In the manner of one of Hollywood’s own stories, Frederick William Bowditch (1906-73) was working as a film booker when he was persuaded to audition for the moving pictures.
After a number of uncredited appearances, including as a student in Good News, Richmond won the lead in The Leather Pushers (1922), a boxing series at Universal. According to Richmond, he ended up fighting two or three hundred rounds for the camera, breaking his nose (twice) a hand and an ankle.
Richmond notched up over 100 credits before retiring from the screen, including working alongside the Gipper in Knute Rockne, All American (1940).
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