Dick Hatton (born Clarence Edward Hatton, 1891 - July 9, 1931) was an American actor in

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

s. He had leading roles in productions from various studios including Arrow Pictures and

Rayart Pictures Rayart Pictures was one of the early film production and distribution companies operating independently of the major Hollywood studios in the United States during the later silent film era from the mid-to-late 1920s and into the early "talkies" e ...

films including '' Temporary Sheriff''. Hatton was born in Kentucky. He died at age 40 after an automobile accident.

Selected filmography

*'' Cactus Cure'' *'' Two Fisted Justice'' (1924), an Arrow Pictures production *'' Temporary Sheriff'' *'' Fearless Dick'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

Where Romance Rides ''Where Romance Rides'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Ward Hayes and starring Dick Hatton, Marilyn Mills and Roy Laidlaw.Langman, p. 505 Synopsis A wealthy New York banker and his daughter take a vacation in the West. Whi ...

'' (1925) * ''

Scar Hanan ''Scar Hanan'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Edward Linden and Ben F. Wilson and starring Yakima Canutt, Dorothy Wood and Helen Broneau.Munden, p. 684 Cast * Yakima Canutt as Scar Hanan * Dorothy Wood as Marian Fleming ...

'' (1925) * ''

Tonio, Son of the Sierras ''Tonio, Son of the Sierras'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Wilson, Neva Gerber, Robert Walker and Ruth Royce.Connelly p.422 It is based on the novel of the same name by Charles King. Cast * Be ...

'' (1925) * ''

Speeding Hoofs ''Speeding Hoofs'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Dick Hatton, Elsa Benham and Ray Turner.Langman, p. 329 Cast * Dick Hatton as Richard Stanton * Elsa Benham as Elsa McGuire * Ray Turner as ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Boss of Rustler's Roost ''The Boss of Rustler's Roost'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Leo D. Maloney and starring Eugenia Gilbert, Ben Corbett and Tom London. Cast * Don Coleman as 'Smiler' Cavanaugh * Eugenia Gilbert as Fay Everman * Ben Corb ...

'' (1928) * '' Romance of the West'' (1930)

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* 1891 births 1931 deaths American male film actors Actors from Kentucky 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub