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Richard Arlen
(same as Van Mattimore, Richard Van Mattimore)

Born 1 September 1900 in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, as Cornelius Richard Van Mattimore.
Died 28 March 1976 in North Hollywood, California, USA, of emphysema.

Married Ruth Austin; divorced.
Married actress Jobyna Ralston, 28 January 1927; son, actor Richard Arlen Jr., born 17 May 1933;
divorced, 4 September 1946.
Married Margaret Kinsella, 1946; until Richard’s death, 28 March 1976.

Richard Arlen began in motion pictures as an extra in 1923. Having served as a noncombat pilot for the Royal Canadian Flying Corps during World War I, Arlen was a natural choice as one of the stars of Wings (1927).

References: Website-IMDb.