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Dick Wessel
Catalogued films 39Actor 39
Richard Michael Wessel (April 20, 1913 – April 20, 1965) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 270 films between 1935 and 1966. He is best remembered for his only leading role, a chilling portrayal of strangler Harry "Cueball" Lake in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946), and for his appearances as comic villains opposite The Three Stooges.
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The Ugly Dachshund
Wives and Lovers
The Gazebo
Bowery to Bagdad
Champ for a Day
Let's Do It Again
Blackbeard, the Pirate
The WAC from Walla Walla
Young Man with Ideas
Love Is Better Than Ever
Reunion in Reno
Corky of Gasoline Alley
Life with Buster Keaton
Gasoline Alley
Texas Carnival
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
Watch the Birdie
Beware of Blondie
Unknown Island
Pitfall
It Happened in Brooklyn
13 Rue Madeleine
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
False Faces
A Gentle Gangster
Silver Spurs
X Marks the Spot
Friendly Enemies
Desert Bandit
The Great Train Robbery
The Border Legion
So You Won't Talk?
Cafe Hostess
The Cowboy Quarterback
Missing Daughters
Hawk of the Wilderness
Arson Gang Busters
Round-Up Time in Texas
The Game That Kills