While he had a short life and very short film career, sleekly handsome actor Richard Hart, with his dark and virile looks, demonstrated much promise in those few years, especially on Broadway and in TV's "Golden Age." It all ended quickly, however, with his sudden demise at age 35. He was born Richard Comstock Hart, in Providence, Rhode Island, on April 14, 1915, the middle child of a prominent local lawyer, Henry Clay Hart. His grandfather, Richard Comstock, was also a lawyer. Following education at the Quaker-run preparatory Moses Brown School, he majored in English and psychology upon entering Brown University. After attaining his degree, his interest changed and he took journalism classes and had a brief job at Gorham, the silver company, before pursuing acting. A summer stock job in nearby Tiverton, Rhode Island, decided things for Hart, and he moved to New York City to pursue a professional stage career. Wife . In 1950 he became the first Ellery Queen on TV, appearing in the low-budget Dumont series "The Adventures of Ellery Queen." On January 2, 1951, Hart died suddenly of a coronary occlusion, possibly triggered by his prodigious alcohol intake. He was divorced once and estranged from his second wife at the time he died. He left a son, Christopher, from his first marriage and two daughters from his second, and there is a debate about another possible son, Richard Lee Hart, from an out-of-marriage relationship with Phyllis Buswell.
It has been reported that he had a relationship with Phyllis Eileen Buswell following his estrangement from second wife, actress Louise Valery, a relationship that bore a son, Richard Lee Hart, on September 2, 1947.
Winner of the 1945 Theatre World Award for his Broadway performance in "Dark of the Moon".
Had three children by marriage: a son, Christopher Comstock Hart Rawson, with first wife, high school sweetheart Eugenia Getchell, and two daughters, Hillary and Sheila, with second wife, actress Louise Valery. Christopher, who took stepfather Jonathan Rawsons surname, became a theatre critic. Hillary became a college professor at the University of Texas, and Sheila was a horse breeder in Ohio.
Dark-haired American leading man, briefly popular in the late 1940s. The son of a distinguished lawyer and President of the Rhode Island Bar Association, he graduated from Brown University and worked as a journalist before making his Broadway debut in 1945. Died aged 35, apparently from a heart attack.
Was an All-American soccer player in his college years at Brown University.
He died during the filming of the Dumont TV series "The Adventures of Ellery Queen" and was replaced by Lee Bowman as the famous sleuth.
Did summer stock in Tiverton, New Jersey, before making his Broadway debut in "Pillar to Post" in 1943.
According to Laura Wagner in her article on Richard in the summer 2014 issue of Films of the Golden Age, his final years were spent in a relationship with actress Felicia Montealegre. They appeared together on TV in episodes of "Studio One". Following Harts death, she married composer Leonard Bernstein.
Once made a government propaganda film with director Elia Kazan.
Richart Hart has two nephews from Providence, RI, who followed him into entertainment: Richard Blackburn (Eating Raoul, Satans Mistress, etc.) and his brother, Michael "ACE" Blackburn (Little Giants, Satans Mistress, Soaps, etc.).
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