Dick Wesson

Dick Wesson

Birth : 1922-11-19,

Death : 1996-04-25

Profile

Dick Wesson

Movies

Rollercoaster
Tourist Father
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Change of Mind
Producer
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
Change of Mind
Screenplay
A white man's brain is transplanted into a black man's skull.
Tammy and the Millionaire
Producer
A bayou girl (Debbie Watson) and her kin (Frank McGrath, Denver Pyle) have run-ins with some rich folks.
The Errand Boy
The A.D.
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends
The Boss (voice)
Walt Disney, who is on vacation, gives Jiminy Cricket a phone call to take over hosting duties for one TV episode while he is away. Jiminy decides to gather the other Disney stars together to help him out. Unfortunately, they, too, are on vacation, but how they are spending their respective vacations helps put the show together for him.
The Goofy Success Story
Announcer (voice)
Paris Follies of 1956
Chuck Russell
Trouble ensues when a new theatre-restaurant owner discovers the backer to be a harmless and moneyless lunatic.
Calamity Jane
Francis Fryer
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.
The Charge at Feather River
Pvt. Cullen
A frontier scout leads prisoners on a death mission to save a railroad and rescue two women.
The Desert Song
Benjamin 'Benjy' Kidd
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.
The Man Behind The Gun
Sgt. 'Monk' Walker
This 1952 western stars Randolph Scott as an army investigator who poses as a schoolteacher while working undercover to expose a group of secessionists. Also starring Patrice Wymore, Roy Roberts, Alan Hale Jr., Lina Romay, Morris Ankrum, Dick Wesson and Philip Carey.
About Face
Dave Crouse
Three friends enter military school together, but 2 of them don't know that the 3rd one is secretly married.
Starlift
Sgt. Mike Nolan
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Sunny Side of the Street
Dave Gibson
A TV worker has fickle designs on an aspiring singer for whom she arranges an audition.
Jim Thorpe – All-American
Ed Guyac
The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
Force of Arms
Kleiner
During the winter of 1943, the German army halted the American advance in the mountains of Italy; back-and-forth combat decimates Joe Peterson's platoon. On leave in Naples, Joe meets WAC lieutenant Eleanor MacKay; initially cool, she begins to melt during a bombing raid. Their romance develops despite Joe's periodic returns to the front. But whether he'll come back in the end becomes more than doubtful...
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Tinker
A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
Destination Moon
Joe Sweeney
Postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome in-flight. Attempted to be realistic, with Robert A. Heinlein providing advice.