Richard Rust
{{Short description|American television and film actor (1938–1994)}}
{{distinguish|text=Richard S. Rust, an abolitionist and educator}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|07|13}}
| birth_place = Boston Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|11|9|1938|7|13}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1955–1988
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| alma_mater = University of Miami
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Richard Rust (July 13, 1938 – November 9, 1994) was an American actor of stage, television, and film.
Early years
Born in Boston, Rust attended a Massachusetts boarding school{{cite news |last1=DuPriest |first1=Bill |title=Load Will Shift to Somebody Else |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56276358/richard-rust/ |accessdate=July 28, 2020 |work=The Miami Herald |date=June 8, 1963 |page=17|via = Newspapers.com}} and the University of Miami, where he was an archery champion.{{cite news |title=Good Shot |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23757643/richard_rust/ |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |agency=United Press International |date=December 25, 1960 |location=California, San Bernardino |page=35|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = September 15, 2018}} {{Open access}} After majoring in drama at Miami, he enhanced his skills at the Neighborhood Playhouse.
Stage
Rust first acted professionally in a 1951 production of The Milky Way at Southbury Playhouse in Connecticut.{{cite web |title=Richard Rust |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/richard-rust-110655 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=July 29, 2020 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200729001235/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/richard-rust-110655 |archivedate=July 29, 2020 |url-status=live }}New York Times, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110520210223/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/62295/Richard-Rust/biography Richard Rust biographical sketch]{{cite book |last1=Terrace |first1=Vincent |title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 |date=2011 |publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7 |edition=2nd |location=Jefferson, N.C. |page=924}}{{cite news |date=December 8, 1962 |title=Richard Rust Beat Heavy Competition |page=16 |work=Biddeford-Saco Journal |location=Maine, Biddeford |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23757422/richard_rust |accessdate=September 15, 2018 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}
Television
Rust appeared in The Rifleman, played Brice in the 1961 episode "Quiet Fear". He also acted in the "Perry Mason" episodes "The Case of the Startled Stallion" (1959) and "The Case of the Nervous Neighbor" (1964), and the "Gunsmoke" episode "Kangaroo" (1959). He also appeared in the "Lawman" series in 1959 in the episode "9:05 to North Platte". He played attorney Hank Tabor in the NBC series “Sam Benedict” (1962-63).
Death
Rust died in Los Angeles on November 9, 1994, at the age of 56.{{Citation needed |date=May 2024}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | The Phenix City Story | Soldier | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Detective Charlie | Season 4 Episode 23: "I'll Take Care of You" |
| 1959 | The Legend of Tom Dooley | Country Boy | |
| 1960 | Gunsmoke | Lee | "Say Uncle" S6 Ep 1 |
| 1960 | This Rebel Breed | Buck Madison | |
| 1960 | Comanche Station | Dobie | |
| 1961 | Underworld U.S.A. | Gus Cottahee | |
| 1961 | Homicidal | Jim Nesbitt | |
| 1962 | Walk on the Wild Side | Oliver | |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | Captain Alex | |
| 1966 | Alvarez Kelly | Sergeant Hatcher | |
| 1969 | Naked Angels | Fingers | |
| 1970 | The Student Nurses | Les | |
| 1971 | The Last Movie | Pisco | |
| 1973 | Kid Blue | Train Robber #2 | |
| 1973 | I Escaped from Devil's Island | Sergeant Zamorra | |
| 1977 | The Great Gundown | Joe Riles | |
| 1988 | Colors | Hearing Officer | |
| 1988 | Daddy's Boys | Construction Worker | |
| 1988 | Double Revenge | Sheriff Blanchfield |
References
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External links
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- {{IBDB name|110655}}
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Category:American male television actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:Male actors from Greater Los Angeles
Category:Male actors from Boston
Category:20th-century American male actors