Frank Richards

Birth : 1887-02-20, USA

Death : 1969-02-07

History

Stunt performer, best known for getting hit in the gut with a cannonball in a famous piece of stock footage.

Movies

Crashing the Movies
Himself (as 'Cannonball' Richards)
This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a pane of glass, a car being driven up a ramp and crashing on top of other cars, a human loop-the-loop, and a man who has a cannonball shot at his abdomen at close range.