baby Back Home (film)|Walking My Baby Back Home]]'' (1953) (producer)
*''[[Bengal Brigade]]'' (1954)
*''[[The Mummy's Curse]]'' (1944) - story
*''[[Column South]]'' (1953)
*''[[The Soul of a Monster]]'' (1944)
*''[[Kansas City Kitty]]'' (1944)
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*''[[The Mississippi Gambler (1953 film)|The Mississippi Gambler]]'' (1953) (producer)
*''[[The Cimarron Kid]]'' (1952)
*''Behind Closed Doors'' (1944)
*''[[Bonzo Goes to College]]'' (1952) (producer)
*''[[She's a Sweetheart]]'' (1944)
*''[[The Strange Door]]'' (1951) (producer)
*''[[Meet Miss Bobby Socks]]'' (1944)
*''[[Let's Go Steady]]'' (1945)
*''[[Youth on Trial]]'' (1945)
*''[[Blonde from Brooklyn]]'' (1945)
*''[[Hit the Hay]]'' (1945)
*''[[The Notorious Lone Wolf]]'' (1946)
*''[[Night Editor]]'' (1946)
*''[[Dangerous Business (1946 film)|Dangerous Business]]'' (1946)
*''[[It's Great to Be Young (1946 film)|It's Great to Be Young]]'' (1946)
*''[[So Dark the Night]]'' (1946)
*''Blackie and the Law'' (1946)
*''Give and Take'' (1946)
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*''[[Blind Spot (1947 film)|Blind Spot]]'' (1947)
*''[[King of the Wild Horses (1947 film)|King of the Wild Horses]]'' (1947)
*''[[The Lone Wolf in London]]'' (1947)
*''[[Above All Laws]]'' (1948)
*''[[Best Man Wins]]'' (1948)
*''[[Thunderhoof (film)|Thunderhoof]]'' (1948)
*''The Big Deal'' (1949)
*''[[Make Believe Ballroom (film)|Make Believe Ballroom]]'' (1949)
*''[[Holiday in Havana]]'' (1949)
*''Hitting the Jackpot'' (1949)
*''[[Shakedown (1950 film)|Shakedown]]'' (1950)
*''[[Shakedown (1950 film)|Shakedown]]'' (1950)
*''[[Blondie's Hero]]'' (1950)
*''[[Kansas Raiders]]'' (1950)
*''[[Kansas Raiders]]'' (1950)
*''[[Best Man Wins]]'' (1948) (producer)
*''The Milkman'' (1950)
*''[[Smuggler's Island]]'' (1951)
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*''[[Blind Spot (1947 film)|Blind Spot]]'' (1947) (producer)
*''[[Boston Blackie and the Law]]'' (1946) (producer)
*''[[Week-End with Father]]'' (1951)
*''[[Night Editor]]'' (1946) (producer)
*''[[The Strange Door]]'' (1951)
*''[[The Last Alarm]]'' (1940) (associate producer - as T.H. Richmond)
*''[[The Cimarron Kid]]'' (1952)
*''[[Bonzo Goes to College]]'' (1952)
*''[[Has Anybody Seen My Gal]]'' (1952)
*''[[No Room for the Groom]]'' (1952)
*''[[Bronco Buster (film)|Bronco Buster]]'' (1952)
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*''[[Walking My Baby Back Home (film)|Walking My Baby Back Home]]'' (1953)
*''[[Forbidden (1953 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1953)
*''[[Column South]]'' (1953)
*''[[Desert Legion]]'' (1953)
*''[[The Mississippi Gambler (1953 film)|The Mississippi Gambler]]'' (1953)
*''[[Rails Into Laramie]]'' (1954)
*''[[Bengal Brigade]]'' (1954)
*''[[Francis Joins the WACS]]'' (1954)
*''[[Count Three and Pray (film)|Count Three and Pray]]'' (1955)
*''[[Nightfall (1957 film)|Nightfall]]'' (1957)
*''[[Abandon Ship!]]'' (1957) (aka ''Seven Waves Away'')
*''[[Solomon and Sheba]]'' (1959)
*''[[Bachelor in Paradise (film)|Bachelor in Paradise]]'' (1961)
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*''[[It Happened at the World's Fair]]'' (1963) (producer - uncredited)
*''[[Company of Cowards?]]'' (1964) (aka ''Advance to the Rear'')
*''[[Return of the Seven]]'' (1966)
⚫
*''[[Villa Rides]]'' (1968)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yiwsAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p8cEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4416,2362428&dq=ted+richmond+producer&hl=en|title=Producer Goes to Spain to Film Movie about Bandit Pancho Villa|last=Thomas|first=Bob|date=17 August 1967|work=The Times Tri-City Daily|page=13|accessdate=29 August 2013}}</ref>
*''[[Red Sun]]'' (1971)
*''[[Papillon (1973 film)|Papillon]]'' (1973)
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*''[[Breakthrough (1979 film)|Breakthrough]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979)
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0725159}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725159/ Ted Richmond] at [[IMDB]]
*[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/161513%7C144850/Ted-Richmond/filmography.html Ted Richmond] at [[TCMDB]]

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Ted Richmond (June 10, 1910 – December 23, 2013) was an American film producer credited with 66 films between 1940 and 1979. He was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Richmond produced films for several studios including Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Columbia Pictures. His most noted films include Return of the Seven (1966; with Yul Brynner), Red Sun (1971; with Charles Bronson), and Papillon (1973; with Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman). He died in Paris at the age of 103 in 2013.[1]

Career

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Richmond was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts. He first worked in the movie business as an usher at a local theater.[citation needed] He got into the film industry as an assistant director and providing stories at Monogram Studios. He eventually turned producer. In the mid 1940s he moved to Columbia Studios.[citation needed]

In the late 1940s he moved to Universal, where he produced the early starring vehicles for Audie Murphy. He made The Mississippi Gambler (1953) with Tyrone Power and the two men got along so well they decided to form a company together, Copa Productions. They made Count Three and Pray (1955) and Nightfall (1957) without Power in the cast, and Abandon Ship! (1957) and Solomon and Sheba (1959) with him. Power died during the filming of Solomon in Spain.[citation needed]

Richmond moved to MGM where he made Bachelor in Paradise (1961) and It Happened at the World's Fair (1963).

Richmond spent the last 30 years of his life in Paris with his wife, Asuko.[citation needed]

Partial filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Dagan, Carmel (2014-01-06). "Ted Richmond, Producer of 'Papillon,' Dies at 103". Variety. PMC. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  2. ^ Thomas, Bob (17 August 1967). "Producer Goes to Spain to Film Movie about Bandit Pancho Villa". The Times Tri-City Daily. p. 13. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
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