RICHARD EGAN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Richard Egan was born on July 29th, 1921 in San Francisco, California with only one brother, Willis Edan. He attended school at St. Ignatius Preparatory School in San Francisco and then went on to college. In 1942 he enlisted in the army during World War II and served as an officer teaching Judo and bayonet and knife fighting.
After completing his military service he earned a graduate degree from Stanford in Theater History and Drama in 1948. He also taught classes at Northwestern. He then began to working the theater industry first interpreting plays and in 1949 he began his film career.
He first took a small role in the film, "The Story of Molly X" (1949) starring June Havoc, John Russell and Dorothy Hart, which lead to him having the opportunity to sign a contract with 20th Century Fox. Richard had a number of roles in a variety of successful films such as, "Love Me Tender" (1956) starring Elvis Presley, Debra Paget, William Campbell, Neville Brand, Robert Middleton and James Drury, "A Summer Place" (1959) starring with Troy Donahue, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, Beulah Bondi and Sandra Dee, Walt Disney's "Pollyanna" (1960) starring with Hayley Mills, Jane Wyman, Karl Malden, Adolphe Menjou and Agnes Moorehead, "Esther and the King" (1960) with beautiful Joan Collins, "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" (1957) co-starring Julie Adams, Dan Duryea, Jan Sterling and Walter Matthau and "The Big Cube" (1969) also starring Lana Turner, George Chakiris and Dan O'Herilihy to name just a few.
Along with a successful film career, Egan also made a number of television appearances. on such shows as, "Empire" (1962-1963) and joined the cast of the daytime political drama, "Capital".
He married only one time to Patricia Hardy from June 7th, 1958 through July 20th, 1987 when he passed away in Los Angeles California from prostate cancer. He had five children total, four daughters and one son. He was buried in Culver City's Holy Cross Cemetery.
He had a great reputation in the industry and was very liked and honored especially by other 'stuntmen'. He was actually deemed an "Honorary Stuntman" by the Stuntmen's Association of America. He was also responsible for helping a number of young actors get their first big break into the industry.
Filmography
1982-1987 Capitol
1979 The Sweet Creek County War
1977 The Amsterdam Kill
1977 Mission to Glory: A True Story
1974-1976 Police Story
1976 The Quest
1975 Matt Helm
1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974 Throw Out the Anchor!
1973 The Streets of San Francisco
1973 Moonfire
1973 The Day of the Wolves
1972 Left Hand of Gemini
1970 The House That Would Not Die
1969 Downhill Racer
1969 The Big Cube
1968 The Destructors
1967 Chubasco
1967 Valley of Mystery
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964 Insight
1964 Fanfare for a Death Scene
1963 Redigo
1962-1963 Empire
1962 The 300 Spartans
1960 Esther and the King
1960 Pollyanna
1959 A Summer Place
1959 These Thousand Hills
1958 The Hunters
1958 Voice in the Mirror
1957 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
1956 Love Me Tender
1956 Tension at Table Rock
1956 The Revolt of Mamie Stover
1955 The View from Pompey's Head
1955 Seven Cities of Gold
1955 Violent Saturday
1955 Untamed
1955 Underwater!
1954 Khyber Patrol
1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 Gog
1954 Schlitz Playhouse
1953 Wicked Woman
1953 The Ford Television Theatre
1953 The Kid from Left Field
1953 The Glory Brigade
1953 Split Second
1952 Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952 Hollywood Opening Night
1952 The Devil Makes Three
1952 One Minute to Zero
1952 Cripple Creek
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
1951 Flame of Araby
1951 The Golden Horde
1951 Bright Victory
1951 Hollywood Story
1951 Up Front
1950 The Killer That Stalked New York
1950 Highway 301
1950 Kansas Raiders
1950 Undercover Girl
1950 Wyoming Mail
1950 Return of the Frontiersman
1950 The Damned Don't Cry
1950 The Good Humor Man
1949 The Story of Molly X
