- Recent Role:
- Sol Durham on Gunsmoke
- Gender:
- Male
- Born:
- 4-20-1913
- Died:
-
04-20-1965
(heart attack)
- Birthplace:
- Wisconsin, USA
- Birth Name:
- Richard M. Wessel
- AKA:
- Richard Wessel, Richard Wessell, Dick Wessell, Richard M. Wessel
Wessel was a large-framed character actor with a sneer on his mug, earning him several hundred film roles as though-guys, thugs, gangsters and street-wise toughs. Along with these, he also appeared in many comedy films produced by Columbia Studios. During the 1950s, he found frequent work in many western TV series.
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