“RICHARD CARLSON: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (081)
“RICHARD CARLSON: CLASSIC CINEMA STAR OF THE MONTH” (081) - 3/31/2025
Tall, dark-haired, and handsome, RICHARD CARLSON was always a welcomed addition to any cast. From the beginning, when he was playing preppy college students opposite LANA TURNER, to his reign in the 1950s as the King of Sci-Fi thrillers, Carlson brought believability and authority to each role but also a sense of introspective thoughtfulness. You looked into his deep blue eyes and chiseled face and believed him. Whatever he was selling, we were buying. And while he never became an A-list leading man, he enjoyed a long and steady career and enhanced many a mediocre film with his special appeal. This week, we celebrate RICHARD CARLSON as our Star of the Month.
SHOW NOTES:
Sources:
Monsters in the Machine (2016), by Steffen Hantke;
Keep Watching the Skies (2009), by Bill Warren;
“Richard Carlson: Albert Lea’s Other Film & Television Star,” December 24, 2016, by Ed Shannon;
“Today’s Underrated Actor Spotlight: Richard Carlson,” June 24, 2105, by Bynum, www.thetinseltoentwins.com;
“A Tribute To Richard Carlson,’ January 9, 2014, www.scififilmfiesta.com;
“Richard Carlson, Actor, Dies at 65,” November 27, 1977, New York Times;
Wikipedia.com;
TCM.com;
IMDBPro.com;
Movies Mentioned:
Desert Death (1935), starring Raymond Hatton;
The Young in Heart (1938), starring Janet Gaynor, Roland Young, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr & Paulette Goddard;
The Duke of West Point (1938), starring Louis Hayward & Joan Fontaine;
Winter Carnival (1939), starring Ann Sheridan, Richard Carlson, & Robert Mitchum;
These Glamour Girls (1939), starring Lana Turner & Lew Ayres;
Dancing Co-Ed (1939), starring Lana Turner & Richard Carlson;
Beyond Tomorrow (1940), starring Haley Carey & Charles Winning;
No, No, Nanette (1940), starring Anna Neagle;
The Howards of Virginia (1940), starring Cary Grant & Martha Scott;
Back Street (1941), starring Margaret Sullavan & Charles Boyer;
The Little Foxes (1941Ol staring Bette Davis & Teresa Wright;
The Affairs of Martha (1942), starring Marsha Hunt & Richard Carlson;
My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942), starring Richard Carlson & Martha O’Driscoll;
Fly By Night (1942) starring Richard Carlson & Nancy Kelly;
Hold That Ghost (1941), starring Bud Abbot & Lou Costello;
White Cargo (1942), staring Hedy Lamarr& Walter Pidgeon;
Presenting Lily Mars (1943), starring Judy Garland & Van Heflin;
The Man From Down Under (1943), starring Charles Laughton & Donna Reed;
So Well Remembered (1947), starring John Mills & Martha Scott;
Behind Locked Doors (1948), starring Richard Carlson & Lucille Bremer;
The Amazing Mr. X (1948), starring Turban Bey, Lynn Bari, & Cathy O’Donnell;
King Solomon’s Mines (1950), starring Stewart Granger & Deborah Kerr;
The Sound of Fury (1950), starring Frank Lovejoy;
The Blue Veil (1951), starring Jane Wyman, Charles Laughton, & Joan Blondell;
The Magnetic Monster (1953), starring Richard Carlson;
It Came from Outer Space (1954), starring Richard Carlson & Barbara Rush;
The Maze (1953), starring Richard Carlson & Hillary Brooke;
The Creature from The Black Lagoon (1954), starring Richard Carlson & Julie Adams;
All I Desire (1953), starring Barbara Stanwyck & Richard Carlson;
Riders To the Stars (1954), starring William Lundigan;
Appointment with a Shadow (1957), starring George Nadar;
The Saga of Hemp Brown (1957), starring Rory Calhoun;
Johnny Rocco (1958), starring Richard Evers & Coleen Gray;
Tormented (1960), starring Richard Carlson;
Kid Rodelo (1966), starring Broderick Crawford & Janet Leigh;
Change of Habit (1969), starring Elvis Pressly, Mary Tyler moore, & Richard Carlson;
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