Richard Neill

{{short description|American actor}}

{{for|those of a similar name|Richard Neal (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2019}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Richard Neill

| image = American Actor Richard R, Neill.jpeg

| caption = Motion Picture News, 1916

| birthname = Richard Renchaw Neill, Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1875|11|12}}

| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

| death_date = {{death date and age|1970|4|8|1875|11|12}}

| death_place = Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States

| yearsactive = 1910–1961

| occupation = Actor, screenwriter[https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturenew14moti_3#page/32/mode/2up "NEILL, Richard R."], featured in "Motion Picture Studio Directory" supplement in Motion Picture News (New York, N.Y.), October 21, 1916, p. 196. Internet Archive, San Francisco. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

| spouse = Grace Jerome Williams
(m. 1915-1970; his death)"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940", Richard Renchaw Neill to Grace Jerome Williams, November 12, 1915, Bronx, New York City. New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,940,961.

}}

Richard Renchaw Neill Jr. (November 12, 1875 – April 8, 1970) was an American actor and screenwriter who worked in both the silent and sound eras.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Richard+Neill%22+silent+film&pg=PA276|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|date=May 20, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476609058|access-date=March 28, 2019|via=Google Books}} He performed in more than 200 films from 1910 to 1959, and during the early part of his long screen career, he wrote "several scenarios" for productions. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he died in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

File:Somewhere in Sonora lobby card.jpg showing Neill (right) in Somewhere in Sonora (1923)]]