Jeff Richards (baseball player/actor)

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Jeff Richards
from the trailer for the film The Opposite Sex (1956).
Born	Richard Mansfield Taylor November 1, 1924 Portland, Oregon, USA
Died	Jul 28, 1989, age 64

Jeff Richards, born Richard Mansfield Taylor (November 1, 1924 – July 28, 1989), was an American minor league baseball player with the Portland Beavers who later became an actor. He was sometimes credited as Dick Taylor and Richard Taylor.

He is best known for his role as Benjamin Pontipee in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954). Following this performance, he tied with George Nader and Joe Adams for the Golden Globe Award award as the year's most promising male film personality. Despite this, his acting career soon declined.

He was married to Vickie Taylor and they had one child before they divorced.

[edit] Filmography

• Mag Wheels (1978)
• Waco (1966)
• The Secret of the Purple Reef (1960)
• Island of Lost Women (1959)
• Born Reckless (1958)
• Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
• The Opposite Sex (1956)
• It's a Dog's Life (1955)
• The Marauders (1955)
• Many Rivers to Cross (1955)
• Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
• Big Leaguer (1953)
• Code Two (1953)
• Battle Circus (1953)
• Above and Beyond (1952)
• The Sellout (1952)
• Desperate Search (1952)
• Angels in the Outfield (1951)
• Kill the Umpire (1950)
• Jefferson Drum (1958), television series

[edit] External links

• Jeff Richards at the Internet Movie Database
• AOL Movie page