![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director, Actor Born: December 17, 1927 in Chicago, IL Death: December 21, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:While still a high-school student, "Richard Long" was selected to play the son of "Claudette Colbert" in 1946's "Tomorrow is Forever". A subsequent supporting role as "Loretta Young"'s brother in the "Orson Welles"-directed "The Stranger" proved that Long had talent as well as looks, and that his good showing in the Colbert picture had not been a fluke. Despite a good start, Long's film career had waned by the mid-1950s. He finally gained stardom on television, notably on the various series produced by Warner Bros. between 1957 and 1963. Long played Gentleman Jack Darby on "Maverick" and detective Rex Randolph on "Bourbon Street Beat"; he carried over the "Randolph" character into 77 Sunset Strip, starting with the 1960-61 season. Later TV starring stints for "Richard Long" included "The Big Valley" (1965-69) as frontier attorney Jarrod Barkley, and Nanny and the Professor (70-71), as guess which of... Full Biography
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