Mini-Biography:
Richard Brooks was born under the given name Ruben Sax on May 18, 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an American Regisseur, Autor, Produzent, known for Wrong is right (1982), The last Hunt (1956), Cat on a hot tin roof (1958), Richard Brooks's first movie on record is from 1943. He was married to Jean Brooks, Harriette Levin and Jean Simmons. Richard Brooks died on March 11, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1989.
FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1989: Shocker (Darsteller: Rhino), Directed by Wes Craven, with Peter Berg, Cami Cooper,
1988: Shakedown (Blue Jean Cop) (Darsteller), Directed by James Glickenhaus, with Blanche Baker, Patricia Charbonneau,
1988: Bacall on Bogart (Darsteller: Richard Brooks), Directed by David Heeley, with Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Bogdanovich,
1985: Fever Pitch (Regisseur),
1982: Wrong is right (Flammen am Horizont) (Regisseur), with Rosalind Cash, Sean Connery, Robert Conrad,
1975: Bite the bullet (700 Meilen westwärts) (Regisseur), with Ian Bannen, Candice Bergen, James Coburn,
1969: The happy ending (Happy-End für eine Ehe) (Regisseur), with Teresa Wright, Karen Steele, Jean Simmons,
1967: In cold blood (Kaltblütig) (Regisseur), with John Forsythe, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, John McLiam,
1966: The Professionals (Die gefürchteten Vier) (Regisseur), with Ralph Bellamy, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster,
1965: Lord Jim (Regisseur), with Walter Gotell, Jack Hawkins, Ichizo Itami,
1961: Sweet Bird of Youth (Süsser Vogel Jugend) (Regisseur), with Madeleine Sherwood, Geraldine Page, ,
1960: Elmer Gantry (Elmer Gantry: Gott ist sein Geschäft) (Regisseur), with Edward Andrews, Everett Glass, Dean Jagger,
1958: Cat on a hot tin roof (Die Katze auf dem heissen Blechdach) (Regisseur), with Elizabeth Taylor, Madeleine Sherwood, Judith Anderson,
1957: The Brothers Karamazov (Die Brüder Karamasoff) (Regisseur), with Richard Basehart, Claire Bloom, Yul Brynner,
1956: The Catered Affair (Mädchen ohne Mitgift) (Regisseur), with Ernest Borgnine, Bette Davis, Barry Fitzgerald,
1956: The last Hunt (Der Teufel im Sattel, Die letzte Jagd) (Regisseur), with Constance Ford, Stewart Granger, Ralph Moody,
1955: The blackboard jungle (Die Saat der Gewalt) (Regisseur), with Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Margaret Hayes,
1954: The last time I saw Paris (Damals in Paris) (Drehbuch), with Sandy Descher, George Dolenz, Eva Gabor,
1954: The flame and the flesh (Regisseur), with Pier Angeli, Bonar Colleano, Charles Goldner,
1952: Battle circus (Arzt im Zwielicht) (Regisseur), with June Allyson, Humphrey Bogart, William Campbell,
1952: Deadline U.S.A. (Die Maske runter) (Regisseur), with Ethel Barrymore, Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter,
1951: The Light Touch (Begegnung in Tunis) (Regisseur), with Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, George Sanders,
1950: Crisis (Hexenkessel) (Regisseur), with Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond,
1948: Key Largo (Hafen des Lasters, Gangster in Key Largo) (Drehbuch), Directed by John Huston, with Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson,
1948: Any number can play (Hoher Einsatz) (Drehbuch), Directed by Mervyn Le Roy, with Leon Ames, Mary Astor, Edgar Buchanan,
1947: Brute Force (Zelle R 17) (Drehbuch), Directed by Jules Dassin, with Vince Barnett, Charles Bickford, Ann Blyth,
1947: Crossfire (Kreuzfeuer, Im Kreuzfeuer) (Nach einer Vorlage von: novel The Brick Foxhole), Directed by Edward Dmytryk, with Gloria Grahame, George Cooper, Robert Mitchum,
1946: The Killers (Rächer der Unterwelt) (Drehbuch), Directed by Robert Siodmak, with Charles D. Brown, Phil Brown, Albert Dekker,
1944: My best Gal (Nach einer Vorlage von), Directed by Anthony Mann, with , ,
1943: White Savages (Fluch der Tempelgötter) (Drehbuch), Directed by Arthur Lubin, with Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez, Paul Guilfoyle,
Bibliography
Lothar R. Just, Filmjahrbuch 1993, Heine Filmbibliothek; The Motion Picture Guide, 1993 annual