Viola Richard
American actress

Viola Richard

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American actress
Gender:
Female
Birth:
26 January 1904
Death:
28 December 1973
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Viola Richard, (26 January 1904 – 28 December 1973), was an American actress who appeared in several silent short comedies at the Hal Roach Studios opposite Laurel and Hardy, Charley Chase and Max Davidson in the 1920s. Pert and vivacious, she left Roach in 1928, but returned in 1935 to play small roles in an Our Gang short and again with Laurel and Hardy in Tit for Tat.

Selected filmography

  • Sprucin' Up (1935)
  • Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
  • Flying Elephants (1928)
  • Do Detectives Think? (1927)
  • Love 'Em and Feed 'Em (1927)
  • Sailors, Beware! (1927)
  • Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)