Richard Leslie (actor)
Richard Leslie was an actor in theater and then Vitagraph short comedy films from 1912 to 1916. He was listed among Vitagraph's "Prominent Personages" in 1915 newspaper advertorial.[1] He wrote that he worked for a tea company before become interested in theater.
He wrote in 1916 in a Motion Picture Classic illustrated article that he was born 33 years prior in Liverpool, England and became make-up manager for the Vitagraph Company. He described himself as Vitagraph's official "drunk, parson, and butler.[2] He reportedly made up 738 people for Lincoln's Speech at Gettysburg and 500 for The Little Minister. He wrote about the difference between makeup for staged performances and film. He also discussed the use of color on film sets and makeup to achieve affects. He recommended the eyes of Irish brunettes for their luminosity, which he stated could not be recreated on film with makeup.[3]
Actress Gladys Leslie was his sister.[4]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | The Valet | |||
| Doctor Bridget | ||||
| It All Came Out in the Wash | Valet | |||
| 1913 | The Golf Game and the Bonnet | [5] | ||
| The Sale of a Heart | ||||
| Matrimonial Manoeuvres | ||||
| He Fell in Love with His Mother-in-Law | ||||
| Those Troublesome Tresses | ||||
| When the Press Speaks | William | |||
| The Intruder | Valet | [6]: 136 | ||
| Gilbert Gray's Valet | ||||
| Dr. Crathern's Experiment | ||||
| The Drop of Blood | [citation needed] | |||
| The Fortune | as Third Jokester[failed verification] | [6]: 158 | ||
| The House in Suburbia | Gerald Brooks | |||
| The Mouse and the Lion | Jack | |||
| Beau Brummel | Lord Beaconsfield | credited as Dick Leslie | ||
| The Skull | ||||
| What a Change of Clothes Did | ||||
| The Butler | ||||
| 1914 | The Little Minister | McKenzie - Friend of Rintoul | ||
| An Instructor | ||||
| Our Fairy Play | ||||
| The Village Cutup | ||||
| The Adventure of the Rival Undertakers | John | |||
| The Old Fire Horse and the New Fire Chief | ||||
| The Tattoo Mark | Steve Brogan | |||
| Her Great Scoop | Dick Perkins | |||
| The Misadventures of a Mighty Monarch | ||||
| Bunny's Little Brother | ||||
| 1915 | The Conquest of Constantia | Teddy | credited as Dick Leslie Jr. | |
| Lillian's Husbands | ||||
| The Mystery of Mary | ||||
| Elsa's Brother | [7] | |||
| When Greek Meets Greek | ||||
| Breaking In | ||||
| Mother's Roses | Perkins the Butler | |||
| 1916 | Autumn | [citation needed] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Vitagraph Prominent Personages" (PDF). Evening Ledger—Philadelphia. May 1, 1915. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 26, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Leslie, Richard (October 1916). "The Art of Make-Up and How I Learnt It". Motion Picture Classic. Vol. 3. p. 22 – via Google Books.
- ^ Leslie, Richard (August 1915). "Making Up for the Film". The Theatre. Vol. 22. Meyer Bros. & Company. p. 90. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ Bowers, Q. David (1995). "Leslie, Gladys". Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History (2.1 ed.). Thanhouser Company Film Preservation. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ The Bioscope. Vol. 22. Ganes Ltd. March 12, 1914. pp. 1124–1125. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Motion Picture Story Magazine. Vol. 6. Brooklyn, New York: M. P. Publishing Company Co. August 1913. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Richmond Theater". Alexandria Gazette. Vol. 131, no. 180. July 30, 1915. p. 2 – via Virginia Chronicle.