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Jack Mulhall


Photo: Jack Freulich (1878-1936)

1887 - 1979

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Jack MulhallThe actor and director Richard Rosson belonged to a movie enthusiastic family - his brother Arthur Rosson was a director, his sister Helene Rosson was an actress and his brother Harold Rosson was a oscar-winning cinematographer.

Richard Rosson began his film career as an actor in 1911 with "Selecting His Heiress", it followed the movies "Diamond Cut Diamond" (12), "She Cried" (12), "Criminals" (13), "The Passerby" (13), "The Embezzler" (14), "Richelieu" (14), "Her Escape" (14), "My Best Girl" (15) and "Nobody's Home" (15).

He continued his acting career till 1922 and he took part in the productions "Ella Wanted to Elope" (16), "Number Please?" (16), "In the Land of the Tortilla" (16), "The Haunted House" (17), "Madame Sphinx" (18), "The Secret Garden" (19), "Polly of the Storm Country" (20), "Her Face Value" (21) and "Always the Woman" (22).

Richard Rosson launched a second career as a director from 1926, an activity he carried on for the first time in 1917 for "Her Father's Keeper" (17).
To his works as a director belong "Fine Manners" (26) with Gloria Swanson, "Ritzy" (27), "The Wizard" (27), "The Escape" (28) and "The Very Idea" (29).

Afterwards followed only few more movies as a director, among them - as a co-director of Howard Hawks - the legendary movie "Scarface" (32) with Paul Muni, and as a director "West Point of the Air" (35), "Behind the Headlines" (37) and "Corvette K-225" (43).
Together with Howard Hawks he also realised some other movies as a second-unit-director.

Richard Rosson committed suicide in 1953 at the age of 60 because of carbon monoxide poisoining.
 

Other movies with Jack Mulhall: 
The House of Discord (13) Who's Looney Now? (14) The Fall of Muscle-Bound Hicks (14) Our Home-Made Army (14) Blacksmith Ben (14) They Called It "Baby" (14) All for Business (14) A Better Understanding (14) Little Miss Make-Believe (14) For Her People (14) The Suffering of Susan (14) The Gang's New Member (15) All for the Boy (15) Père Goriot (15) Their Divorce Suit (15) Rose o' the Shore (15) His Brother's Keeper (15) The Bridge Across (15) The Girl and the Matinee Idol (15) One Hundred Dollars (15) When Hearts Are Young (15) A Much-Needed Lesson (15) The Little Scapegoat (15) Bobby's Bargain (15) His Ward's Scheme (15) The Girl Hater (15) Love's Melody (15) A Letter to Daddy (15) The Fixer (15) The Little Slavey (15) His Last Wish (15) The Need of Money (15) At The Road's End (15) Dora (15) A Kentucky Episode (15) The Girl Who Didn't Forget (15) Arline's Chauffeur (15) The Sheriff's Trap (15) Woman Without a Soul (15) Her Stepchildren (15) The Tides of Retribution (16) The Avenging Shot (16) The Skating Rink (16) Stronger Than Woman's Will (16) The Guilt of Stephen Eldridge (16) The Mystery of Orcival (16) Alias Jimmy Barton (16) The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary (16) The Man Who Called After Dark (16) A Spring Chicken (16) Celeste (16) Merry Mary (16) The Crimson Yoke (16) The Whirlpool of Destiny (16) The Place Beyond the Winds (16) Wanted: A Home (16) The Price of Silence (16) The Prodigal Daughter (16) The Terror (17) Fighting for Love (17) Love Aflame (17) The Saintly Sinner (17) Mr. Dolan of New York (17) The Hero of the Hour (17) The Gunman's Gospel (17) Three Women of France (17) High Speed (17) The Midnight Man (17) Sirens of the Sea (17) Wild Youth (18) The Grand Passion (18) The Flames of Chance (18) The Whispering Chorus (18) The Brass Bullet (18) Danger, Go Slow (18) Don't Change Your Husband (19) Whom the Gods Would Destroy (19) Creaking Stairs (19) Fools and Their Money (19) The Solitary Sin (19) A Favor to a Friend (19) The Spite Bride (19) Should a Woman Tell? (19) All of a Sudden Peggy (20) The Hope (20) You Never Can Tell (20) Sleeping Acres (21) The Off-Shore Pirate (21) The Little Clown (21) Two Weeks with Pay (21) The Ne'er to Return Road (21) Forteenth Lover (22) Molly O' (21) Turn to the Right (22) Midnight (22) Dusk at Dawn (22) The White and Yellow (22) The Channel Raiders (22) Broad Daylight (22) The Forgotten Law (22) The Siege of the Lancashire Queen (22) Heroes of the Street (22) Dangerous Waters (23) The Social Buccaneer (23) The Yellow Handkerchief (23) Within the Law (23) Dulcy (23) Call of the Wild (23) The Marriage Market (23) The Drums of Jeopardy (23) The Goldfish (24) Folly of Vanity (24) The Breath of Scandal (24) Three Keys (25) The Mad Whirl (25) Friendly Enemies (25) Wild West (25) Classified (25) We Moderns (25) Joanna (25) Pleasures of the Rich (26) The Dixie Merchant (26) Silence (26) Sweet Daddies (26) Subway Sadie (26) God Gave Me Twenty Cents (26) Just Another Blonde (26) Orchids and Ermine (27) The Poor Nut (27) Smile, Brother, Smile (27) The Crystal Cup (27) Man Crazy (27) Lady Be Good (28) Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (28) The Butter and Egg Man (28) Naughty Baby (28) Two Weeks Off (29) Twin Beds (29) Dark Streets (29) The Show of Shows (29) Second Choice (30) In the Next Room (30) Her Golden Calf (30) Show Girl in Hollywood (30) The Fall Guy (30) Road to paradise (30) For the Love o' Lil (30) Lover Come Back (31) Night Beat (31) Sally of the Subway (32) Murder at Dawn (32) Sinister Hands (32) Love Bound (32) Hell's Headquarters (32) Curtain at Eight (33) Secret Sinners (33) Many Happy Returns (34) Burn 'Em Up Barnes (34) Whom the Gods Destroy (34) The Old Fashioned Way (34) The Notorious Sophie Lang (34) The Human Side (34) It's a Gift (34) Broadway Bill (34) Bandits and Ballads (34) Behold My Wife (34) The Dancing Millionaire (34) One Hour Late (34) I've Been Around (34) Burn 'Em Up Barnes (34) Mississippi (35) Straight from the Heart (35) George White's 1935 Scandals (35) Wig-Wag (35) Roaring Roads (35) Reckless (35) Love in Bloom (35) The Headline Woman (35) People Will Talk (35) What Price Crime (35) Paris in Spring (35) Pickled Peppers (35) Chinatown Squad (35) Love Me Forever (35) Men Without Names (35) Lady Tubbs (35) Here's to Romance (35) Here Comes the Band (35) Two for Tonight (35) Page Miss Glory (35) The Gay Deception (35) The Big Broadcast of 1936 (35) The Last Days of Pompeii (35) Your Uncle Dudley (35) Skull and Crown (35) The Shadow of Silk Lennox (35) Custer's Last Stand (36) Anything Goes (36) A Face in the Fog (36) Klondike Annie (36) Wife vs. Secretary (36) The Preview Murder Mystery (36) The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (36) The Country Beyond (36) Thirteen Hours by Air (36) One Rainy Afternoon (36) Undersea Kingdom (36) The Rogues Tavern (36) The Crime of Dr. Forbes (36) Kelly of the Secret Service (36) Hollywood Boulevard (36) Straight from the Shoulder (36) Wives Never Know (36) Murder with Pictures (36) The Big Broadcast of 1937 (36) Wedding Present (36) Libeled Lady (36) Without Orders (36) Under Your Spell (36) Beloved Enemy (36) History Is Made at Night (37) Secret Valley (37) Love is News (37) Internes Can't Take Money (37) Wings Over Honolulu (37) Armored Car (37) Dangerous Holiday (37) Born Reckless (37) The Toast of New York (37) Framing Youth (37) One Hundred Men and a Girl (37) The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning (37) Sky Racket (37) Radio Patrol (37) Music for madame (37) Saturday's Heroes (37) Amateur Crook (37) Tim Tyler's Luck (37) Mad About Music (38) Outlaws of Sonora (38) You and Me (38) Held for Ransom (38) Crime Ring (38) The Chaser (38) The Storm (38) Swing That Cheer (38) Sharpshooters (38) Made for Each Other (39) Outlaws' Paradise (39) Three Smart Girls Grow Up (39) 6'000 Enemies (39) Scouts to the Rescue (39) First Love (39) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (39) Judge Hardy and Son (39) Black Friday (40) That Inferior Feeling (40) Broadway Melody of 1940 (40) Strange Cargo (40) Grandpa Goes to Town (40) A Failure at Fifty (40) I Love You Again (40) Comin' Round the Mountain (40) The Golden Fleecing (40) Strike Up the Band (40) Dulcy (40) A Little Bit of Heaven (40) Third Finger, Left Hand (40) The Quarterback (40) Mysterious Doctor Satan (40) Caught in the Act (41) Buck Privates (41) Back Street (41) Ride, Kelly, Ride (41) Cheers for Miss Bishop (41) Las Vegas Nights (41) Invisible Ghost (41) Adventures of Captain Marvel (41) The Spider Returns (41) Love Crazy (41) Saddle Mountain Roundup (41) In the Navy (41) Desperate Cargo (41) Bowery Blitzkrieg (41) Unexpected Uncle (41) Sea Raiders (41) International Lady (41) Hard Guy (41) Appointment for Love (41) I Killed That Man (41) Harvard, Here I Come! (41) Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (41) Treat 'Em Rough (42) Man from Headquarters (42) Mr. Wise Guy (42) The Dawn Express (42) Gang Busters (42) So's Your Aunt Emma (42) Top Sergeant (42) Wake Island (42) Between Us Girls (42) Sin Town (42) The Forest Rangers (42) 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge (42) Queen of Broadway (42) Silent Witness (43) Kid Dynamite (43) The Amazing Mrs. Holliday (43) Idaho (43) I Escaped from the Gestapo (43) Cowboy in Manhattan (43) Colt Comrades (43) Hers to Hold (43) The Falcon in Danger (43) Ghosts on the Loose (43) Swing Shift Maisie (43) The Kansan (43) Corvette K-225 (43) Hi'ya, Sailor (43) Wedtime Stories (43) Whistling in Brooklyn (43) Gambler's Choice (44) South of Dixie (44) Babes on Swing Street (44) National Barn Dance (44) A Wave, a WAC and a Marine (44) An American Romance (44) My Buddy (44) Bowery Champs (44) The Man Who Walked Alone (45) The Phantom of 42nd Street (45) Flame of Barbary Coast (45) The Searching Wind (46) Deadline for Murder (46) 'Neath Canadian Skies (46) North of the Border (46) You're My Everything (49) Sky Liner (49) My Friend Irma (49) Serie "The Ken Murray Show" (50) Serie "Boston Blackie: High Voltage Murder" (51) Serie " Boston Blackie: Cop Killer" (51) Serie "The Adventures of Kit Carson: Law of the Six Guns" (51) Serie "Craig Kennedy, Criminologist" (52) Just for You (52) Serie "Racket Squad: The Soft Touch" (52) Blackhawk: Fearless Champion of Freedom (52) Serie "Dragnet: The Big Actor" (52) Serie "I'm the Law: The Cowboy and the Blind Man Story" (53) Tennessee's Partner (55) Serie "The Adventures of Kit Carson: The Phantom Uprising" (55) Serie "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok: The Boy and the Hound Dog" (55) Calling Homicide (56) Serie "The Adventures of Champion: Andrew and the Deadly Double" (56) The She-Creature (56) Serie "Crossroads: The Rabbi Davis Story" (56) Serie "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Never Again" (56) Up in Smoke (57) Serie "Dragnet: The Big Game" (57) Serie "The O. Henry Playhouse: Hygeia at the Solito" (57) Serie "How to Marry a Millionaire: The Penthouse" (57) Serie "Playhouse 90: The Big Slide" (56) Serie "Playhouse 90: No Time at All" (58) Serie "The Lineup: The Louie Lawrence Case" (58) I married a Woman (58) Serie "Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Don't Interrupt" (58) Serie "Goodyear Theatre: I Remember Caviar" (59) Serie "The Gale Storm Show: You Gotta Have Charm" (58) Serie "77 Sunset Strip: Strange Girl in Town" (59) 


 
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