Age, Biography and Wiki
Richard Conte was an American actor who had a career spanning over four decades. He was born on March 24, 1910 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He began his career in the 1930s, appearing in a number of Broadway productions. He made his film debut in 1941 with the movie The Devil and Daniel Webster. He went on to appear in over 100 films, including I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955), The Godfather (1972), and The Big Combo (1955). He also appeared in numerous television shows, including The Untouchables, The Twilight Zone, and The Fugitive.
Conte was married twice, first to actress Valentina Cortese, and then to actress Barbara Nichols. He had two children, a son and a daughter. He died on April 15, 1975 in Los Angeles, California.
At the time of his death, Conte had an estimated net worth of $2 million. He earned his wealth through his successful career in acting.
Popular As |
Nicholas Peter Conte |
Occupation |
actor,soundtrack,director |
Age |
65 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
Born |
24 March, 1910 |
Birthday |
24 March |
Birthplace |
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
Date of death |
15 April, 1975 |
Died Place |
Los Angeles, California, USA |
Nationality |
United States |
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 65 years old group.
Richard Conte Height, Weight & Measurements
At 65 years old, Richard Conte height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .
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Height |
5' 8" (1.73 m) |
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Who Is Richard Conte's Wife?
His wife is Shirlee Garner (9 August 1972 - 15 April 1975) ( his death), Ruth Storey (21 May 1943 - 1963) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
Family |
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Wife |
Shirlee Garner (9 August 1972 - 15 April 1975) ( his death), Ruth Storey (21 May 1943 - 1963) ( divorced) ( 1 child) |
Sibling |
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Richard Conte Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Richard Conte worth at the age of 65 years old? Richard Conte’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from United States. We have estimated
Richard Conte's net worth
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Net Worth in 2023 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2023 |
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Net Worth in 2022 |
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Salary in 2022 |
Under Review |
House |
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Cars |
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Source of Income |
Actor |
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Timeline
Featured in "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (McFarland, 2003).
His last hurrah in Hollywood role was as Don Corleone's rival, Don Barzini, in The Godfather (1972), which many critics and filmmakers, including the late Stanley Kubrick, consider the greatest Hollywood film of all time. Ironically, Paramount - which produced "The Godfather" - had considered Conte for the title role before the casting list was whittled down to Laurence Olivier and Marlon Brando.
After The Godfather (1972), Conte - whose character was assassinated in that picture, so does not appear in the equally classic sequel - continued to appear in European films. Richard Conte was married to Ruth Storey, with whom he fathered film editor Mark Conte.
He directed and starred in Operation Cross Eagles (1968), a low-budget war picture shot in Yugoslavia.
Frank Sinatra cast him in his two Tony Rome detective films, the eponymous Tony Rome (1967) and Lady in Cement (1968), but Conte eventually relocated to Europe.
Conte appeared often on television, including a co-starring gig on the syndicated series The Four Just Men (1959), but by the 1960s his career was in turnaround.
Lewis film-noir classic, Big Combo, The - 1955 (1955).
In the 1950s Conte essentially evolved into a B-movie actor, his best performances coming in The Blue Gardenia (1953) and Highway Dragnet (1954).
After being set free of his Fox contract in the early 1950s, his career lost momentum as the film noir cycle exhausted itself, although he turned in a first-rate performance as a vicious but philosophical gangster in Joseph H.
His best role at Fox was as the wrongly imprisoned man exonerated by James Stewart's reporter in Call Northside 777 (1948) and he also shined as a trucker in Thieves' Highway (1949).
He made his debut at Fox, under the name "Richard Conte", in Guadalcanal Diary (1943). During World War II Conte appeared mostly as soldiers in war pictures, although after the war he became a fixture in the studio's "film noir" crime melodramas.
Signing on as a contract player with 20th Century-Fox in 1942, Conte was promoted by the studio as, ironically, as "New John Garfield," the man who helped discover him.
Conte made his Broadway debut late in "Moon Over Mulberry Street" in 1939, and went on to be featured in other plays, including "Walk Into My Parlor.
" His stage work lead to a movie job, and he made his film debut in Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939), in which he was billed as "Nicholas Conte. " His career started to thrive during the Second World War, when many Hollywood actors were away in the military.
The gig as a singing waiter led to theatrical work in New York, where in 1935, he was discovered by actors Elia Kazan and Julius "Julie" Garfinkle (later known as John Garfield). Kazan helped Conte obtain a scholarship to study acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse, where he excelled.
Richard Conte was born Nicholas Richard Conte on March 24, 1910, in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of an Italian-American barber. He held a variety of jobs before becoming a professional actor, including truck driver, Wall Street clerk and singing waiter at a Connecticut resort.