Portrait of Dick Wessel

Acting

Dick Wessel

Career

Active from 1935 to 1959, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles
6
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fright Night
Fright Night
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 97 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Dick Wessel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.1, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.9, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Fantasy
    0.6, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Comic Strip Adaptation 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

178
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

14 titles ยท average score 62
The Ugly Dachshund
The Ugly Dachshund (1966)
GoodWatch score 68

as Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)

Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (1964)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Moses Hennepin

The Fugitive
The Fugitive (1963)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show ยท as Charley Hendricks

Petticoat Junction
Petticoat Junction (1963)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Bink Sharfells

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Officer

Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial (1963)

TV show ยท as Carnival Manager

Who's Minding the Store?
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
GoodWatch score 61

as Traffic Cop

Grindl
Grindl (1963)

TV show

Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare (1961)
GoodWatch score 63

TV show ยท as Sam Dlugash

Ben Casey
Ben Casey (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show

87th Precinct
87th Precinct (1961)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Howard Pitt

Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
GoodWatch score 61

as Governor of Florida (uncredited)

1950s

70 titles ยท average score 66
Riverboat
Riverboat (1959)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show ยท as Carney Kohler

The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959)
GoodWatch score 91

TV show ยท as Charlie

Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Big Mike Campbell

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Barker / Jed

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Transfer Man

Wagon Train
Wagon Train (1957)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Biff

Zorro
Zorro (1957)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Cpl. Delgado (uncredited)

G.I. Dood It
G.I. Dood It (1955)

as Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)

Fling in the Ring
Fling in the Ring (1955)
GoodWatch score 62

as Chopper Kane

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Sol Durham

Lassie
Lassie (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Fred Brockway

Dizzy Yardbird
Dizzy Yardbird (1950)

as Sergeant Flint

1940s

66 titles ยท average score 63
On the Town
On the Town (1949)
GoodWatch score 78

as Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)

Flat Feat
Flat Feat (1948)

as Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson

Unknown Island
Unknown Island (1948)
GoodWatch score 39

as Sanderson, 1st Mate

Billie Gets Her Man
Billie Gets Her Man (1948)

as Mr. McGonagle

Hectic Honeymoon
Hectic Honeymoon (1947)

as Duffy

Fright Night
Fright Night (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

as Chopper Kane

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
GoodWatch score 50

as Harry 'Cueball' Lake

Slappily Married
Slappily Married (1946)

as Eddie--Honey's Fiance

Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 89

as Detective (uncredited)

Silver Spurs
Silver Spurs (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

as Buck Walters

So You Won't Talk?
So You Won't Talk? (1940)

as Dopey

They Drive by Night
They Drive by Night (1940)
GoodWatch score 75

as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

1930s

28 titles ยท average score 64
An Hour for Lunch
An Hour for Lunch (1939)

as Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
GoodWatch score 84

as Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)

Missing Daughters
Missing Daughters (1939)

as Brick McGirk

They Made Me a Criminal
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
GoodWatch score 64

as Collucci

Dust Be My Destiny
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
GoodWatch score 66

as Customer (uncredited)

They All Come Out
They All Come Out (1939)
GoodWatch score 60

as Moxie (uncredited)

A Slight Case of Murder
A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
GoodWatch score 68

as Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)

Round-Up Time in Texas
Round-Up Time in Texas (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

as Henchman Craig Johnson

They Gave Him a Gun
They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
GoodWatch score 51

as German Machine Gunner (uncredited)

San Quentin
San Quentin (1937)
GoodWatch score 66

as Trusty (uncredited)

Fury
Fury (1936)
GoodWatch score 87

as Bodyguard (uncredited)

Half Shot Shooters
Half Shot Shooters (1936)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)