Richard Dutoit Carlson (April 29, 1912 – November 25, 1977) was an American actor, television and film director, and screenwriter.
Known For
The Little Foxes
(1941)
David Hewitt
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(1954)
Dr. David Reed
Tormented
(1960)
Tom Stewart
The Valley of Gwangi
(1969)
Champ
King Solomon's Mines
(1950)
John Goode
The Ghost Breakers
(1940)
Geoff Montgomery
It Came from Outer Space
(1953)
John Putnam
Seminole
(1953)
Major Degan
Full Filmography
Acting
The Young in Heart
(1938)
Duncan Macrae
The Duke of West Point
(1938)
Jack West
Little Accident
(1939)
Perry Allerton
Dancing Co-Ed
(1939)
'Pug' Braddock
These Glamour Girls
(1939)
Joe
Winter Carnival
(1939)
Professor John Welden
The Ghost Breakers
(1940)
Geoff Montgomery
Too Many Girls
(1940)
Clint Kelly
Beyond Tomorrow
(1940)
James Houston
The Howards of Virginia
(1940)
Thomas Jefferson
No, No, Nanette
(1940)
Tom Gillespie
Hold That Ghost
(1941)
Doctor Jackson
Back Street
(1941)
Curt Stanton
The Little Foxes
(1941)
David Hewitt
West Point Widow
(1941)
Dr. Jimmy Krueger
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(1942)
R.I.C. Kay
Fly-By-Night
(1942)
Dr. Geoffrey Burton
White Cargo
(1942)
Mr. Langford
Highways by Night
(1942)
Tommy Van Steel
The Affairs of Martha
(1942)
Jeff Sommerfield
Presenting Lily Mars
(1943)
Owen Vail
Sucker Bait
(1943)
Bill - Soldier
For God and Country
(1943)
Tom Manning
The Man from Down Under
(1943)
Nipper Wilson
Young Ideas
(1943)
Tom Farrell
A Stranger in Town
(1943)
Bill Adams
Fury in the Pacific
(1945)
Narrator
So Well Remembered
(1947)
Charles Winslow / Charles Winslow Sr.
The Amazing Mr. X
(1948)
Martin Abbott
Behind Locked Doors
(1948)
Ross Stewart
King Solomon's Mines
(1950)
John Goode
The Sound of Fury
(1950)
Gil Stanton
The Blue Veil
(1951)
Gerald Kean
Valentino
(1951)
William 'Bill' King
A Millionaire for Christy
(1951)
Dr. Roland Cook
Flat Top
(1952)
Lt. (j.g.) Joe Rodgers
Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard
(1952)
Steve Smith ("Whispering Smith")
Retreat, Hell!
(1952)
Capt. Paul Hansen
The Maze
(1953)
Gerald MacTeam
It Came from Outer Space
(1953)
John Putnam
Seminole
(1953)
Major Degan
All I Desire
(1953)
Henry Murdoch
The Magnetic Monster
(1953)
Dr. Jeffrey Stewart
The Golden Blade
(1953)
Narrator (voice)
Riders to the Stars
(1954)
Dr. Jerry Lockwood
Creature from the Black Lagoon
(1954)
Dr. David Reed
Bengazi
(1955)
Insp. Levering
The Last Command
(1955)
William B. Travis
An Annapolis Story
(1955)
Introductory Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Three for Jamie Dawn
(1956)
Martin Random
The Helen Morgan Story
(1957)
Russell Wade
The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays
(1957)
The Fiction Writer
Hemo the Magnificent
(1957)
Mr. Fiction Writer
The Unchained Goddess
(1958)
The Writer
Tormented
(1960)
Tom Stewart
Della
(1964)
David Stafford
Kid Rodelo
(1966)
Link
The Doomsday Flight
(1966)
Chief Pilot Bob Shea
The Power
(1968)
Prof. Norman E. Van Zandt
The Valley of Gwangi
(1969)
Champ
Change of Habit
(1969)
Bishop Finley
Freedom 2000
(1974)
3-D Rarities
(2015)
(archive footage)
Directing
Four Guns to the Border
(1954)
Director
Riders to the Stars
(1954)
Director
Appointment with a Shadow
(1957)
Director
The Unchained Goddess
(1958)
Director
The Saga of Hemp Brown
(1958)
Director
Kid Rodelo
(1966)
Director
Writing